“Senior, are you alright?”
Chen Ping stepped forward to examine Shen Zhiyan’s wounds.
Shen Zhiyan shook his head. “Mr Chen, I’m fine. It’s only that Soul-Devouring Venerable managed to escape…”
“That Soul-Devouring Venerable was wounded too. Even if he fled, he won’t be able to return for some time.”
“For now, the most urgent matter is to restore our strength as quickly as possible.”
After saying that, Chen Ping turned to Yan Nantian. “Sect Leader Yan, we will need to borrow your sect’s premises for a while, and we’ll also require your disciples to stand guard.”
Yan Nantian replied, “Mr Chen, so long as Soul-Devouring Venerable does not return, my disciples have nothing to fear from anyone else in the Nine Heavens.”
“Good…”
Chen Ping nodded. Then, in the forbidden area of Yama Heaven Sect, he brought out the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
Chen Ping, Liu Xue, Yan Nantian, and Shen Zhiyan all entered the tower.
Inside the Demon-Suppressing Tower, they could recover in the shortest possible time.
Looking at the rippling flow of time within the tower, astonishment filled Shen Zhiyan’s eyes.
“Mr Chen, is this the Demon-Suppressing Tower?” Shen Zhiyan asked.
“Indeed. Does Senior recognise it?”
Chen Ping was rather curious; after all, many people had never even heard of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
“I do recognise it, and I also know its origin!”
Shen Zhiyan declared.
Chen Ping’s interest was instantly piqued. He hurriedly asked, “Senior, could you tell me more?”
Shen Zhiyan nodded. “In the distant Primordial Era, humans, demons, and devils coexisted in the world, locked in ceaseless warfare. This led to the imbalance of the Three Realms and the collapse of order.
To bring peace to the chaotic world, three supreme beings born bearing the fortune of heaven and earth, one Human Dao Ancestor, one Demon Great Venerable, and one Devil Sacred Emperor, sacrificed themselves. They forged their lifetime cultivation and comprehension of the laws into three heaven-reaching towers.
The Demon-Suppressing Tower was created by the Devil Sacred Emperor using his own spine as the foundation, fused with the Law of Time.
Its effects are miraculous: it can alter the flow of time inside the tower.
One year outside equals a hundred years within.
It serves not only as a prison for demonic fiends but also as a supreme cultivation sanctuary. Yet because of the difference in time flow, those whose resolve is weak may lose themselves inside, exhausting their lifespan without ever realising it.
The Demon-Sealing Tower was forged by the Demon Great Venerable using his natal demon core as the heart, fused with the Law of Space.
Inside it lies an endless labyrinthine world of overlapping spaces that shift unpredictably.
It can imprison and tame violent great demons, and by harnessing its spatial power, one can open temporary passages in the real world for spatial translocation or create spatial barriers for defence.
The Immortal-Suppressing Tower was built by the Human Dao Ancestor, using his own Dao Fruit as the catalyst and fusing the Law of Energy.
This tower was not meant to suppress righteous immortals, but rather to confine those ‘fallen immortals’ and ‘evil gods’ who, in pursuit of power, degenerated, violated the Heavenly Dao, and abused the laws.
It can purify chaotic immortal spiritual qi, decompose and absorb all disordered energy attacks, then transform them into the purest heavenly and earthly vital energy to nourish the world.
The three towers stood separately, suppressing the chaotic flows of time, space, and energy respectively. Demonic fiends were trapped in the flow of time, great demons lost within the void, and fallen immortals silenced in annihilation.
Only then did the world finally return to peace.
Legend has it that when the three towers reunite, they will summon the ultimate ‘Three Realms Origin-Suppressing Tower’. This tower will transcend creation itself, possessing true life and will, becoming the supreme existence that maintains balance across the Three Realms.
If I am not mistaken, Mr Chen’s Demon-Suppressing Tower can alter the flow of time so that one year outside is a hundred years inside, correct?”
“Exactly!” Chen Ping’s eyes widened in utter shock.
He had never imagined that the origin of the Demon-Suppressing Tower would be so extraordinary, especially when he heard the words “Demon-Sealing Tower”.
In an instant, Cen Biqing and Old Black, still trapped inside the Demon-Sealing Tower, flashed through Chen Ping’s mind.
Cen Biqing’s dragon crystal was still inside his body.
What shocked Chen Ping even more was that all three towers had been formed from the supreme powers of each race sacrificing themselves.
It seemed that long ago, the human, devil, and demon races had once lived in harmony, only later descending into mutual slaughter.
