"Swamp space."
Seeing it, Yi Tianxing was overjoyed. He nodded inwardly and thought,
"Once this grows, as long as I suppress enemies into the swamp space, ordinary cultivators will definitely die inside, unable to escape. It's another lethal method against opponents. Moreover, if the Heart of the Swamp evolves and ascends, the swamp space will definitely become even stronger and more terrifying. This kind of treasure is perfectly suited to become the core of a world."
Although he had already suspected that the Heart of the Swamp would influence the tower's inner space, seeing it personally still brought him immense joy.
Normally, a space — like the tower's internal world — would be a regular one: though treasures could influence it, it was still a conventional world, born of chaotic qi, with all five elements complete and all kinds of laws naturally emerging.But under certain special conditions, some extreme worlds could generate strange effects.
In this swamp world, it wasn't that other laws didn't exist — rather, all other laws were integrated into the swamp itself, becoming part of it and promoting its development and evolution.Ultimately, it was the swamp law that manifested most dominantly.
Of course, the opening of the swamp space also caused the overall tower space to shrink. Part of the original source power was diverted into this newly born swamp world, causing it to rapidly expand to a radius of eighteen miles.
It was a unique form of balance.
Each space inside the tower would always be the same size —A very strange and bizarre rule.
This was also why Yi Tianxing had once said the treasure tower was "a pitfall".For instance: you might just have advanced into a grand world stage, but the moment a new tower space was born, you could instantly be dragged down again —Even the grade of the Primordial Emperor Tower itself could drop because of it.
It was a trap.
Still, the more internal worlds there were, the stronger the power and foundation of the tower — that was an undeniable fact.
Boom!!
Yi Tianxing could feel the qi and foundations inside the treasure tower grow stronger.Looking around, he let out a cold laugh and casually threw the tower downward. As it fell, the stomach acid below exploded apart.
The dragon-crocodile, which had just felt a burst of happiness and was about to burst out of the swamp, suddenly felt an inexplicable heaviness — as if it had swallowed countless heavy stones.Its body uncontrollably sank back into the swamp, falling fast.
With the release of the Primordial Emperor Tower, all five internal cave worlds pressed down together, adding immense weight along with the tower itself.Instantly, the dragon-crocodile was smashed directly to the bottom of the swamp with a muffled boom.
That single slam left it dizzy and disoriented.
It felt like its entire body had fallen apart.
It sensed as if it had swallowed something extremely bad.A horrifying weight erupted inside its body, pinning it down, making it impossible to move —If it dared move, it felt like the force inside would tear it apart from within.
Pfft! Pfft!
Just then, under the dragon-crocodile's furious and terrified eyes, sharp cracking sounds rang out —A bronze battle spear suddenly tore through from inside its body, piercing its back and leaving bloody holes behind. Blood gushed out.
It could feel it now —It had swallowed disaster.
For the first time, a deep regret was born in its heart.
"Outside, maybe I wouldn't have been able to kill you. A second-rank vicious beast isn't ordinary — your scales are tough and your defenses terrifying.But swallowing me? That was courting death."
Yi Tianxing sneered, violently wielding his spear to rip apart the creature's stomach, tearing open a huge gap.Without hesitation, he jabbed upwards several times, creating holes all through its insides.
He brutally ravaged the dragon-crocodile's internal organs.
From the inside out, with the sharpness of the bronze battle spear, it was effortless.Heart, lungs, liver, everything — all punctured.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
A huge, pulsing heart appeared before him.
"No matter how strong you are, once your heart is destroyed —Let's see how you survive."
Without pause, Yi Tianxing drove his spear straight through the dragon-crocodile's massive heart.
Roar!!
The beast's eyes widened, letting out a mournful, earth-shaking roar.Its massive body thrashed wildly at the bottom of the swamp, blood spraying from its mouth as the vitality drained from it.
Moments later, the dragon-crocodile collapsed limply onto the swamp floor.
Pfft!!
