Chapter 556 – Secret Realm Core, Flesh Emperor, Miracle Rainbow Light!

The information about the legendary building ‘Ancient Mage Tower’ appeared simultaneously before Mu Yuan.

He stroked his chin, feeling both surprised and taken aback.

“As expected of a legendary building, but its description is quite different from the Hall of Vigil.”

The description of the Ancient Mage Tower’s abilities was extremely concise.

Indeed, it only had four main abilities: [Suppress], [Control], [Spell], and [Heaven].

Referring to the Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced (Epic) Mage Towers, Mu Yuan was certain that the Ancient Mage Tower also contained numerous auxiliary abilities and mystical equipment within.

Rather…

From his current perspective, “Elementary, Intermediate, and Epic Mage Towers—these Miracle Buildings—are likely all imitations of the Ancient Mage Tower, part of the Mage Tower series of structures.”

Elementary Mage Towers, Intermediate Mage Towers, and Epic Mage Towers all had a clear progression sequence.

The former served as one of the “upgrade materials” for the latter.

Mu Yuan speculated whether, in the past, a being of immense power had attempted to replicate the Ancient Mage Tower, thus devising a method aligned with the laws of heaven and earth to gradually upgrade the Mage Tower, hoping to evolve it into a legendary-level Mage Tower.

The one in his possession was clearly the original, a divine object born of heaven and earth.

“Abilities like the ‘War Throne,’ ‘Infinite Energy,’ and ‘Spell Amplification’ of the Epic Mage Tower could not be found in similar descriptions on the Ancient Mage Tower’s interface.”

Mu Yuan reached out and tapped it.

Finally, some more detailed descriptions popped up.

「Suppress: The Ancient Mage Tower possesses the power to suppress heaven, earth, and all things—sealing and annihilating everything.」

「Control: The Ancient Mage Tower can be controlled, traversing endless space and traveling beyond the world. It can effortlessly pass through barriers, disregarding distance, while also possessing abilities such as size alteration and visibility at will.」

「Spell: The Ancient Mage Tower is the symbol of all spells, capable of deconstructing spells, deconstructing concepts, and commanding all spells.」

「Heaven: The Ancient Mage Tower itself is a manifestation of the ultimate principles of heaven and earth. The patterns within the tower represent the principles of laws, possessing an indestructible and untouchable power akin to the patterns of laws.」

“Hiss—”

“Why does it feel even more powerful than the Hall of Vigil? It must be an illusion, an illusion. The description of this Ancient Mage Tower is still vague and unclear, unlike our Lapis, whose depth is clear at a glance.”

The descriptions for [Suppress], [Control], [Spell], and [Heaven] did not specify the strength of their abilities.

Thus, additional lines of supplementary descriptions gradually appeared.

「The Ancient Mage Tower cannot be controlled by ordinary individuals.」

「With one Divine Soul Realm as the lead and 36 Legendary Realms as support, one is qualified to unleash the first level of the Ancient Mage Tower’s power, capable of battling the Law Realm.」

「With one Law Realm as the lead and 108 Legendary Realms as support, one is qualified to unleash the second level of the Ancient Mage Tower’s power, capable of opposing a Saint God.」

「With one Saint Realm as the lead and 360 Legendary Realms as support, one is qualified to unleash the third level of the Ancient Mage Tower’s power, with limitless strength.」

Mu Yuan stroked his chin.

His first thought was…

Could Isloria gather 108 incarnations to assist in piloting it?

He pondered carefully, then shook his head regretfully. “I still can’t be that inhumane.”

Moreover,The idea of having Isloria’s true self and her 108 incarnations pilot the Mage Tower to unleash its second-tier power was fundamentally unworkable from the start.

Whether Isloria, who could wield concepts, could serve as a substitute for a Law Realm existence was another matter entirely.

But no matter how hard Isloria’s incarnations tried, they could never function as 108 Legendary Realm beings.

—Her incarnations possessed Legendary-tier combat power, even Divine Soul-tier strength, but that didn’t mean they could simultaneously maintain so many Legendary-tier powers while performing precise manipulations and tasks.

“Soon, Tianyuan City will experience an explosion of Legendary Realm experts, and gathering 108 Legendary Realm beings won’t be difficult. However…”

Considering the Epic Mage Tower’s requirements for “pilots,” Mu Yuan doubted that the Ancient Mage Tower could be controlled by Legendary Realm beings alone.

These auxiliary Legendary pilots would need some understanding of spells or other related skills, wouldn’t they?

These questions could only be tested after the Ancient Mage Tower was formally established in Tianyuan City.

…

White mist drifted, and the land lay desolate.

Mu Yuan walked alone in the depths of the World Secret Realm.

It had already been three days since Deadbone obtained the Legendary Treasure.

Over these three days, Mu Yuan had continued venturing deeper into the Secret Realm.

Powerful beings like Deadbone and Dolai were also advancing along their own paths.

However, the deeper they went, the more barren the Secret Realm’s environment became.

No explorers, no environmental changes, and no Treasure Lands.

He hadn’t discovered a single Treasure Land in three consecutive days, let alone another Legendary Treasure.

