16 orbs of light on the thrones turned into human form, and 16 young figures appeared before those 16 thrones. There were girls and boys in that group.
They were just looking young, but the ancient aura emitting from them clearly indicated their age was old enough for being an ancient.
Those figures' faces were gentle; they didn't show any harm towards the group of 8 disciples.
Bai Wei and Zhao Tie stood before their other 6 disciples. After Bai Wei and Zhao Tie, Xiao Yun and Mu Chen stood in position. After them were Lan Ruo and Da Zhuang.
And at last, two girls, Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin. Everyone was alert at this moment. They could easily feel the power emitted from those 16 figures, ready to take action at any moment.
At this moment, the first figure spoke, "Welcome, disciples of the greatest sect of eternity."
Bai Wei and others were startled. They never imagined that these 16 people wouldn't show any hostility at all.
And now they were welcoming them? Bai Wei and others still didn't lower their awareness.
The figure spoke again, "Don't worry, young boy! We were waiting for countless years only for you."
Bai Wei said this time, "Do you know us? Do you know our sect?"
Zhao Tie said hurriedly, "But how is this possible? You were clearly someone from ancient times. You're just a memory right now, aren't you?"
The figure just said with a gentle smile, "Aren't you from the Eternal Sect?"
The 8 disciples shuddered just by hearing that name. They never thought that these people actually knew about their sect and knew it clearly. They looked at each other.
The figure said again with the same gentle face, "Don't worry, you little guys! We made a decision in ancient times. We had a karmic relation with the Eternal Sect. We are here waiting for you all these years."
Bai Wei and others nodded, hearing these words. Then another female voice said to them, "Dear Eternal Sect disciples, you don't know just how lucky you are to be disciples of the Eternal Sect."
Other 15 figures nodded their heads.
At this moment, the first figure said again, "Young guys, can you introduce yourself to us?"
Bai Wei and others remembered that they hadn't shown their respect yet to these ancient figures.
They immediately bowed towards the 16 figures and said in unison, clapping both of their hands in front of them,
"Eternal Sect disciple Bai Wei, Zhao Tie, Lan Ruo, Da Zhuang, Xiao Yun, Mu Chen, Zhao Yue, and Lan Suyin greet the ancient figures."
The 16 ancient figures shuddered just by hearing those names. They knew the gravity of these 8 names too well, especially the 6 names before.
They waved their hands.
A gentle force swept through the area and helped them stand up again.
They looked at them and said, "You 6 are the core disciples of the Eternal Sect?"
Bai Wei and the other 5 nodded their heads in unison, but Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin lowered their heads together.
At this moment, another ancient voice said, "Zhao Yue, Lan Suyin, you don't know just how good your decisions were to join a sect like the Eternal Sect. They have..."
Before he continued, an ancient thunder cloud appeared above the fake sky. Even the presence of that cloud made everyone shudder just by looking at it.
The first figure spoke again, "Stop! Stop! Did you forget we promised him back then? We won't tell a single thing before the right time approaches."
The figure who just spoke shuddered just by looking at the ancient thunder cloud. He could guess easily that if he spoke a single word more,
this thunder cloud would immediately strike them so hard that their remaining consciousness would dissipate.
The first figure now looked at the thunder cloud again. The thunder cloud sensed that the secret was not revealed yet. It started to dissipate until the aura of the cloud also completely gone.
The 16 figures sighed a breath of relief.
At this moment, an ancient figure burst out to the one who just spoke, "You idiot! Are you going nuts day by day? How dare you try to say those words!"
The ancient figure who just spoke gulped a long time, then said to the group of 15, "I... I was excited to meet these little guys so much that I almost forgot about the promise we made!"
The other 15 figures also looked at him with pity. They were also excited, but they couldn't forget those ancient promises.
At this moment, the first figure looked at the group of disciples again with a gentle smile, "I am extremely sorry, little ones. It was our fault just now. We sincerely apologize to you."
Bai Wei said, waving his hand, "No, no, you don't need to apologize to us at all. Nothing happened to us, so it's okay."
The other 7 disciples also nodded with his speech.
But this time, Xiao Yun asked, "If you don't mind, your Highness! Can you tell us why are you in this Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains?"
Hearing those words, an ancient figure sneered, then said angrily, "You guys don't know, but this tower is not called the Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains. "
"It is a tower bestowed upon us by someone important. It was our sect's ancestral token. Known to the world as 'Tower of Consciousness'."
He spoke again, "Those fools from the Ten Thousand Mountain Sects found out the tower from our destroyed sect."
" They don't know the name of our tower. They named it like that, 'Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains'."
"Hmm, what do those guys think of themselves? They can easily change our tower's name?"
At this time, the first figure spoke again, "They didn't even reach the 20th floor. Only those who can reach up to the 20th floor with their own power can enter this place and meet us."
Bai Wei and others understood now why they reached this place. This place was guarded by the 20 floors too well, and the 21st floor is the realm where these ancient beings resided.
Before they thought more, the ancient voice said again, "This place is called the Realm of Consciousness. The specialty of the 'Tower of Consciousness'. "
"This place can help you improve your consciousness, and at the same time, it can save your consciousness for eternity. "
"Little ones, we died a long, long time ago. Only with the help of this tower can we meet you."