A flash of blood-light —Yi Tianxing leapt out from the creature's back.His clothing had already been mostly corroded by stomach acid. Fortunately, he still had spare clothes stored inside the tower and quickly changed.
He glanced at the motionless dragon-crocodile, coldly spitting out:
"Courting death."
Roar!
But just then —the seemingly lifeless dragon-crocodile suddenly opened its eyes!
With fierce hatred flashing within, it snapped its jaws at Yi Tianxing one final time —A desperate, dying attack, filled with terrifying speed and force.
Bang!!
Yi Tianxing didn't even think —He explosively retreated while summoning the Primordial Emperor Tower before him.
The tower expanded to adult size in an instant.The dragon-crocodile's jaws slammed into it —A dazzling divine light burst forth, sparks flew, and the dragon-crocodile's teeth shattered.
Finally, with a look of utter unwillingness, the beast collapsed for good.
Yi Tianxing thought, and instantly, the dragon-crocodile's corpse was stored inside the tower.
"Crocodile meat is a great delicacy —Many fine dishes are made from it.Especially the flesh of a second-rank vicious beast — rich with abundant energy."
The Primordial Emperor Tower returned to his body, suppressing his divine sea once again.
This crocodile meat was a true treasure. No way it should go to waste.
If it hadn't been from within the body, killing the dragon-crocodile would have been extremely difficult.
Unfortunately for it, some things simply shouldn't be eaten recklessly.
Yi Tianxing frowned slightly, sensing that an invisible force from the swamp world was binding him —A thick malice seemed to be pressing down from the world itself.
"Looks like after swallowing the Heart of the Swamp, this swamp world can no longer tolerate me. It's trying to eject me."
Yi Tianxing didn't resist.He had already seized everything of value here —Even the Heart of the Swamp had been refined.Staying longer would only mean pointlessly battling the swamp sludge, which was meaningless.
Light flashed —
Yi Tianxing disappeared from the swamp world.
The swamp world grew calm again.However, the Heart of the Swamp would not regenerate in just a year or two.Its future growth would be much slower.
Still, while important, the Heart of the Swamp was not the world's foundation.The true foundation was the Eight Trigrams Platform (Bagua Platform).
"I'm out?! And... I'm standing on the Eight Trigrams Platform? What's going on?"
Yi Tianxing carefully looked around.
The moment he was rejected from the swamp world, he felt solid ground under his feet —Scanning his surroundings, he realized he had completely left the Eight Aspects World and now stood atop the platform's third layer —the highest point.
He was precisely standing on the Dui position of the Eight Trigrams — the one corresponding to the swamp world.
"I can't leave my position... I can't step out of the Dui area. What's happening?"
Trying to explore, he found an invisible barrier at the edge of the Dui sector —An unbreakable light screen stopped him.Even exerting his full strength, he couldn't shake it at all.
Realizing resistance was futile, Yi Tianxing gave up and focused his attention elsewhere.
"There's something in the center of the Eight Trigrams Platform —What is that?"
At the heart of the platform, where the black-and-white Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram lay,a layer of black-and-white divine light floated —Within the rolling Yin-Yang energy, something seemed to be constantly rising and sinking.
It gave off a mysterious, alluring aura.
From within came the faint sounds of celestial music, the graceful dance of heavenly maidens, dragons and phoenixes frolicking...
A magnificent sight —Clearly not a mundane object.
"Could it be that the supreme treasure of the Eight Trigrams Platform is hidden there?"
Yi Tianxing's heart trembled slightly.
A treasure that could draw even a phoenix to descend —It was likely hidden right within the rolling Yin-Yang energy.
"The Eight Trigrams Platform can even evolve entire worlds, birthing treasures like the Heart of the Swamp from a single world...
The central Yin-Yang Taiji position —where all Eight Trigrams and the forces of fengshui and heaven converge —birthing a supreme treasure here isn't impossible at all."
At that moment, Yi Tianxing was already certain:There was a peerless divine treasure hidden at the heart of the platform.