The spatial structure in the depths of the World Secret Realm was inherently chaotic—forward wasn’t necessarily forward. The lack of discoveries might simply mean these areas had long been stripped clean of treasures.

Even in the “inner circle—outer regions” where Sario and the others were, treasures were now rarely seen.

They had resorted to hunting monsters instead, since defeating them could yield loot.

“Time is running out. I’m afraid it won’t be long before large numbers of Law Realm beings enter the World Secret Realm.”

“Should I leave early?”

After all, he had already ventured very deep.

Although they possessed some ultra-long-distance teleportation methods, he habitually preferred to keep a time buffer.

A rushed retreat often led to unexpected mishaps.

The dwindling number of explorers in the Secret Realm suggested that most powerful beings had already begun withdrawing to avoid encountering Law Realm masters.

Their caution was warranted.

Even if these individuals held high status—perhaps star Lords of the Divine Radiance Empire, esteemed princes or princesses of the Holy Griffin Empire, or even disciples of legendary beings…

They still had little resistance against Law Realm existences.

Naturally, they didn’t want to leave their fates to the probability of “whether they’d run into a Law Realm being.”

Moreover, with treasures now scarce, one could hardly avoid suspecting that the World Secret Realm had reached 100% exploration progress. Even if Law Realm beings entered, they’d only stare blankly at the thoroughly excavated lands.

“Deadbone, Dolai, and I possess formidable combat strength and aren’t afraid of Law Realm beings like the Ice Burial Grand Duke or the Firewing Grand Duke, but…”

The gap between Law Realm existences could be astronomically vast.’The weak,’ such as General Qingxin among the Pioneering Generals, is not known for her individual combat prowess—this is a high-EQ way of putting it. In reality, even as a Law Realm expert, the Heartfelt City Lord is relatively mediocre, a Law Realm practitioner with no ‘Law Realm kills’ to her name.

In contrast, top-tier powerhouses like the Cold Moon City Lord and the Arrow Sword Master are fearsome and formidable, having likely slain far more than ten Law Realm experts.

And yet, they may not even be the invincible ones among the Law Realm.

The waters of the Law Realm run too deep; even fierce generals like Deadbone and Dolai can’t fully grasp them.

However,

“I have an intuition that the path isn’t wrong. I am undoubtedly heading deeper into the secret realm. I haven’t reached the innermost part yet, and there, something likely awaits.”

This intuition grew stronger and stronger.

It was like…

Mu Yuan took stock of the trump cards he had on hand and, after a moment’s thought, decided to press onward.

At the same time, he summoned Deadbone, Dolai, and Isloria to gather around him.

Whoosh—

White mist howled as layer upon layer of mountains swept past on either side of their vision. In this vast, featureless expanse, it felt as though they were circling endlessly within a confined loop.

In truth, they were indeed going in circles, never able to reach a certain destination.

“The environment here—no, the entire region and even the world ahead—feels off.”

Deadbone’s vision detected no traces of any conceptual marks, but with its ‘Death Mark,’ it had forged a deeper connection with the entire world.

It keenly sensed that the areas further ahead were fundamentally flawed.

It somewhat resembled the ‘Raging Lands,’ but at a higher level, and brute force alone couldn’t easily break through.

Brute force couldn’t break through? Mu Yuan believed it was simply a matter of insufficient force.

“I choose you, Dolai.”

“Understood~!”

Dolai saluted, then opened its massive mouth, summoning an endlessly deep black sun into the sky.

Devouring Heaven and Earth!!

Everything in the vast expanse ahead—grass, trees, soil, stones, white mist, and even space itself—was devoured. And it seemed as though something intangible, indescribable, was also swallowed up.

Within the collapsing, shattering space, a ‘passage’ was torn open.

Lord Mu strode forward.

With a flick of his wrist, a wisp of miracle power—visible only to him and theoretically not composed of any force, energy, or concept—manifested in his palm.

This cluster of miracle power resembled a flickering flame, swaying slightly and leaning forward, pointing in the direction of the passage ahead.

“Devouring Heaven and Earth!”

“I devour!”

“I devour again~!”

After several rounds of devouring by General Dolai, Mu Yuan and his companions seemed to have stepped into a different realm.

Here, there were no mountains or rivers, only ethereal white mist everywhere. The space appeared infinite, with no distinction between up and down, left and right, or forward and backward.

Except,

Deep within the boundless white mist, at an immeasurable distance, a shimmer of multicolored light glowed.

This rainbow light seemed like the center of the world, an eternal pivot, and anyone who saw it would instinctively believe so.

Had they found the treasures?

No matter how one looked at it, this was likely the deepest part of the World Secret Realm.

The existence of this ‘destination’ had its own logic and inherent value.

However!

Mu Yuan and his group were not the first explorers to set foot here.Under the colorful rainbow light, not far away, a figure was distinctly gazing.

Someone had beaten them here?

Who was it?

He couldn’t help but be astonished.

If not for Dolai’s “Devouring Heaven and Earth” being perfectly suited for the task, it would have taken them a long time just to reach this “other shore.” And this was under the premise that they already possessed formidable combat strength.

