Chapter 56: The Tower of Separation

Hai Tong’s soul had been sealed, devoid of self-awareness. It would only act in response to the formations in the Northeast Wasteland, launching water-based attacks imbued with cold magical principles. Once Qu Yi and the other twenty-four people escaped that domain, Hai Tong would no longer pursue them.
Emperor Hao placed Hai Tong in the Northeast Wasteland merely to test the adaptability of those entering the Hao Tian Immortal Palace—not to kill them all. Thus, Hai Tong was only allowed to attack from the peak’s summit and could not fly.
It was unknown what mistake Hai Tong had committed in the past to earn such a punishment from Emperor Hao, having his soul sealed alive and forced to remain on that peak for over a million years. Naturally, Qu Yi and the others had no interest in investigating Hai Tong’s background. As soon as they emerged, they flew far away from the valley.
Suddenly, a brilliant light burst forth from the void, visible throughout the entire Northeast Wasteland. Qu Yi and the others, flying in the air, saw the light and immediately stopped to observe what would happen next.
“What’s coming out? Could it be a spatial teleportation array?”
“Judging from the range of this light, it seems capable of illuminating the whole Northeast Wasteland. There must be important treasures here.”
“The entire Northeast Wasteland, as the final challenge of the Eight Wastelands Palace, surely holds some significant treasures. It seems they’re about to be revealed.”
“Yes, in the previous seven worlds, only lower-grade immortal weapons appeared. As an immortal deity, Emperor Hao should surely use higher-grade ones. I think this light is related to those higher-grade weapons.”
“The Eight Directions Sword can enter the Eight Wastelands Palace. Could it be that the Six Directions Palace is about to appear? Then only those who possess the Six Directions Blade can enter.”
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In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through everyone’s minds as they speculated about the meaning of the light. At that moment, Qu Yi stood quietly on a mountain peak, observing the light that illuminated the entire Northeast Wasteland. His heart trembled with awe once again, admiring Emperor Hao’s tactics.
Suddenly, the Weapon God transmitted a message: “Qu Yi, you’ll face some trouble soon. The strong warriors from the eight major sects will surely come to attack you.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately asked in shock, “Weapon God, how did that happen?”
Recalling that he possessed the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit and the ‘Water Heart Fire’ obtained from the Blue Sun Palace, Qu Yi was confident that the strong warriors from the eight sects wouldn’t dare target him.

The Weapon God immediately shouted loudly, “That glimmer in the sky is a tower, three stories high, containing lower-grade and middle-grade immortal weapons. But that’s not the most important part—this tower also determines your fate. Those who possess the Six Directions Blade can continue into the Six Directions Hall, while the others will be transported away from the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion. Think about it—would the powerful warriors from the eight major sects let you enter the Six Directions Hall easily?”
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi was indeed surprised and immediately understood what the Weapon God meant.
Inside the Eight Deserts Hall, all the treasures displayed were lower-grade immortal weapons. Only Qu Yi, thanks to a treasure, had obtained something as valuable as the Spirit Sky Tree, which was of middle-grade immortal weapon status. The Boundless Stars too were obtained by him through the divine technique “Five Energies and Three Flowers.” As a being at the level of the Vast Emperor Immortal, he surely used top-grade immortal weapon-level treasures. Since there were only lower-grade weapons in the Eight Deserts Hall now, it meant that middle-grade and top-grade weapons were concentrated in the Six Directions Hall. Naturally, the powerful warriors from the eight major sects wouldn’t let Qu Yi enter easily. Otherwise, if he obtained middle-grade or top-grade weapons, it would be very difficult for those sects to deal with him in the future.
“It seems a battle is really inevitable,” Qu Yi said after some thought.
Although he might face an attack from the eight major sects, he wasn’t too afraid and was confident he could contend with them.
At that moment, the glimmer in the sky suddenly disappeared, revealing a three-story tower shining with golden light. Though small, the tower appeared to be of the same size no matter where one was in the Northeast Wasteland.
As Qu Yi and the warriors from the eight sects stared at the tower, still hesitating about how to enter it, the voice of the Vast Emperor rang out.
“Congratulations, everyone, for passing all the trials in the Eight Deserts Hall. This is the Separation Tower; you may all enter.”
Without explaining the purpose of the Separation Tower, the Vast Emperor’s voice vanished after saying that.
But now, from the words “Separation Tower,” all the warriors had guessed something—entering this tower would determine who would stay and who would leave.
Undoubtedly, everyone was certain that those with the Six Directions Blade would stay, while the rest would leave.
Just then, Qu Yi suddenly disappeared, using “Final Strike” to reach his fastest speed and flying straight toward the Separation Tower in the sky.

