Just as Evelyn Benson was rejoicing, that deep, mysterious voice sounded again: “You now possess a basic physique, meeting the minimum requirement for foundational training at the entrance of the Tongshen Tower. Only when your physique reaches the intermediate level can you unlock the first floor of the Tongshen Tower…”

Before the words had fully faded, the surrounding space underwent a dramatic change. Within the vast interior of the tower, a strangely shaped building appeared in an instant.

“Extreme Gravity Chamber…”

Faced with this sudden change, Evelyn Benson quickly scanned the building that had appeared before him. In front of the building was a light screen, on which detailed instructions for using the facility were recorded.

When it came to such novel things, Evelyn Benson was quite adaptable, and it didn’t take long for him to understand everything.

Evelyn Benson also noticed a very conspicuous golden symbol shaped like a tornado on the building.

If this were another universe, this tornado symbol would be recognized by all, for it represented the most powerful empire in that universe—the Lingluo Empire.

The “treasure” that Evelyn Benson had risked his life to obtain was, in fact, a fragment of the divine artifact “Great Xingluo Ring,” which had destroyed the vast Lingluo Empire.

The part he had acquired was called the “Tongshen Tower.”

However, everything Evelyn Benson saw upon entering the Tongshen Tower at this moment did not actually belong to the tower itself. In fact, in a certain sense, Evelyn Benson was not even qualified to truly enter the Tongshen Tower yet; the place he was in now was merely the entrance.

Back at the beginning of the “Great Xingluo Ring” inheritance, none of this existed at the entrance of the Tongshen Tower. All of it had been added by successive emperors of the Lingluo Empire, so that the next inheritor of the “Great Xingluo Ring” could more quickly gain the strength to set foot in the Tongshen Tower.

An advanced physique was the prerequisite for stepping onto the first floor of the Tongshen Tower.

Confronted with this novel facility, and after reading the many detailed explanations on the light screen, Evelyn Benson took a deep breath and stepped into the “Extreme Gravity Chamber.”

“Activate double gravity…”

The moment Evelyn Benson finished speaking, the pressure in the hundred-square-meter gravity chamber suddenly increased. The abrupt weight nearly forced Evelyn Benson to collapse to the ground.

This was far more than just external pressure; even his internal organs, and every drop of blood flowing through his veins, seemed to be weighed down by heavy lead bags.

With his current strength at the sixth level of martial cultivation, it still took Evelyn Benson a full three to five minutes to gradually adapt.

Walking, squatting, running, jumping, punching, kicking.

After half an hour of activity in the gravity chamber, Evelyn Benson was moving with ease. Assessing his own condition, he gained a preliminary understanding of the training effects of the Extreme Gravity Chamber.

This magical room was simply the best training facility for martial cultivators—bar none.

A glint of challenge flashed in his eyes as Evelyn Benson uttered, “Activate five times gravity…”

Having prepared himself, Evelyn Benson was instantly struck as if by a heavy blow. His face turned bright red, and he greedily sucked in and expelled air, using every ounce of strength he had just to avoid being crushed to the ground by the terrifying pressure.

“This is far more effective than training by carrying two hundred pounds of rocks while chopping wood. The two can’t even be compared. I wonder how it stacks up against the ‘Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array’ in the Duan family’s inner residence…”

Though it was extremely arduous, Evelyn Benson was inwardly thrilled, for he realized just how rapidly he would be able to progress with this new resource.

It was said that every year, the elite disciples of the Duan family’s inner residence were allowed ten days to train their bodies in the “Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array”—a treasured place that every cultivator striving for the peak of martial cultivation would give anything to enter.

Legend had it that the “Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array” was set up by the Duan family’s ancestor, who spent vast resources to invite a powerful array master to create it. Anyone who entered would feel as heavy as iron, as if a thousand tons of force pressed upon them at all times.

In such a state, martial cultivators had to constantly circulate their internal energy to resist the crushing pressure. Though grueling, the benefits for cultivation were immense.

It was said that Samuel Benson, when young, entered the array with only fifth-level martial cultivation, and after a hundred days, had reached the eighth level. Such progress was astonishing, all thanks to the “Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array”—a testament to its power.

Evelyn Benson knew quite a bit about the “Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array.” After all, it was one of the Duan family’s most famous treasures, and its reputation was widespread. But as a mere servant, he had never had the chance to try it himself, and could only calculate in his heart.

If he knew that the “Extreme Gravity Chamber” he was in could reach up to a hundred times gravity, while the “Lofty Mountain and Thick Earth Array” at its peak was only equivalent to thirty times gravity, he would surely be astonished.

Meanwhile, in the highest level of the Tongshen Tower, a beam of light gradually condensed into the shape of an enormous head.

“To think that I, Ethan Sullivan, would one day return to the star domains of the heavens…”

After a bout of wild laughter, the giant head showed a hint of displeasure. “This boy entering the tower is far too weak. He doesn’t even have the cultivation to set foot on the first floor of the Tongshen Tower. How vexing.”