159: Chapter 159 Awakening Memories, A Celestial from a Past Life

"Senior Brother, which layer did you reach?" a Disciple couldn't help asking.

Lu Jinghan glanced at him and said indifferently, "The ninety-first layer."

The Disciple gasped, watching Lu Jinghan's retreating figure. He stood stunned for a long time before muttering, "The ninety-first layer, what kind of concept is that?"

Ao Qin, who happened to be passing by, heard the Disciple's words. He patted his shoulder and grinned, "Don't think about it. That is Senior Brother; he is not on the same level as us."

The Disciple nodded with a bitter smile, not refuting him.

The doors of the Trial Tower opened again, and a few more Disciples filed out.

Walking at the very front was a burly young man. His robes were covered in dust, and although his face was pale, his eyes shone with an irrepressible gleam of excitement.

His steps were much lighter when he came out, and the aura around him was significantly more profound than it had been half a year ago; clearly, he had gained much in the tower.

"Senior Brother Lin! Which layer did you reach?" a Disciple greeted him.

"The sixty-third layer!" The young man surnamed Lin grinned, his voice full of pride. "I was stuck at the sixty-second layer for three months, but today I finally broke through!"

Several others walked out one after another behind him. Although they were not as conspicuous, they all had their own improvements; it was evident they had all received significant tempering in the Trial Tower.

No one was in a hurry to leave. They gathered in front of the tower, exchanging experiences about clearing the tower.

After all, the guardians on each level of the tower were different, and sharing experiences could help those who came later avoid many detours.

Until the tower doors opened once more, and a final figure walked out slowly.

It was a young man with delicate features and a slender build, wearing a grey martial outfit washed to the point of fading. There were hardly any traces of battle on his robes.

His pace was composed and his expression calm, as if he hadn't just walked out of the life-or-death Trial Tower, but had returned from a stroll in his own courtyard.

"Yun Tianxiang! He's out too!"

"I heard he entered the Trial Tower half a year ago and hasn't come out since. A full half year!"

"Half a year? He stayed in the tower for half a year? What layer would that be?"

Amidst the discussions, everyone's gaze fell upon that grey figure.

Yun Tianxiang was not conspicuous among the Kunlun Disciples. He rarely spoke, and apart from Cultivating, he spent his time alone and rarely formed deep friendships.

At this moment, someone gasped and exclaimed in a low voice, "Initial Stage of Void Refinement? Wasn't he only at the Nascent Soul Mid Stage half a year ago? He crossed a major Realm in half a year?"

"It's not just a matter of Realm. Look at the aura on him. I can't describe the feeling, but standing before him, I feel a bit creeped out."

"What on earth did he experience in the Trial Tower?"

Yun Tianxiang ignored the surrounding discussions. His gaze swept calmly over the Disciples in front of the tower, and he gave a slight nod as a greeting before turning and walking towards the Main Peak.

His pace remained composed, but his eyes were completely different from half a year ago.

Previously, his eyes carried a bit of suppressed resentment and deep-seated hatred. Now, those things were still there, but they had gained a sense of clarity and composure that came from the passage of time.

Only he knew what had happened in the Trial Tower over the past half year.

Every layer of the Trial Tower was a battle. Originally, he had only been trying to improve his Cultivation and temper his combat skills, charging at the guardians of the tower day and night without rest.

But when the battle ended on the sixty-seventh layer, an inexplicable force surged into his Sea of Consciousness, and countless fragmented images rushed in like a tide.

Those images did not belong to this lifetime of his, yet they were a part of him.

He saw himself standing above the clouds, surrounded by Immortal light, changing the landscape with a wave of his hand; he saw himself battling fiercely against several equally powerful figures, blood spilling across the sky; he saw himself falling from the Nine Heavens, his Divine Soul shattered, and his consciousness sinking into darkness.

An Immortal—he had once been an Immortal. Although he was only an Earth Immortal of the lowest Realm, he was truly an existence that had transcended the mortal world.

Those memory fragments churned in his Sea of Consciousness for three whole months. During those three months, he cleared the tower while digesting those fragmented memories.

Cultivation Techniques, Divine Abilities, combat experience, and insights into the Laws of heaven and earth—although most of the memories were still incomplete, the parts that had awakened were enough to cause a earth-shattering change in his Cultivation speed.

Nascent Soul Mid Stage, Late-stage Nascent Soul... until he rushed to Initial Stage of Void Refinement, his rise in Realm finally began to slow down.

But for him, the increase in Cultivation was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that those memories allowed him to clearly see the enemies from his past life, and the path he should take in this life.

Yun Tianxiang stopped at the foot of the Main Peak, looked up at the towering Kunlun Hall, remained silent for a moment, and then bowed deeply.

He did not know the background of the Lord of Kunlun, nor did he know what kind of foundation was hidden behind this Sect.

But now that he had awakened a portion of his Immortal memories, even so, he still could not see through this Sect in the slightest.

Those Immortal peaks shrouded in clouds, that towering Trial Tower, that towering enlightenment tree—every place revealed mysteries far beyond his previous life's understanding.

Towards Kunlun, he felt only awe.

Yun Tianxiang straightened up and turned to walk towards the mountain gate.

"Senior Brother Yun, are you going out?" a familiar Disciple asked, seeing that he was heading in the wrong direction.

Yun Tianxiang paused, looked back at the Disciple, and nodded slightly. "I'm going out to find someone."

The Disciple didn't ask further, only cupped his hands and said, "Then take care on the road, Senior Brother Yun."

Yun Tianxiang nodded slightly and continued towards the mountain gate. His gaze looked towards the churning sea of clouds beyond the mountain gate, a flicker of complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

His younger brother, his only kin in this life.

During that incident in the Central Province years ago, his Family was destroyed, and only he and his younger brother, Yun Tianlan, had escaped.

They had traveled all the way to the Southern Wilderness, but they got separated during a chaotic event and had lost contact ever since.

At that time, his Cultivation was low, and the Southern Wilderness was too vast; there was simply no way to search.

Now that he had awakened his memories from his past life and his Cultivation had broken through to Initial Stage of Void Refinement, it was time to find his younger brother.

Yun Tianxiang's figure passed through the Kunlun mountain gate and disappeared into the sea of clouds.

Inside the mountain gate, the Disciples were still discussing the earth-shattering changes he had undergone over the past half year. Their voices gradually faded into the distance, blown away by the mountain wind.

Yun Tianxiang's figure disappeared into the sea of clouds, and the discussions inside the mountain gate gradually subsided.

Meanwhile, at the summit of the Main Peak, deep within the Kunlun Hall, that layer of pale golden light curtain had dissipated several days ago.

Jiang Changge had taken in the entire scene just now.

Yun Tianxiang walking out of the Trial Tower, the earth-shattering change in his aura, and the clarity and composure settled in his eyes.

As well as the awe revealed when he bowed deeply before the mountain gate—he had not missed a single detail.

"Reincarnation of an Immortal," Jiang Changge muttered to himself with a smile. "I didn't expect that among the Disciples of Kunlun, such a figure was hidden."