Was the person in the distance stronger than them?

Just as Mu Yuan thought this, the distant figure turned around.

It was a male human with crimson eyes and black hair, dressed in luxurious robes that seemed inspired by the imperial attire of several ancient kingdoms, exuding an aura of nobility, majesty, and antiquity.

He appeared like an ancient emperor gracing this place.

However, compared to his ancient, opulent robes and his dignified, majestic demeanor, the crimson-eyed, black-haired man himself was even more striking.

His presence was overwhelmingly intense. With just a single glance, an overwhelming sense of “perfection” sprouted in one’s mind.

It was as if this crimson-eyed, black-haired youth was the most perfect being in the world.

At the very least, his body was utterly flawless, with every cell and every piece of flesh containing profound truths. Merely gazing at him seemed capable of rejuvenating one’s own flesh.

“Something’s wrong! This is far too wrong!!”

Mu Yuan’s Willpower Light was issuing urgent warnings.

“Interesting.”

The crimson-eyed, black-haired youth spoke, “To think living beings could make it here. You truly are delectable.”

His voice was calm.

Neither frenzied nor sinister, yet it felt as though a devouring maw was sizing up prey on a table… no, food!

Mu Yuan seemed to glimpse a blood-colored bloodline as vast as hundreds or thousands of planets, covered with countless gaping, writhing mouths.

Then, a black sword aura tore through the entire crimson curtain.

It wasn’t difficult.

After all,

this youth’s fundamental Realm was also merely the Soul Realm.

“As expected of beings who could make it here.”

“Oh, the Young Legends of this era are all gathered here, are they?”

The youth murmured to himself.

He turned back, casting a fervent, longing, and reluctant glance toward the colorful rainbow light, then said to Mu Yuan and the others, “I hope we can meet again in a few days.”

As if his physical strength had reached its limit,

the youth’s body cracked, his flesh disintegrated, and his cells dissipated. His entire form vanished with a poof, leaving only the terrifyingly intense aura still reverberating across this other shore.

“He… disappeared?”

Dolai widened its eyes—it hadn’t even made a move yet!

Deadbone’s expression was grave. “The Soul Realm can be this terrifying? Bone is still far from reaching that level!”

Mu Yuan: “…”

He was certain that Deadbone could confirm this guy wasn’t truly at the Soul Realm. His origins, identity, Realm, and even the nature of his existence were all questionable.

Deadbone simply felt that he was still far from reaching the theoretical limits of the Soul Realm.

Isloria was equally solemn. “That guy isn’t human, and he isn’t a living being, right?”

“Mm-hmm.”

Mu Yuan nodded.

The crimson-eyed, black-haired youth carried no “monster” aura.

Yet, both his displayed power and his words served as evidence that he was indeed a monster.

Moreover, it seemed he had been here for a long time.

Mu Yuan frowned.

Scout General Dolai immediately stepped forward to probe.”Devouring Heaven and Earth!”

“Sundering Void Slash!”

“Dammit! Dolai’s Super Invincible Ultimate Move!”

The radiance of energy, the devouring black light, and the surging tides of concepts continuously erupted in this land beyond the white mist.

Yet none had any effect.

Devouring Heaven and Earth had already consumed the white mist, space, and earth, yet the colorful rainbow light still drifted there.

It was as if the rainbow light existed in a higher dimension, completely unaffected no matter how much force they exerted.

Otherwise, this rainbow light would have been taken long ago by that terrifying entity who appeared as a crimson-eyed, black-haired youth.

But now, it seemed they couldn’t obtain it either?

This rainbow light wasn’t a treasure—there was no light sphere within it.

What exactly was this rainbow light? What was the nature of its existence? How could it be obtained?

Even someone as learned as Isloria had never heard of such a thing.

She couldn’t even find a starting point for research.

But Mu Yuan wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with it.

“This seems to be…”

A wisp of Miracle’s power!

Unlike the Miracle’s power he controlled, this wisp could be observed and perhaps even seized? Utilized?

He wasn’t sure.

Mu Yuan walked closer to the colorful rainbow light, extended his hand, and a wisp of Miracle’s power manifested in his palm.

The colorful rainbow light showed no change.

Mu Yuan pondered briefly.

Then, mimicking how he gathered Miracle’s light spheres, he shaped his palm into a lake, gathering falling raindrops into the waters.

Instantly, the colorful rainbow light seemed to find its home, swooshing into his embrace.

Boom—

Splashes erupted on the Lake of Miracles.

At the same time, following some obscure connection.

Across the Eternal World,

Deep within the Land of Utmost Filth where the Crimson Mist surged, a speck of rainbow light flickered;

Within the ruins of architectural complexes, on an ordinary broken wall, a colorful mark rippled;

Between the Great Domains, in the most broken and desolate places, fragmented rainbows drifted;

In the vast river of history, at the site where a certain calamity had struck, rainbow light also shimmered.

At this moment, hundreds, thousands of miraculous rainbow lights transcended the barriers of time and space…

Converging into the sea.

(End of Chapter)