Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Pay Up

Li Yao stared at the floating sword hovering before her.

"Are you the ancestor?" she asked, her head tilting slightly as she examined the blade. "No wonder it’s called the Azure Cloud Sword Sect. You’re definitely an azure cloud sword!" Her lips curved into a playful smile.

"What does that even—" The voice paused, then released a weary sigh. "Never mind. I’m not a sword. I’ve simply bound my nascent soul to this weapon."

Li Yao’s eyes widened with sudden understanding. "Oh, just like the Empress’s ring," she thought.

[Did you really think he was a sword?] The Empress’s voice echoed within Li Yao’s mind, her tone filled with disbelief.

"What? No! I was just making a joke to ease the tension," Li Yao defended herself aloud, causing the Empress to sigh deeply.

"Ahem," Li Yao cleared her throat, straightening her posture. "Of course I know that." She brushed invisible dust from her robes, trying to reclaim some dignity. "Anyway, what do you want? I’m in a hurry."

In the next second, the entire pagoda shuddered violently, as though gripped by a massive earthquake. The walls trembled and dust showered from the ceiling. Just as suddenly, everything stilled.

The ancestor’s voice carried another weary sigh before he began, "Actually, this treasure is not truly the Heaven-Testing Pagoda." His tone grew solemn "I had actually renamed it after taking it."

The treasure’s original name was the Demon-Sealing Tower, and acted as a burial place for the Demon God. This Demon God is said to have been a cultivator from a higher realm, though how his tomb ended up in this mortal world remained a mystery. In those days, demonic sects had used the tower’s resources to increase their strength at an alarming rate.

When the orthodox faction witnessed what was happening, they united against the demonic faction. Left unchecked, the demonic cultivators would have become the strongest faction within a hundred years. The conflict between orthodox and unorthodox factions raged for years, but the orthodox faction was gradually losing ground as their enemies grew increasingly powerful.

That was when Feng Tianxu, a genius of the orthodox faction, decided to infiltrate the demon faction to discover the source of their power. There, he witnessed the truth—the demonic faction was extracting resources from the tower and, in exchange, working to revive the Demon God.

Upon discovering this, he resolved to steal the tower. Yet he couldn’t return it to the orthodox faction, partly because he didn’t want to endanger them with such a perilous artifact, but more importantly, because he didn’t want the war to continue when the orthodox faction was destined to lose.

Instead, he announced his defection from the orthodox faction. Word spread that their genius had been tempted by the tower’s power and had run away with it. This strategy ensured that lower-ranked orthodox faction members who knew nothing of the truth would hunt for him, while the demonic faction would cease fighting to search for their lost treasure. Just like that, peace was achieved.

For Feng Tianxu himself, he realized that although the Demon God hadn’t fully revived, he had regained some of his strength—although it was just a fraction of a fraction of his full power, it was still enough to cause massive destruction. He sought out a remote rural area and settled there, dedicating his existence to suppressing the Demon God’s awakening.

Eventually, common folk noticed the "immortal" in their midst and begged to learn cultivation techniques from him. Thus, the Azure Cloud Sword Sect was born. After many years of containing the Demon God, Feng Tianxu finally managed to reseal the entity completely. By then, however, demonic energy had corrupted his body too deeply, preventing him from cultivating further.

He clasped his hands together respectfully. "I see that you are someone of great fortune. Even more talented than I was in my prime." The old man bowed deeply, his ethereal form shimmering. "Would you please look after the tower and ensure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands?" _{f r\eew,eb novel.c(o)(m)}

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