Bai Wei asked again, "But, your Highness! Why do you want to meet us?"
The ancient man smiled, said with a gentle tone, "You'll know in the future. Our task was only to assist you in your journey."
Zhao Tie asked confused, "How do you assist us?"
The ancient figure waved his hand, and 8 beautiful orbs the size of a spirit stone appeared in his hand.
These orbs were as if made out of pure water droplets, but strong as much as the strongest metal. They were shining more than any jewel could shine.
He waved his hand again, and the 8 beautiful orbs flew over the hall and landed on the hands of the 8 disciples.
Then he said again, "This orb is called a Soul Orb. It can help you improve your consciousness. Don't show it to outsiders. They'd kill the entire universe to obtain a single one of these orbs."
"Even those at the level of Galaxy Sovereign wanted to obtain these treasures. It is the specialty of this Tower of Consciousness."
"You don't know the importance of Soul Orbs for now, but in the future, you'd know the use of this orb yourself. "
"Until then, use your power to absorb it little by little. You'll gain a strong consciousness in the future."
Everyone looked at the orb in their hands. They couldn't believe their ears that this simple stone in their hand was actually a treasure that even Galaxy Sovereigns wanted to get.
They looked at those 16 figures again, then bowed towards them, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
The ancient figure nodded. Then another ancient figure from the back of him spoke, "Little ones, you can ask anything you wanted to ask before you left this place."
Lan Ruo asked curiously, "Are you already dead?"
Others looked at her as if she was stupid. Who asked someone this type of question?
Da Zhuang even snapped, "Lan Ruo!"
Lan Ruo pouted her mouth in response to everyone's stare.
But the ancient figure said with a gentle smile on his face, "Don't worry about it. We are dead for a long, long time now. We are just using this tower to save our consciousness."
"If you don't mind, can you tell us why are you still saving your consciousness here?" asked Mu Chen.
Everyone looked at him with the same eyes again.
But the 16 ancient figures became uneasy by the question. But still, the first figure said,
"We are here to meet someone. He asked us to deliver something to him. We are waiting for him to appear."
He looked at the little guys again with a big smile on his face,
"And we met you just as we predicted before. Maybe we'll meet that person soon."
Bai Wei and others nodded, hearing those words.
This time, Zhao Yue asked,
"Your Highness! You told us just before that we made a right decision to join the Eternal Sect. Can you elaborate the details? Isn't the Eternal Sect an 8th-tier high-level sect?"
Hearing those words, the 16 ancient figures were surprised and startled at first. Then they started laughing out loud.
"Ha ha ha ha ha... Young girl! Do you know that Eternal Sect back then was the strongest sect in this plane?"
Hearing those words, Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin were startled. They are not from the Eternal Sect.
They just joined the sect a few weeks ago. But Bai Wei and others knew about the past of their Eternal Sect too well.
They know the Eternal Sect was a strong sect with multiple Galaxy Sovereigns in its ranks.
But the next thing they heard changed their views on their sect too.
"Back then, we were just seconds to them. Even with our power as 16 Galaxy Sovereigns, we can't match them at all."
Everyone was startled, hearing that. What the hell! These 16 people are actually Galaxy Sovereigns, and with their power, they still can't match their own sect. What is happening here?
Xiao Yun asked in confusion, "Your Highness! Are you talking about tens of thousands of years ago when our Eternal Sect had 9 Sovereigns in its power?"
The figures all looked at Xiao Yun in surprise and said, "Eternal Sect with only 9 Sovereigns?"
Xiao Yun and others nodded, "Yes, before tens of thousands of years ago, our sect fought the extraterrestrial races with only 9 Sovereigns in power. "
"That's how our higher-level cultivators all died in that war, and the Eternal Sect became a 9th-tier low-level sect now. Until our new sect master took control of the sect and started to make it flourish again."
The ancient figure looked at them, then sighed a deep breath. Said, "So Eternal Sect faced decline in all these times."
Then they looked at these little guys and said again, "We are not from tens of thousands of years ago. We are from millions of years ago."
These words startled the 8 disciples so much that they looked at these ancient figures in horror.
Even with the power of Galaxy Sovereigns, they can't live for millions of years.
But these figures actually made their consciousness preserved in this place for millions of years.
The ancient figure said again, "There was a huge war back then. We fought the war alongside the Eternal Sect back then. "
"If those guys from the Eternal Sect hadn't helped this plane back then, maybe this plane would be much different from now."
"Maybe you'd never be able to roam freely outside your home."
The other 15 figures also nodded their heads.
Bai Wei asked this time, "Your Highness! If you don't mind, can you tell us how much power my sect had then?"
Not just him, but even the other guys also wanted to know this secret. It is their sect they are talking about, especially Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin. They don't know anything about their new sect at all.
This time they learned a secret that they'd never forget in their life. Now they wanted to know more about this mysterious sect.
The ancient figure spoke again, but with clear fear in his eyes, "Back then, the Eternal Sect had at least a thousand Galaxy Sovereigns at the peak of their cultivation "
"With countless other beings strong enough to contend with Galaxy Sovereigns."
These words made the hearts of the 8 disciples beat with heavy thuds.
They never imagined in their wildest dreams that their sect, an 8th-tier high-level sect now, was a behemoth millions of years ago.