A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

"I'll give it a try!"

After acquiring the Divine Treasure Pagoda, Li Qiang wanted to see what functions it had and what secrets it contained.

He formed hand seals, his divine power surging wildly, divine light flowing from his forehead, and the Divine Treasure Tower flew out from between his brows, initially only an inch in size, then slowly growing larger. In his perception, the Divine Treasure Tower was closely connected to him and would not fly away again.

"It's really out!"

Everyone present watched Li Qiang manipulate the Divine Treasure Tower with great envy.

It should be noted that the divine artifacts of Qingdi, Yuangu, and Boju all came from the first level of the Divine Treasure Tower, which shows how many treasures are hidden inside the tower.

Although Li Qiang had reached the Seven Star Heaven level, his cultivation was still a bit weak, making it difficult for him to control the weapon.

Once the Divine Treasure Tower stabilized, Li Qiang retreated to the side to recuperate. Luo Cheng attempted to control the Divine Treasure Tower with the Heavenly Venerable Mark, but found that his spiritual power and divine chess power were like mud oxen sinking into the sea; clearly, the tower had already recognized its master, and Luo Cheng could not control it.

After a moment, Li Qiang recovered. The Azure Emperor stepped forward and said, "Li Qiang, let's go in and take a look." Now that the Divine Treasure Tower had recognized its master, Li Qiang's consent was naturally required.

Luo Cheng said, "Azure Emperor, this is a Celestial Treasure, containing numerous ancient divine restrictions. You should stay here; my junior brother and I will go in."

"Very well," the Azure Emperor reluctantly agreed.

Yuan Gu instructed, "After you go in, find a way to prevent the Bona people from self-destructing."

"I understand," Luo Cheng replied. Even if Yuan Gu hadn't mentioned it, he remembered it. If the problem of the Bona people wasn't resolved, it would be a disaster for the cultivation world if they were allowed to enter.

After the Divine Treasure Tower recognized its master, it no longer needed constant control. Li Qiang fixed it in place, and the tower remained steadily suspended. Luo Cheng knew that this Divine Treasure Tower also had another name, the Chaos Tower, which was forged by the Primordial Celestial Venerable from the primordial chaos spiritual energy.

"Junior brother, let's go in and take a look."

"it is good."

When Luo Cheng approached the Divine Treasure Tower, he deliberately sensed the reaction of the Ancient God's Restriction. Sure enough, as long as he had the Heavenly Venerable's Mark, the restriction would not attack him. However, he was not the master of the Divine Treasure Tower and could not control it.

"Junior brother, this Divine Treasure Tower has a spirit; why don't you ask it?" Luo Cheng reminded him.

"A spirit artifact?" Li Qiang was astonished. He had seen spirit artifacts, immortal artifacts, and divine artifacts, but he had never heard of a spirit artifact.

"I'm here!" a childish voice suddenly rang out.

Li Qiang was even more astonished: "You're the spirit of the artifact? Where are you?"

"I am omnipresent." The spirit resides within the Divine Treasure Tower and can transform at will.

Li Qiang was somewhat bewildered: "That's really amazing..."

"Actually, I also want to be like you, but I haven't decided what to become," the spirit said.

Luo Cheng immediately used his supernatural powers to conjure up images of thousands of Earth girls, each one lively and adorable: "Choose one you like, or combine the best features of these girls and create an image that you like."

"Great! Great!" The spirit was overjoyed. After some thought, it combined the best parts of all the images and transformed them into an extremely beautiful girl.

Li Qiang was stunned: "It's so beautiful!"

The spirit seemed very happy to be praised, its cheeks slightly flushed.

Luo Cheng laughed and said, "You don't have a name yet, right? Shall I give you one?"

The spirit thought for a moment and said, "I want him to name it." She pointed to Li Qiang—after all, Li Qiang was the tower master.

Li Qiang pondered for a moment: "How about Xiangxiang?"

"Okay!" Xiangxiang happily agreed. Today, she not only had a physical form, but also a name.

Xiangxiang flew around happily in the air a few times, then said, "Master, you've come to find treasure, haven't you? There are so many here, all left behind by the old master."

Li Qiang wasn't used to being called "master" and asked her to use a different title.

"Then I'll call you brother."

Li Qiang found it much more agreeable, and remembering the important matter, asked, "Xiangxiang, do you know how to solve the problem of the Bona people's self-destruction?"

"The Bona people? What are they?"

Li Qiang meticulously described how the Bona people's bodies mutated due to their cultivation of divine powers, ultimately leading to their self-destruction. After listening, Xiangxiang suddenly realized, "Brother, it's not difficult. It's a problem with the cultivation method. Go to the cultivation method pavilion on the fifth floor and you'll find a solution."

Thank you.

"Don't be so polite with me, it's only right that I help my brother."

Li Qiang said to Luo Cheng, "Let's go to the fifth floor."

"We'll have to trouble Xiangxiang to clear the way."

"Easy!" Xiangxiang raised her hand and opened a door. The two stepped inside and instantly arrived at the fifth floor.

This floor was extremely spacious, with all sorts of cultivation methods neatly arranged and categorized—cultivation of truth, cultivation of immortality, cultivation of gods, cultivation of demons, cultivation of Buddhas, cultivation of spirits, cultivation of the body, and so on. Li Qiang was dazzled and his eyes were opened wide.

"Xiangxiang, where did you get these martial arts techniques?"

"Some were picked up by the old master in the chaos, and some were created by him."

"Found it?" Luo Cheng was somewhat shocked. "Only your old master could find things in the chaos, right?"

"yes!"

