Chapter 1374: Awakening the Ice Emperor Tower

Xu Yang didn't hide anything. He nodded gently. "Indeed, this is also why I don't usually use this divine artifact. The full power of Tu Tian cannot be perfectly displayed in this world. I must now revive the soul of Tu Tian to create a shockwave of the same magnitude for the Ice Emperor Tower before us. This is the only way I can think of to awaken the artifact soul of the Ice Emperor Tower."

Only artifacts of the same level can awaken another artifact's soul of that level. Even though the Jade Bone Divine Sword was originally part of Yun Wangji's body, it would likely be difficult for it to earn the respect of the Ice Emperor Tower's artifact soul. However, Tu Tian, which is right before them, can certainly do it, because Tu Tian was the most powerful divine artifact of the God-King Fenghuo Wuji back then. As the only top-tier God-King level artifact comparable to Fenghuo Wuji from that era, the Ice Emperor Tower is likely the only one worthy of reaching the same level of power.

Xu Yang gently placed his palm on Tu Tian. His immensely powerful spiritual energy began to attempt to resonate with the divine artifact before him. Soon, the soul of the divine sword within the main artifact, Tu Tian, revived. It was a soul totem in the form of an Ancestral Dragon, imbued with a portion of Fenghuo Wuji's soul power. The moment it appeared, it created an extremely strong resonance throughout the entire independent space.

Undoubtedly, its appearance truly shocked Yunlong Tian-Di, who was hidden in the endless void. It also led Yunlong Tian-Di to completely abandon the idea of confronting Xu Yang head-on, at least to some extent. "Good heavens, he was truly hiding his strength too well," Yunlong Tian-Di thought. "If he had brought out a God-King level artifact like this from the start, I wouldn't have stood a chance at all. It seems Xu Yang is truly beyond my ability to contend with. I should still try to get the Saint Beast Heart inheritance first. The only thing I have that gives me leverage or a say is this single ancient jade fragment on me."

In a dim corner, Yunlong Tian-Di harbored these thoughts deep in his soul. The only thing he could do now was to observe from a distance the subsequent actions of Xu Yang and the others in front of the Ice Emperor Tower.

"Hahaha, old fellow, it's been hundreds of thousands of years! I can't believe you were hiding in this place," the soul of Tu Tian exclaimed first. It was precisely the series of sound waves he released that made the Ice Emperor Tower before them tremble slightly.

Immediately afterward, the artifact soul within the Ice Emperor Tower also revived. These two old entities, the Ice Emperor Tower's soul and Tu Tian's soul, began a confrontation after hundreds of thousands of years apart.

"I can't believe you're still around, Tu Tian, you old thing! I thought you had already become history along with your master, Fenghuo Wuji. It's surprising to see you're still active," the Ice Emperor Tower's soul remarked.

"Hahaha, if you're still here, how could I possibly retire early?" Tu Tian's soul retorted. "What makes me curious, though, is why Yun Wangji suddenly disappeared during the Calamity War, leaving my master Fenghuo Wuji behind in the Great World."

The Ice Emperor Tower snorted coldly. "Then why don't you ask why I still exist and didn't perish in that battle? The reason is the supreme artifact of the Angel Race, the Samsara Mirror. Without the Samsara Mirror, the Great World system would have completely collapsed in that Calamity War, and the space of our Great World would have been occupied by countless alien beings. It is precisely because of the Samsara Mirror that the civilization of the Great World has been passed down to this day. All secrets can find their sole answer within the Samsara Mirror; that is where the true essence of the Great World's civilization lies.

"Back then, the Angel God, the Sword Immortal, and God-King Fenghuo Wuji, these three stood at the pinnacle of the Great World. However, none of them could comprehend the true secrets within the Samsara Mirror. And among those three back then, if one had to identify the most powerful, it would be God-King Fenghuo Wuji, because the God-King possessed a cultivation system of primordial power within his body. This, in essence, had already surpassed the limits of the Great World's law and civilization inheritance.

"Therefore, after their joint attempt to decipher the Samsara Mirror's secrets failed, Fenghuo Wuji consistently believed that Yun Wangji and the Angel God had deliberately set up a scheme due to personal emotional issues, aiming to exclude him. In a fit of rage, he ordered the entire army of gods in the Heavenly Realm to attack, intending to completely abolish the Angel lineage's inheritance and seize the Samsara Mirror for himself, taking on the task of inheriting the Great World's governing rules.

"But he never expected that the Samsara Mirror had already predicted this day. The only one aware of this secret was the Angel God of that generation, who then entrusted the task of guarding the Samsara Mirror to Yun Wangji. And to protect him, a brand new space-time law was specially opened, escorting him into a space-time rift under the Great World. It was the emergence of this prerequisite that forced Yun Wangji to open up the Yingzhou Continent. On one hand, it was to fulfill the Angel God's entrustment to protect the Samsara Mirror and to avoid all conflicts arising from God-King Fenghuo Wuji and subsequent gods seeking the Samsara Mirror. That is why Yun Wangji chose to forever seal himself within the Yingzhou Continent. After Yun Wangji left the Great World, the Angel God paid the price for all this, and her own demise brought about the shattering of God-King Fenghuo Wuji's desires."

"Hahaha, so that's how it was!" Tu Tian's soul chuckled. "But I doubt Yun Wangji could ever have imagined that hundreds of thousands of years later, someone would simultaneously acquire the inheritances of all three of them: Yun Wangji's sword bone, Fenghuo Wuji's Tu Tian, and that peerless primordial power cultivation system. Along with the Angel God's most cherished flawless angelic bloodline, the proudest inheritances of the three strongest individuals of that era have all fallen upon Xu Yang alone. And he, without a doubt, will be the next to inherit the Samsara Mirror. By my judgment, if there's anyone in this world who can unlock the secrets of the Samsara Mirror, it must be Xu Yang."

Tu Tian spoke these words to his old friend, the soul of the Ice Emperor Tower, which in turn made the Ice Emperor Tower before him become wary. "Aren't you telling me all this just to gain an opportunity for your new master to acquire the power of the Saint Beast Heart?" the Ice Emperor Tower's soul challenged.

Tu Tian sneered dismissively. "Even without this conversation between you and me, Xu Yang possesses the means to shatter you, the world's most formidable guardian artifact. Don't think I can't tell that the war back then inflicted considerable damage on you. If it weren't for the protection of this so-called Saint Beast Heart power, it would be questionable whether you, old fellow, could have persevered until now. Yun Wangji still refuses to show himself; he merely left you in this place, indicating that you, old fellow, have no subsequent power replenishment. If Xu Yang truly unleashed his full power and attacked you, you wouldn't be able to withstand it at all. Don't try to stubbornly hold on here.

"Believe me, all the secrets within the Great World will find their culmination in Xu Yang, and he will also bestow upon them a new beginning. If you don't believe me, just look at that golden, shimmering spot between this young man's eyebrows. With your experience, it shouldn't be difficult to discern what that spot signifies: the primordial power cultivation method, a realm unprecedented in history, the tenth qi vortex has been opened within this young man. Are you still doubting his potential now?"