“I know it… Of course I know it! In the old tome of the Sylvan Kin, there’s a record of a legend about the elder towers. It’s called the Legend of the Three Towers.” He lifted his eyes toward the distance, his gaze stretching so far it was as if it had crossed endless ages and returned to the elder age.
“According to the legend, in the elder age, when the world had only just begun to open and the Three Realms were still in chaos, demons ran wild, battles between immortals and gods never ceased, and living beings suffered everywhere… To bring peace to the Three Realms and protect all living things, mighty figures of that age forged three divine towers. They were the Pentacarna Tower, the Beast-Quelling Tower, and the Sanctum Tower. Each of those three divine towers possessed its own Godric, and their power was boundless enough to shake the Three Realms into submission…”
“The Pentacarna Tower governs suppression. It can suppress every demon, fiend, and wicked thing in the world. Time flowed strangely inside the Pentacarna Tower. It could help a cultivator recover quickly and break through to a higher cultivation level… The Beast-Quelling Tower governed space. It could control the laws of space, move freely between heaven and earth, and ignore the limits of distance… The Sanctum Tower governed purification. It could cleanse all foul and corrupt energy and nourish the immortal soul, raising a cultivator’s state of mind and cultivation…” Chief Greenwood’s voice turned even more solemn. A trace of longing passed through his eyes.
“According to the legend, if someone could gather all three divine towers and merge them into one, they would become the Worldheart Tower, with supreme power to suppress countless worlds, command time and space, and purify all things. It could even rebuild the order of heaven and earth and restore peace to the Three Realms… But since ancient times, those three divine towers have been scattered across the Three Realms. No one had ever seen even one of them. As the years passed, the legend was gradually forgotten. Only in the old tomes kept by Elder Kin like us was there still a trace of it left behind.”
He looked again at the Pentacarna Tower resting in Jared’s palm. His eyes stayed fixed on it, stunned, as if favonovel.com still couldn’t quite believe what favonovel.com was seeing. “I truly never imagined that in my lifetime, I would actually see the Pentacarna Tower with my own eyes. And I never imagined that this legendary supreme treasure would be in your hands! Master Chance… Who exactly are you?”
After hearing all that, Jared showed no surprise.
What Chief Greenwood had said was almost the same as what Sebastian Vale had told favonovel.com before. That made one thing plain. The Legend of the Three Towers was real.
Jared smiled faintly. His voice stayed level as favonovel.com said, “Clan Chief, there’s no need to overthink it. I’m only an ordinary wandering cultivator… I belong to no sect and no school. By sheer chance, I happened to obtain these two towers… I’m not anyone special.”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com raised his left hand again and turned his palm over. A halo of white light bloomed into view. Another small white tower, no bigger than his palm, slowly took shape. Then it settled into his hand.
The tower was pure white from top to bottom, clear and luminous, as if it had been carved from flawless white jade. Its body was covered in ancient sigils too. But these sigils were gentler than the ones on the Pentacarna Tower, giving off a faint white glow. The light looked pure and warm.
Set against the Pentacarna Tower’s black, weighty presence, the contrast was impossible to miss. One black, one white. One hard, one yielding. The pair fit together so perfectly it barely seemed real.
“The Beast-Quelling Tower!” The instant Elder Cillian saw the white tower, favonovel.com blurted it out. His eyes went wide and round. Disbelief spread across his face, and even his body had started to shake.
As an elder of the Sylvan Kin, favonovel.com had read through the old tome of their people before. He knew something of the Legend of the Three Towers. Of course favonovel.com recognized where this white tower came from.
Beside him, Elder Alder froze too. His lips trembled faintly, and shock filled his eyes. He couldn’t get a single word out.
The Sylvan clansfolk around them erupted even more completely. One after another, they dropped to their knees and pressed their hands together. Every face turned solemn and devout, as if they were standing before a holy pilgrimage. They bowed toward the two divine towers resting in Jared’s palm, murmuring under their breath as they paid homage.
This was the Sylvan Kin’s reverence and veneration for an elder-age relic!
Chief Greenwood’s face turned white on the spot. The look in his eyes had gone far past ordinary shock. He stared fixedly at the two divine towers in Jared’s palm. Even his voice came out wrong, unsteady at the edges.
“You… You actually have two! Master Chance, you actually possess both the Pentacarna Tower and the Beast- Quelling Tower at the same time! This… This is pure fantasy!”
Jared gave a light smile, his tone still as even as before. “I only came by these two towers through chance… I’ve had the Beast-Quelling Tower for a while now, but I’ve never been able to fully bring it under control… My understanding of it is still shallow, and the way I use it is even more limited. Right now, I can only bring out a tiny fraction of its power…”
Chief Greenwood drew in a long breath and slowly steadied himself. He looked at the Beast-Quelling Tower resting in Jared’s palm. Something heavier settled into his gaze along with unmistakable expectation. “The Beast-Quelling Tower is a supreme spatial treasure. Its power is beyond measure. If you can fully control it, then you can truly command the laws of space, ignore any distance, and go anywhere you want. Whether it’s crossing a thousand miles, moving through different firmaments, or even crossing dimensions, none of that would be difficult.”
Jared’s eyes lit up at once. He immediately asked, “Really? Chief Greenwood, you’re saying that’s true? As long as I completely control the Beast-Quelling Tower, I can move freely through the Sixteenth Firmament, and even cross dimensions?”
Chief Greenwood slowly nodded. “That’s exactly how it’s recorded in the old tome. At the core of the Beast-Quelling Tower lies the pure power of Aether Nascence. As long as you can stir that power and bring it under control, you’ll be able to unlock all of its might. And you carry chaotic force… Chaotic force embraces all things and can accommodate power of every attribute. Whether it’s the power of time or the force of Space Law, it can merge with both. So I believe you will be able to fully master the Beast-Quelling Tower’s power.”
Jared looked at the Beast-Quelling Tower in his hand, and something in favonovel.com surged hard. A fierce light burned in his eyes. If favonovel.com really could fully control the Beast-Quelling Tower, then travel, battle, and rescue would all become incomparably easier.
The battlefields between Freevale and the Celestial Alliance stretched across the Sixteenth Firmament. If favonovel.com could move through it at will, then favonovel.com could shift forces with complete flexibility and strike the enemy when they least expected it. Their defenses would become meaningless.
“Chief Greenwood, I want to try,” Jared said, his voice firm and solid. There wasn’t a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
He could hardly wait to try taking control of that overwhelming spatial power. He had subdued the Beast-Quelling Tower, but when it came to the tower’s power over space, Jared still had no idea how to use it.
If what Chief Greenwood said was true, if mastering the Beast-Quelling Tower really meant mastering space, then the next time they returned to Freevale, they would not need to spend days flying. They could use the tower and arrive in an instant.
Chief Greenwood gave a slow nod. Approval and expectation sat plainly in his eyes. “Good! Your chaotic force is uniquely suited for this. You may really be able to awaken the Beast-Quelling Tower’s full power. If you’re going to take hold of the power of Aether Nascence, do it here. We’ll stand guard for you. No one will be allowed to disturb you. You’ll have the peace you need to refine the tower and bring it under control.”
Once favonovel.com finished speaking, Chief Greenwood shot a look at Elder Cillian and the Sylvan elders beside him.
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