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Zhan Wuwei acted like a dutiful tour guide, leading over a thousand geniuses behind him.

“Within the Divine Kingdom, there are many palaces. However, the vast majority of these palaces are the residences of powerful figures.”

As he walked, Zhan Wuwei introduced the surroundings.

“Each of you will also be assigned a palace as your residence,” Zhan Wuwei said. “At most, you will have to stay in the Divine Kingdom for a thousand years! However, I hope that you can leave here without having to stay for a thousand years!”

For Xu Ming and the other thousand-plus geniuses, there were only two ways to leave the Divine Kingdom: First, stay for a full thousand years; Second, break through to become a Dao Venerable!

Therefore…

No genius would be willing to stay here for a thousand years!

“I must break through to become a Dao Venerable within a thousand years!”

“Right! It would be too embarrassing to leave the Divine Kingdom with only the cultivation of a Dao Lord!”

“A thousand years is too long… Five hundred years! I will leave in five hundred years!”

The geniuses were all eager to prove themselves.

Lin Chen’s eyes also flashed with a sharp light: “With my talent, breaking through to become a Dao Venerable within fifty years shouldn’t be a big problem!”

For Lin Chen, if he didn’t encounter any bottlenecks in his cultivation, fifty years would indeed be enough!

Zhan Wuwei looked at these passionate young people and smiled secretly: “Break through to become a Dao Venerable within a thousand years? How many can do it? The path of martial arts becomes more and more difficult as you go further…”

Of course, Zhan Wuwei only thought these words in his heart and didn’t say them out loud, so as not to discourage these geniuses.

“There are a few places that are more important to you, I will take you to see them!”

The group first arrived next to nine towering pagodas that pierced the sky.

“These nine pagodas are the Towers of the Heavens!” Zhan Wuwei pointed and said, “The nine Towers of the Heavens correspond to the nine major Heavenly Daos of ‘Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Yin, and Yang’ respectively!”

“This is the Tower of the Heavens?” Xu Ming looked up.

Each of the nine Towers of the Heavens was overflowing with corresponding Heavenly Dao secret纹.

Previously, when Palace Master Po Tian and other powerful figures tentatively designated Xu Ming as a “million-year” level genius, the requirement was that Xu Ming could pass the sixth level of the Tower of the Heavens within thirty years.

But later, Xu Ming was unwilling to become a disciple and made a bet with Palace Master Po Tian—tentatively designate me as a “million-year level” genius, I can raise my understanding of the Dao of Array to the limit of Dao Venerable within ten years! If I can’t do it, I don’t want any genius-level treatment from now on!

Zhan Wuwei continued to introduce: “Each Tower of the Heavens is divided into thirty-six levels! If you can climb all thirty-six levels, it means… you are one step away from becoming a God!”

“Hiss—” Many geniuses gasped.

God…

What a vague and illusory term this was!

Before entering the Divine Kingdom, many geniuses even suspected whether Gods had ever really existed…

But now, they heard the standard for becoming a God from Zhan Wuwei’s mouth—as long as you pass the thirty-six levels of the Tower of the Heavens, you are one step away from becoming a God.

Instantly, the eyes of many geniuses became fanatical. Even Xu Ming was no exception.

“I heard that Gods are immortal beings… I want to become a God! I want to become a God!”

“Hahaha…” Zhan Wuwei couldn’t help but laugh; every time he brought geniuses here, he would always hear these ignorant voices.

“Elder Zhan?” The geniuses couldn’t help but look at Zhan Wuwei.

“Do you know how many levels Palace Master Po Tian has passed?” Zhan Wuwei suddenly asked.

“Palace Master Po Tian…?” The geniuses were slightly stunned, and soon, they responded, “He must have passed all thirty-six levels, right?”

“Haha…” Zhan Wuwei shook his head and smiled, “No! Palace Master Po Tian only passed thirty-two levels, and he couldn’t pass any further!”

“Ah—?” The geniuses all widened their eyes—even Palace Master Po Tian had only passed thirty-two levels?

Xu Ming was also surprised, and thought to himself: “It seems that although Palace Master Po Tian is a demigod, he can’t be considered ‘one step away from becoming a God’; at least, there are still several steps to go…”

“Then… are there any powerful figures who have passed all thirty-six levels?” Someone couldn’t help but ask.

“Yes!” Zhan Wuwei smiled mysteriously, “Right now, there is one in the Divine Kingdom!”

“There is one in the Divine Kingdom? Which powerful figure is it?” The geniuses eagerly wanted to know.

This was not a secret, so Zhan Wuwei said directly: “Among the twelve Palace Masters, the one responsible for guarding the Divine Kingdom… Palace Master Ji Tian!”

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Palace Master Ji Tian…

The geniuses all secretly remembered this great name.

“Elder Zhan!” A genius couldn’t help but ask, “Then you… how many levels have you passed?”

“Thirty levels!” Zhan Wuwei said.

Thirty levels… That doesn’t seem like a big difference from Palace Master Po Tian’s thirty-two levels!

“Let me introduce the Tower of the Heavens to you in detail!” Zhan Wuwei smiled, “The Tower of the Heavens only tests your understanding of the Heavenly Dao!—When your understanding of the Heavenly Dao reaches a certain level, you can pass a level and enter the next level; if your understanding of the Heavenly Dao doesn’t reach that level, you can’t pass it by using other means!”

Speaking of this, Zhan Wuwei glanced at Xu Ming obscurely. Xu Ming’s understanding of the Heavenly Dao was too low, I am afraid that he would only be able to pass one level, and would not even be able to pass the second level.

Zhan Wuwei continued: “Passing the first level requires the Heavenly Dao understanding of a One-Step Dao Lord; passing the second level requires a Two-Step Dao Lord… Six-Step Dao Lord is required to pass the sixth level!… If you can pass the tenth level, it means that you will soon be able to grow the ‘sapling of the Dao’ and are about to enter the Dao Venerable realm…”

“Uh…” The geniuses compared their own understanding of the Heavenly Dao and suddenly realized… It seems like they can’t pass many levels…

“Only Dao Venerables can pass the eleventh level…”

“Only Dao Lords can pass the twenty-first level…”

“And from the thirty-first level onwards, you have to be a demigod to pass!”

After listening, the geniuses fell into silence.

They discovered that wanting to pass the thirty-six levels of the Tower of the Heavens was completely… impossible!

Zhan Wuwei sighed: “If a few of you can pass the twenty-first level, then we elders of the Dao Inquiry Palace will be gratified…”

Passing the twenty-first level is the Dao Lord realm!

“The twenty-first level?” Lin Chen clenched his fists and said firmly, “I will definitely be able to pass it!”

“Oh?” Zhan Wuwei looked at Lin Chen in surprise—it’s not easy to be so confident!

“Right now… I can already pass the sixth level!” Lin Chen’s words were equivalent to announcing to everyone that he was already a Six-Step Dao Lord!

“Breakthrough!?” Zhan Wuwei was also surprised—during the Dao Fate Battle, Lin Chen’s understanding of the Heavenly Dao was only at the Five-Step Dao Lord level!

“I had some insights in the past six months, and I broke through!” Lin Chen said proudly.

Suddenly, he glanced at Xu Ming and sneered: “Xu Ming, right now, you probably can’t even pass the second level, right? If I give you ten years, oh, no, thirty years; you still won’t reach my current realm!—In terms of Heavenly Dao comprehension and future achievements, you are far behind me!”