“It seems he finally couldn’t hold on any longer. To last fifteen days is already enough for him to be proud, quite remarkable,” Elder Li sighed.
Next, the two of them waited there, waiting for Lin Yun to emerge from the Heart-Locking Tower.
Elder Li was now extremely curious about Lin Yun. He wanted to meet Lin Yun in person and see his true character.
This wait lasted a full three hours.
“Why hasn’t he come out yet?” Elder Li asked, puzzled.
“Probably too exhausted to even walk, still resting,” the tower guardian said.
“What I’m worried about is, he… he hasn’t perished on the fifth floor, has he?” Elder Li’s expression grew serious.
In his view, this possibility wasn’t out of the question.
If someone pushed beyond their limit, they could very well lose their life inside!
“Should I… go up and check?” the tower guardian suggested.
Just as the tower guardian finished speaking, the light from the fifth floor of the Heart-Locking Tower suddenly lit up again.
“What?! The fifth floor is lit again? This guy… he’s actually starting again?” The tower guardian stared at the Heart-Locking Tower in shock.
“He’s actually continuing?” Elder Li’s eyes widened, his face full of astonishment.
This guy had already stayed for fifteen days, yet after cultivating for a few hours, he chose to continue?
This completely exceeded their expectations!
…
Inside the Heart-Locking Tower.
After resting for three hours, Lin Yun had returned to the disc, continuing to endure the tempering.
Boom!
When the intense fluctuations came crashing down, Lin Yun once again felt a splitting headache, the extremely terrifying pain returning!
Lin Yun knew clearly that the last time he stayed for fifteen days, he had risen four minor realms in divine consciousness, but the time required for further improvement had increased significantly!
This time, Lin Yun stayed for another full fifteen days.
After fifteen days, Lin Yun’s divine consciousness, under constant tempering, finally rose to the sixth rank of the Origin Level!
Once his divine consciousness reached the sixth rank of the Origin Level, Lin Yun quickly jumped off the disc, collapsing to the ground again, gasping heavily.
Exhausted and in immense pain, Lin Yun was still very pleased.
At the same time, Lin Yun calculated the time. He had already been inside for a month, and to reach the seventh rank of the Origin Level, just this one rank would take about a month.
In other words, the pain required to advance one level now was equivalent to the total pain endured for advancing five levels before.
If one’s will was slightly weak, just thinking about this would make them want to give up and leave.
But Lin Yun still had no intention of leaving.
This time, Lin Yun rested for a full three days before returning to the disc to continue the tempering.
Before entering the Heart-Locking Tower, it was only said that he had one chance to enter, but it wasn’t specified how long he could stay.
Lin Yun didn’t know how long he could stay, but as long as he could continue, he had no plans to leave in a hurry.
Three days later, Lin Yun stepped onto the disc again, resuming the tempering.
But this time, Lin Yun only lasted eight days before feeling he had reached his limit, forced to step down and rest, with the rest time growing longer.
Because his divine consciousness had endured too much pressure over the past month, even with rest, it was still difficult to recover.
A month and a half later.
His divine consciousness finally reached the seventh rank of the Origin Level, and Lin Yun immediately jumped off the disc to rest. During this month and a half, half a month was spent resting, with rest periods growing longer and the time he could endure on the disc decreasing.
Lying on the ground to rest, Lin Yun felt an unshakable dizziness, as if his brain was about to explode at any moment, even starting to hallucinate!
Lin Yun knew he couldn’t hold on any longer.
Continuing would damage his foundation. He had been pushing himself to the limit in recent days.
In his current state, Lin Yun would likely need a long period of rest to fully eliminate the negative effects and recover completely.
Moreover, if he wanted to push for the eighth rank of the Origin Level, it would take even longer, probably more than two months.
After resting for a while, Lin Yun finally stood up, preparing to leave the Heart-Locking Tower.
Regardless, this time, by relying on the Heart-Locking Tower, Lin Yun had raised his divine consciousness to the seventh rank of the Origin Level, and he was quite satisfied.
Even though, due to the “Soul-Protecting Pendant,” he couldn’t directly use divine consciousness attacks against enemies, the additional power was already quite impressive.
…
Outside the tower.
Elder Li had left due to other matters, instructing the tower guardian to report Lin Yun’s duration in the tower once he emerged.
The tower guardian, naturally, had been waiting there.
At this moment, Lin Yun walked out of the Heart-Locking Tower’s main gate.
Upon seeing Lin Yun, the tower guardian was momentarily stunned, then immediately stepped forward, his voice sharp as he said, “You monster, you’ve finally come out!”
He calculated the time. Lin Yun had spent a total of two and a half months inside the Heart-Locking Tower!
According to the tower’s rules, one couldn’t stay inside for more than a year, and if a year passed, it would be over.
If Lin Yun had spent two and a half months on the first or second floor, it wouldn’t have been so shocking.
But Lin Yun had stayed on the fifth floor for this long!
Although some of that time was spent resting, not always on the disc, this was already quite remarkable!
Hearing the tower guardian call him a monster, Lin Yun gave an awkward smile. It seemed his long stay on the fifth floor had shocked the guardian.
“Senior, this Heart-Locking Tower isn’t as terrifying as imagined,” Lin Yun said with a pale face, revealing a faint smile.
Before entering, the tower guardian had warned Lin Yun to go no higher than the second floor, or he would risk his life.
The tower guardian looked speechless. “Are you showing off? Do you know that since the decline of divine consciousness, no one has ever gone to the fifth floor, let alone stayed this long!”
“Is that so?” Lin Yun was surprised but not entirely shocked.
“Senior, I’m too exhausted now, so I’ll take my leave,” Lin Yun said, preparing to depart.
“Go, go. I’ll remember your name,” the tower guardian said.
After Lin Yun left, the tower guardian first closed the Heart-Locking Tower’s gate, then went to find Elder Li to report Lin Yun’s emergence.
