Chapter 196, Trial Tower and Am I Dead?

Translator: Tamon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

“Master killed Immortal Lord Shen Wu, whom I heard to be Fa Tian’s Dao Protector. Aside from him, I’m unaware that there are other Immortal Domain geniuses on the Nine Province Continent.”

 

Chen Changan turned grave. “Fa Tian must be a formidable opponent to you.”

 

“Yes, Master. Fa Tian has the Tyrant Demon Body, which is extremely strong. I’m not sure if I could beat him in the disciple contest.” Bai Yue confessed.

 

Bai Yue and Fa Tian had fought many times in the Black Tortoise Immortal Domain, but never won.

 

It came as a shock to find him on the same Lower Realm as her.

 

Bai Yue felt tremendous pressure on her shoulders to know of his existence.

 

“Bai Yue, as my disciple, you must trust your strength. I believe in you.” Chen Changan touched her shoulder in encouragement.

 

[Oh, how cool and soft. It feels nice. Ahe-hem…]

 

[What is wrong with me? She’s my disciple!]

 

Bai Yue wasn’t privy to Chen Changan’s thoughts. She only felt his warmth through his touch and words of comfort.

 

Bai Yue’s confidence soared. Her gaze hardened. “Master, I will definitely defeat Fa Tian at the disciple contest.”

 

“It’s still some days away, so work hard. Ganbatte!” (Tamon: ganbatte is Japanese for you can do it/do your best.)

 

“Right, ganbatte.” As Bai Yue watched him go, she tilted her head.

 

“What does Master mean by ganbatte?”

 

Shaking away all idle thoughts, Bai Yue refocused on cultivation, striving to become the strongest she could before the contest.

 

Chen Changan went back to his chair, one leg over the other. His thoughts were on Fa Tian. [Who is he to make her so worried?]

 

Foxy was still sleeping.

 

Chen Changan smiled. [This is the life.]

 

As night fell, stars covered the sky.

 

Chen Changan asked, “Fig, how do you suggest I hold the disciple contest?”

 

“I do not know. I leave it up to Young Master to decide.”

 

“Guess so.”

 

He had a favorable opinion of Bai Yue, enough to give her the Nine Province Cauldron ahead of schedule, but the real reason was the v5.0 system upgrade.

 

Bao’er had to go to the Sumeru Immortal Domain and earn the Sword Immortal Inheritance. Her safety required a certain level of insurance.

 

Chen Changan would rather not have his first disciple fall up there.

 

In regard to the disciple contest, Chen Changan would employ fairness.

He would be impartial to Bai Yue, despite taking her as a disciple.

 

“Then that’s how I’ll hold it.” Chen Changan came up with a solution.

 

He explained it to Fig, who praised, “Young Master is unparalleled. The disciple contest will be brilliant by conducting it in such a way.”

 

Chen Changan nodded. “Then it’s settled.”

 

He grasped in the air.

 

The world dimmed, and the earth shifted as the impossible happened.

 

The cultivators within the Absolute Domain stirred from the shaking, clueless as to what was going on.

 

Foxy woke up and rubbed her eyes.

 

Bai Yue looked at the sky.

 

A huge tower hovered there, shining golden and bright.

 

The cultivators focused on it.

 

Chen Changan used creation to bring it into this world.

 

The tower had eighteen floors, with the top piercing the clouds. It was a truly marvelous work of art, akin to a lofty mountain.

 

“Bai Yue, I’ll be taking the Nine Province Cauldron.”

 

Chen Changan sent to her ear.

 

Bai Yue nodded and took it out.

 

The cauldron’s tie with Bai Yue snapped, and it shot straight for the peak of the golden tower. The Nine Province Cauldron shone there, in all its glory.

 

The gaudy light captivated the cultivators, overwhelming them with excitement and greed.

 

“Heavens! The Nine Province Cauldron!”

 

“It’s out!”

 

“I’ll take it for sure! I’ll become the Heavenly Dao Protector!”

 

“Me too!”

 

“The disciple contest is upon us!”

 

“…”

 

The golden tower dazzled everyone with its splendor.

 

It drifted down.

 

Boom!

 

And as it planted itself in the Myriad Mountains, it shook the ground.

 

Foxy blinked from Chen Changan’s chest, pointing at the gaudy thing.

 

Bai Yue muttered, “What is that?”

 

Chen Changan replied to both,

 

“The golden tower, which I named Trial Tower, currently has eighteen floors.” The disciple contest will take place there.

 

Foxy and Bai Yue exclaimed.

 

“Eighteen floors, all filled with dangers and rewards. The one to overcome all floors shall be the victor. They will receive the Nine Province Cauldron and become Heavenly Dao Protector, as well as my disciple.”

 

Bai Yue craned her neck to gaze upon the tower, her gaze firm.

 

She would give her all to be that person!

 

…

 

The night was quiet in Glorious Heaven City.

 

Then, a sudden boom broke the peace, with flames reaching into the sky. The cultivators were stumped at the sudden commotion.

 

Mo Wentian stood before the inferno with pride and a red gourd in hand.

 

The gourd was one of the hidden treasures of the Immortal Slayer he found in that cave. It released the Heaven Origin Flames, pushing even an Empty Immortal to the brink of death.

 

Mo Wentian found out where Fa Tian spent the night and went on the offensive.

 

“Humph, death god, more like a dead immortal genius. Not even you can stand up to the Heaven Origin Flames that can melt an Empty Immortal.”

 

Mo Wentian yawned. “After ending the competition, time for a nap. I want to enter Myriad Mountains first thing in the morning.”

 

The Heaven Origin Flames were snuffed out the next second, out of the blue, followed by a gargantuan pressure, heavier than a mountain.

 

Mo Wentian picked up Fa Tian in the middle of all the destruction. He was unharmed, with even his hair untouched.

 

“Mommy!!!!”

 

Mo Wentian took out an array disk. The hidden treasure had a teleportation array inscribed on it. It would take him far away in an instant.

 

As he activated the disk, a golden sword wave reached him and cut it in two.

 

“You’re an Immortal Domain genius yet plan on escaping after your assassination failed?”

 

Mo Wentian was scared to death. [This death god is ridiculously overpowered! Is this the real power of an Immortal Domain genius?]

 

[What now? Am I dead?]