Luo Cheng said, "Junior brother, the Bona people self-destructed because their bodies underwent a mutation due to their cultivation of divinity. Our focus should be on finding cultivation methods for mortals to become diviners."

"it is good."

The cultivation method for becoming a god is divided into two parts: the first part is for mortals to cultivate into gods, and the second part is for gods to cultivate to the realm of ancient gods. Solving the problem of the Bona people only requires the former.

In fact, Luo Cheng knew of another method: to have the Bona people migrate into the Primal Realm. The Primal Realm's special energy could suppress self-destruction, but he had other plans: in the future, he would be the master of the Primal Realm, and while he could allow a small number of Bona people to settle there, he did not want all of them to migrate into the Primal Realm.

Li Qiang wasn't very interested in the Origin Realm, but Luo Cheng knew its importance. He needed to comprehend the laws of the Five Elements, spacetime, cause and effect, destiny, and creation, and becoming the master of the Origin Realm would allow him to control the power of origin and comprehend the laws from that origin.

Since obtaining the Origin Realm, he has begun to plan his future cultivation path.

The two searched the cultivation technique pavilion separately. Luo Cheng looked through the techniques while studying their attributes and characteristics, making the knowledge his own. As for how long the Azure Emperor and the others had to wait outside, he didn't care—the ancient immortals were all old relics who had lived for over a million years, so waiting for decades or even centuries was nothing, just like taking a nap.

Li Qiang was also immersed in the ocean of cultivation techniques, and many unconventional and miraculous methods greatly inspired him. Both of them were cultivators of the divine realm, and they did not feel tired even after studying in the pavilion for a hundred years.

Luo Cheng originally wanted to see the place in the Divine Treasury Tower where information about the various realms was stored—there was detailed information about the cultivation world, the immortal world, the demon world, the Buddhist world, and even the divine realm, including the scope, history, species, treasures, and even the secrets of gods and celestial beings.

One day, Luo Cheng suddenly woke up with a start: "Oh no, Chenchen must be getting impatient!"

He had previously wanted the Azure Emperor to wait a little longer, since for an ancient immortal, several hundred years was merely a nap. However, he didn't want Lin Chen to wait any longer.

Li Qiang also realized, "Senior brother, we were just casually flipping through the pages, and we found out over a hundred years have passed!"

"Have you found a way to stop the Bona people from self-destructing?"

"Found it!"

"I've also found a few solutions."

Li Qiang said, "By the way, senior brother, shall I help you find a divine artifact?"

"No rush, let's go out first. Qingdi and the others must be getting anxious."

In fact, the three Qingdi were already anxious the next day. However, no matter what they did, they couldn't shake the Divine Treasure Tower, and using powerful divine abilities would only result in backlash, so they could only wait helplessly.

Seeing Luo Cheng and Li Qiang come out, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Gu said, "Azure Emperor, I told you they would be fine." He then asked, "Have you found a solution?"

Luo Cheng apologized first: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's alright, we are all ancient immortals, so waiting for tens of thousands of years is nothing," said the Azure Emperor.

"We've found a solution to the Bona problem," Luo Cheng said.

"good!"

He added, "I also know how to become a god."

Upon hearing this, smiles instantly bloomed on the faces of the Azure Emperor, Yuan Gu, and Bo Ju. They had spent too long in the lower realm, their sole goal being to become gods and ascend to the Divine Realm. Of the three, Yuan Gu was the one who most wanted to ascend to the Divine Realm; she was going there to see someone.

As for the divine artifacts, they no longer cared. The Ancient God's Treasury had been opened many times, and quasi-King-grade divine artifacts such as the Shell-Forging Cauldron and the God-Sealing Stele were obtained from it.

"Oh, right, I also obtained the Origin Realm," Luo Cheng added.

The three Qingdi were greatly shocked. They knew what the Origin Realm meant. It was a world comparable to the Immortal Realm. Controlling the Origin Realm was equivalent to possessing another Immortal Realm.

Speaking of the original realm, the three members of the Immortal Realm are most worried about the balance of power between the cultivation world and the immortal realm.

Once the original realm is opened, it's as if another immortal realm has been added to this universe, which will break the original balance.

If Luo Cheng and Li Qiang are ambitious, they will lead their people to conquer all realms and become the supreme beings of the lower realms.

However, Luo Cheng and Li Qiang were not weak, and Li Qiang had already obtained the Heavenly Venerable's inheritance. The Immortal Realm trio could not control the two of them. After discussing it in secret, Yuan Gu and the others decided to take a more lenient approach.

Yuan Gu smiled gently: "With the Origin Realm, the problem of the Bona people will be much easier to solve." Clearly, she also knew that the Origin Realm could suppress self-destruction.

"I will not allow the Bona people to migrate into the Origin Realm; I will resolve this through other means," Luo Cheng said. "However, a small number of Bona people may be allowed to settle in the Origin Realm. In addition, the previous agreement remains unchanged: they are prohibited from entering the Cultivation Realm."

Both the Azure Emperor and the Primordial One had no objection—they originated from the cultivation world, while the Bona people were ultimately outsiders.

"Alright, let's leave the Ancient God's Lair first."

"Walk."

Luo Cheng knew that the core temple of the Ancient God's Treasury contained the inheritance of the Heavenly Venerable's origin, but Li Qiang's cultivation was not yet sufficient to accept the inheritance, so he did not mention it.

After everyone left, the Ancient God's Treasury released its divine light, rapidly shrinking into a single point of light before disappearing into the void.

"The ancient treasure has disappeared!"

The immortals waiting outside were shocked to see this. The Bona people were not only shocked, but also worried. With the disappearance of the Divine Treasure Tower, their hope of solving the self-destruction problem seemed to have been shattered as well.