Chapter 12: Ling Xiao the Saint
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Grandpa, Ling Xiao's combat power isn't weak. What if he really does pass the ninth floor?" Deng Yalin asked worriedly.
"Absolutely impossible!"
Deng Tiande let out a cold sneer. "The monsters inside Longevity Tower may be tailored based on the challenger's cultivation level, but even the monster from the first floor had the strength of True Qi Boundary. When Ling Xiao enters Longevity Tower, he won't be able to harness the Sky Devouring Supreme's powers. With his feeble cultivation alone, there is no doubt that he won't make it out alive!"
"We've let this little beast off cheaply by letting him die in Longevity Tower."
Inside Longevity Tower
Mist surrounded the place and chaos pervaded. The scene looked like the stage of the world before
"Wild beast, die!"
Ling Xiao's eyes gleamed with a flash of brilliance. With lightning speed, he pointed his finger out.
Boom!
This finger instantly struck on the crux of the tiger-shaped spirit beast, and it let out a roar. At the very next instant, the tiger-shaped spirit beast exploded before it turned into a glorious brilliance that seeped into Ling Xiao's body.
Boom!
That source of power was so vast and pure, crackling sounds were heard inside Ling Xiao's body. After that, a few meridians were broken through instantaneously, and a powerful force permeated.
Eighteen meridians!
Fifth tier Pulse Unsealing Boundary!
Immediately after, Ling Xiao's figure was seen advancing to the second floor of Longevity Tower!
Boom boom boom!
Second floor!
Third floor!
...
The spiritual items in Longevity Tower could not stop Ling Xiao at all. Instead, he smashed them all to bits, turning them into pure and unmatched energy which allowed his cultivation to increase rapidly!
From the outside, everyone could see the first floor lighting up. It had occurred only a short time after Ling Xiao entered Longevity Tower. Soon after, the second and third floors lit up as well. The sight of that shook everyone.
"How can that be?"
"How could Ling Xiao break through the floors so quickly? Gosh, even the weakest monster in Longevity Tower was of True Qi Boundary. How is Ling Xiao so overpowered?"
Everyone was astonished, and their eyes were filled with looks of disbelief.
"This is simply impossible! Sect Leader, Ling Xiao must have cheated. How did he clear the floors so quickly?" Deng Tiande was so taken aback that he jolted upright. His face was full of shock as he ranted with a red-face.
"That's right! Ling Xiao must have cheated. It has only been a short while, and he has already broken through the fourth floor. No, it's the fifth floor now!" Deng Yalin, Chen Feng and the rest also shouted.
"Cheated? It's not as if all of you don't know the origin of Longevity Tower. Even I don't have the capability to cheat. What makes you think anyone will?" Nangong Xuan let out a cold sneer. His one sentence seemed to have done the trick as it had completely shut Deng Tiande and Deng Yalin up. It even made them blush.
Deep down, Nangong Xuan was shocked too, but a big part of him was very delighted. He was relieved knowing that he did not adore the wrong person, that Ling Xiao must have an extraordinary origin.
Fifth floor!
Sixth floor!
...
Longevity Tower was lit up floor by floor. Before long, even the seventh-floor record that Nangong Qing had long been holding was broken as well.
Then came the eighth floor!
Ninth floor!
In less than five minutes, Ling Xiao had unbelievably rushed into the ninth floor of Longevity Tower. More importantly, that only meant one thing — Ling Xiao had fulfilled Deng Tiande's condition to become a Saint?
Everyone threw odd glances at Deng Tiande.
However, Deng Tiande too was dumbfounded. With his mouth agape, he looked like he was lost for words.
Inside Longevity Tower, Ling Xiao was already standing on the highest floor, the tenth floor.
The tenth floor was a vast starry sky, surrounded by endless galaxies, ever-changing yin and yang, and the free-flowing five elements. It looked as if the mystery of the birth and death of the universe was contained within there.
Moreover, scene after scene of powerful illusions collided towards Ling Xiao. If it was any ordinary people, they would surely be immersed in that scene of boundless reincarnation. So much that they would be trapped within and could not extricate themselves from the illusion.
