The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Chu Xiu and Tu Shanling did not stay in the demon territory any longer.

Based on the golden giant's memories, he had learned the true location of the upper realm teleportation array—

The Tower of Babel in the far north!

That's right, the location of the upper realm teleportation array is on the top floor of a towering tower that reaches into the clouds!

This Tower of Babel has 99 floors!

Each level has a guardian stationed within the tower, preventing beings from this realm from reaching the top.

The golden giant that Chu Xiu had killed earlier was the tower guard on the third floor!

To Chu Xiu's surprise, these Dao Bearers were actually puppets enslaved by the Heavenly Dao.

They are all powerful individuals who have stepped into the realm of the dead and come to the far north to search for the teleportation array since the birth of this world!

Without exception, they all suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Heavenly Dao, were brainwashed by the Heavenly Dao, and became its puppets!

According to the golden giant's memories, the so-called Heavenly Dao is actually just the spirit of a celestial artifact left in this plane by a powerful being from the upper realm!

However, this spirit has mastered the laws of this world and calls itself the Heavenly Dao, and has existed for countless years.

With the golden giant's detection capabilities and strength, it was completely impossible to know the true power of the celestial artifact's spirit...

However, one thing is certain: the one who restricts the cultivation level of beings in this realm to only the ninth level of the Profound Immortal Realm is someone else entirely.

This law of heaven and earth was not established by the spirit of the immortal artifact!

Chu Xiu guessed that the quality of the immortal artifact and its spirit might be far beyond what people in this world could understand, but the spirit's realm should still be at its limit!

As long as there is still a limit, there is always a chance to win!

Chu Xiu did not reveal the information he had received to Tu Shanling.

There's no need. This little fox spirit's strength is only at the level of an ordinary ninth-level Xuanxian realm. She probably can't even defeat that golden giant.

But Chu Xiu is different!

After reaching the limit, he killed so many Xuanxian realm experts, including many limit realm experts and Dao holders!

However, the system never notified me how many cultivation points I had gained, which must be due to the limitations imposed by the limit rules; if I couldn't break through, there was no need for a notification.

However, he could intuitively feel that although his realm was still at a certain point, the strength of his magical power was gradually increasing and never stopped!

Chu Xiu had a premonition that once he left this realm and stepped into the upper realm, he would be able to take that step completely and enter the so-called Void Breaking Realm!

It remains to be seen who is stronger between him and the spirit of the immortal artifact disguised as the Heavenly Dao!

You'll only know once you've tried it!

Chu Xiu also had his concerns.

After all, if they were defeated, they would most likely become puppets of the Heavenly Dao...

But blindly looking ahead and behind is definitely not Chu Xiu's style!

With his own strength and the system he possessed—a cheat code seemingly derived from the Heavenly Dao of the Great Thousand Worlds—he refused to believe he couldn't defeat a mere artifact spirit!

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

Even though the demon territory is located at the northern end of the continent, it is still a day's journey from the far north, even with Chu Xiu's speed. Moreover, he also needs to take care of Tu Shanling, a girl who has just entered the realm of the dead.

With Chu Xiu's deliberate help, it took the two of them two days to finally see the silhouette of the tall tower.

Below the clouds, only about twenty floors of the tower are visible; the remaining floors are all above the clouds!

Tu Shanling sighed helplessly: "Such a tall tower, do we have to climb it floor by floor?"

Chu Xiu chuckled and said, "There's no need for that."

He reached out and flipped his hand, and a gold medal engraved with the number "three" appeared in his palm.

Chu Xiu raised the golden tablet and infused it with magical power. Then he reached out and pulled Tu Shanling's hand. A golden light flashed, and the two of them arrived at the third floor of the Tower of Babel!

Tu Shanling blushed and quietly withdrew her hand from Chu Xiu's warm palm.

Chu Xiu paid no attention to Tu Shanling's actions. He looked into the distance and saw a teleportation array radiating golden light, which should be the teleportation array leading to the sixth floor.

"The third floor..."

"So, with that golden giant's strength, he can only be the guardian of the third level..."

Tu Shanling muttered to herself.

She hadn't expected that there would be as many as a hundred so-called enforcers of the Heavenly Dao!

And that golden giant, with his strength, could only rank third!

However, even the third-ranked Dao Holder possesses the power to easily annihilate all living beings in the world.

And what about those who uphold the Way even further ahead...?

Tu Shanling looked at Chu Xiu with some concern.

Although she had witnessed Chu Xiu's strength, she was certain that he would have a 100% chance of killing the third Dao Holder if he went all out.

But above the golden giant, there are two more...

More importantly, if the Heavenly Dao were to personally intervene, would Chu Xiu still have a chance of winning?

That is the Way of Heaven!

The master of this land!

Chu Xiu turned his head and saw the worry in Tu Shanling's eyes.

After a moment of contemplation, he decided to tell her the true identity of the Heavenly Dao and the origin of the rules of the Limitless Realm.

Tu Shanling suddenly realized: "So that's how it is..."

"So, the Heavenly Dao is not invincible after all!"

"That's right!"

Chu Xiu laughed and said, "Whether we can win or not, we'll only know after we fight!"

“I know that your Tushan clan is not good at direct combat.”

"So all you need to do later is stand by and support me."

"If there's any unexpected situation, just lend a hand."

Chu Xiu knew that the Tushan Fox clan, although able to rely on the power of their divine beast bloodline and their innate ability to sense the heavens and earth that was stronger than other races, could raise their physical body, internal strength, and primordial spirit to their limits.

However, as a member of the fox clan, their greatest strength should be their unique control abilities, rather than their ability to inflict damage.

That is what is called allure.

The allure of the Tu Shan clan can interrupt spells cast by opponents of equal strength.

It can also enslave the souls of those weaker than itself, turning them into puppets.

The latter point is quite similar to the way the artifact spirit controls the puppet of the Dao Bearer.

This is also why Chu Xiu brought Tu Shanling into the tower along with him.

He wanted to try and see if, with Tu Shanling's help, he could seize control of these Dao Holders from the hands of Heaven!

If he could obtain the assistance of the remaining Daoist puppets (excluding those he had already killed), he wouldn't need to worry too much about the safety of this world after leaving it.

"Your Majesty, if you wish to seize a puppet whose primordial spirit and physical body are both enslaved, would your Tushan Fox Clan's bewitching arts be effective?"

"To seize control?"

Tu Shanling nodded. "Our clan's bewitching techniques control the very essence of the opponent's soul."

"However, if one wants to seize control of a puppet whose primordial spirit has been imprinted with a slave mark, it is necessary to shatter the original slave master's primordial spirit mark with extremely difficult control without harming the puppet's primordial spirit."

Chu Xiu nodded. "You don't need to worry about that."

Chu Xiu believed that with his control over his realm and strength, achieving this would be a piece of cake.

He took Tu Shanling's hand and condensed the Formless Sword Intent into a protective shield around her.

Safety first.

Chu Xiu, holding Tu Shanling's hand, didn't see the woman's pretty face flushed red to the roots of her ears, and walked straight toward the formation leading to the second level.

"Let's go."

"Come with me and destroy the next level's guardian!"