Because this Liuli Tower wasn’t detected by everyone’s spiritual senses, Qu Yi couldn’t use the Planet-Transferring Technique to get there quickly. He could only assume that to enter the Liuli Tower, one had to rely on their own flying speed, and there must be some guidance available there. Sure enough, when Qu Yi reached a certain height in the air, he faintly sensed the presence of the Liuli Tower, like a thin thread. Only by focusing his spiritual senses on this thread could he fly straight to the tower. The powerful warriors from the Eight Great Sects also did the same—they took to the air and, only after reaching a certain height, could they sense the guidance signals from the Liuli Tower and fly toward it properly. … Qu Yi didn’t fly for long before arriving on a jade platform. At the edge of the platform were rectangular jade slabs floating in midair, forming an aerial staircase that led to the entrance of the Liuli Tower. As soon as Qu Yi stepped onto the platform and saw nothing but emptiness around him except for the floating staircase ahead, he knew he had to walk up it. Meanwhile, in other directions, there were similar aerial staircases, and the warriors from the Eight Great Sects were also climbing them toward the tower’s entrance. There were a total of ten thousand steps, and it took Qu Yi an hour to climb them all. By then, he had arrived at the Tianyu Stone Square surrounding the Liuli Tower. The entire square covered ten thousand square meters and was built entirely from rare Tianyu stones. Standing on the square, Qu Yi could see the whole Liuli Tower—a golden glow surrounding it, with three layers and just one entrance. Above the entrance hung a plaque with the words “Liuli Tower” written on it. Soon, he used his spiritual senses to scan the entire square and found no signs of the warriors from the Eight Great Sects, realizing they were still climbing the stairs. He felt pleased. “Heh, the warriors from the Eight Great Sects haven’t arrived yet. I won’t wait for them; I’ll enter the Liuli Tower alone,” Qu Yi said with a laugh. After escaping Hai Tong’s attacks, the warriors from the Eight Great Sects went to different places, so naturally, they couldn’t all arrive at the tower at the same time. As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi took off and flew straight into the Liuli Tower. At that exact moment, the figures of warriors from the Taiyuan Sect, JinYang Sect, and BaiShou Peak also appeared on the Tianyu Stone Square. They had also arrived at the Liuli Tower and saw Qu Yi at the same time. “Qu Yi has gone in!”

“Stop resting—enter the Liuli Tower immediately, or Qu Yi will take all the magical treasures.”
“Why is Qu Yi so fast? He’s already ahead of us again.”
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Immediately, countless anxious cries arose. The strong warriors from the three sects soared into the air and rushed into the Liuli Tower as well.
After entering the tower, Qu Yi glanced around and saw that the first floor was divided into nine rooms, each emitting the aura of some immortal artifacts. Just as he was about to enter each room, the Spirit of Weapons suddenly shouted, “Qu Yi, the treasures in these rooms are at most lower-grade immortal artifacts. There’s no need to search them. Go straight to the second floor.”
Qu Yi was stunned and immediately flew up the stairs to the second floor.
The strong warriors from the Taiyuan Sect, JinYang Sect, and BaiShou Peak had just reached the first floor when they saw Qu Yi go to the second floor. They all looked puzzled.
The warriors from the three sects couldn’t figure out why Qu Yi didn’t search the rooms for treasures but went straight to the second floor.
“Heavens, there are so many aura of treasures in those nine rooms!”
“That’s right. I’ve already sensed the aura of many top-grade spiritual artifacts.”
“If Qu Yi doesn’t want these treasures, they belong to us.”……
By now, the warriors from the three sects had sensed what was on the first floor of the Liuli Tower. Without further wondering why Qu Yi went straight to the second floor, they immediately flew to each room, intending to search for treasures.
The four members of the Taiyuan Sect went to each room and tried to push open the iron doors, but suddenly a light shield appeared and pushed them back. It turned out that each room had defensive arrays in place, making it difficult to take the treasures.
The three members of the JinYang Sect and the three demon cultivators from BaiShou Peak encountered the same situation, with their attempts blocked by the light shields on the doors.
In just a short while, the warriors from the other five sects—Qingyun Sect, Yingtian Sect, Cangyang Valley, Xianyue Cliff, and Jiugong Island—also flew into the Liuli Tower.
In an instant, the warriors from all eight sects were inside the tower, their eyes fixed on the iron doors of the nine rooms.
No one dared to move. Now that all eight sects knew there were numerous treasures in those rooms, whoever obtained them would greatly benefit their sects, so they certainly wouldn’t let warriors from other sects get them easily.
If anyone moved, they would be attacked by everyone.
The first floor of the Liuli Tower quickly fell silent. The warriors exchanged glances, their minds filled with various thoughts, as their spiritual senses communicated rapidly among themselves.

By this time, Qu Yi had reached the second floor of the Liuli Tower, where he found six stone chairs arranged in a fan shape. In front of each chair was a knife groove, perfectly sized for the Liuhe Knife.
“Qu Yi, sit on one of the stone chairs, and you will be able to enter the Liuhe Hall safely,” suddenly, the spirit consciousness of the artifact transmitted.