Ling Xiao's eyes displayed a trace of vicissitudes, and one word gently came out from his mouth.
"Break!"
In an instant, the surrounding stars and galaxies shattered, and the universe dispelled. The sky-full of brilliance was transformed into an enormous amount of energy, both pure and virtuous. The energy was just like the ocean, and it enveloped Ling Xiao wholly.
Rumble!
As if there was a peal of thunder, thunderous sounds were emitted from all over Ling Xiao's body, and black smoke billowed out from his body too. The impurities inside his body were all flushed out. More so, the thirty-six meridians in his body were immediately cleared and were filled with jade-like illuminations, just like the thirty-six true dragons.
The thirty-six meridians were now interconnected, and life force was now able to flow around inside his body. Ling Xiao's whole body was now fully charged with an immense feeling of strength.
Ninth tier Pulse Unsealing Boundary!
In just five minutes, Ling Xiao broke through from fourth to ninth tier Pulse Unsealing Boundary. This kind of speed was almost unprecedented, and it was beyond all the other known geniuses.
When Ling Xiao came out of Longevity Tower, the sight that greeted him was the numerous awe-struck disciples who stood before Longevity Tower.
Even Nangong Xuan could not conceal the surprise from his face.
"I don't believe it! This is impossible, Sect Leader. He must have cheated. Even if he hadn't cheated, there must be something wrong with Longevity Tower. Let me go and have a look!"
Deng Tiande was at the brink of losing his marbles. Not only did Ling Xiao break through to the ninth floor, but he had also completed the whole thing, up till the tenth floor. That meant only one thing, that he must now support him to become a Saint.
In the entire history of Longevity Sect, the number of people who could break through to the tenth floor was not more than what two hands could count. Moreover, all these people had gone on to become peerless masters.
Swish!
Deng Tiande's figure was immediately seen rushing towards Longevity Tower.
However, not long after, Deng Tiande was seen retreating calamitously from Longevity Tower with unkempt hair, a mouthful of blood, and a face full of horror.
Longevity Tower was perfectly fine. He had merely reached the sixth floor before he almost had himself killed by the monster there, let alone replicating Ling Xiao's achievement of breaking straight through to the tenth floor at one go.
Deng Tiande could only open his mouth but no words came out.
"Elder Deng, I now declare Ling Xiao as the forty-ninth generation of Saint. I reckon you don't have any more opinions, am I right?"
Nangong Xuan glanced at Deng Tiande and gave him a slight smile.
As Sect Leader, his whole life's wish was to restore Longevity Sect's past glory. After witnessing what Ling Xiao was capable of today, it gave him boundless hope.
Now, he was more than willing to make Ling Xiao the Saint.
If Deng Tiande attempted to stop him again, he might have to start considering killing Deng Tiande.
"Sect Leader, you've made a wise choice. I... have no opinion!"
Deng Tiande's heart shuddered. He finally understood the meaning behind Nangong Xuan's decision.
Although he was not willing to accept it, he also knew that the moment was gone. It was certain that Ling Xiao was going to be the Saint, and there was no way he could stop it now.
"All hail the Saint!"
"All hail the Saint!"
It was not known who had shouted first, but all the Longevity Sect disciples started to bow at Ling Xiao to salute him, with faces full of terror. Their voices were so deafening that it penetrated beyond the clouds.
People might have been shocked that Ling Xiao had defeated Ling Kun, Chen Feng, Deng Yalin, and even Deng Tiande, but many of them had felt unconvinced, thinking that he had borrowed external force.
However, Ling Xiao's feat of breaking through to Longevity Tower's tenth floor had shut everyone's mouth and squatted any disputes the crowd might have against him.
After all, the fact that Ling Xiao was able to break through to Longevity Tower's tenth floor meant that he was destined to become the world's greatest master, unrivaled by no one. Yet, of course, that was given that he does not die in the future.
Now, they could call him "Saint" sincerely and wholeheartedly.
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