Wang Wu fell into deep thought.

Then burst into wild laughter.

Does this count as great minds thinking alike?

Truly, he hadn’t thought about constructing a Sin Prison Tower; he hadn’t even considered it before.

He was merely summarizing data based on the variables of the Twenty-four Solar Terms, and as a result, he constructed a Sin Prison Tower.

It’s like some mortal randomly drawing a line on the ground, calculating according to some rule along the way, ultimately coming up with a circle.

If pi is a mortal’s cultivation manual, does this mean Wang Wu now possesses a cultivator’s manual?

"So, have I finally caught up with the footsteps of predecessors?"

Wang Wu thought of the numerous Sin Prison Towers once in the Cultivation Realm, not just hundreds, but thousands, tens of thousands, now lying in dust at the lowest dimension of the Cultivation Realm.

These Sin Prison Towers surely weren’t all built by those twelve Daluo; no matter how mighty they were, they wouldn’t need to build so many, right?

It doesn’t make logical sense.

So the only logical explanation is that before them, someone else had built them and left them behind.

Many Sin Prison Towers even became ownerless objects, used to detain criminals after being repaired, while others became Eternal Firm Immortal Artifacts, used to guide the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi.

Now, it seems that this thing shouldn’t be called a Sin Prison Tower; it should be called an Enlightenment Tower.

This signifies a Taiyi True Immortal discovering the fundamental laws of the world’s operation, even in their crudest form, recording, describing, and mastering them.

The Sin Prison Tower is such a testimony.

So the previous act of those twelve Daluo relocating all the Sin Prison Towers becomes quite intriguing, roughly akin to taking away all the textbooks.

In essence, I’ve ascended to heaven, so I’m removing the ladder.

Wang Wu does not comment on such behavior, nor criticize or curse it, because this is just human nature.

If you have the ability, climb up yourself.

Isn’t it so that Wang Wu just crafted himself a passable ladder?

As he looked at his Sin Prison Tower, constructed entirely from the leftover materials of the Great Wilderness City’s ruins, the difference was that every leftover material was cultivated with Spiritual Qi, so the actual cost wasn’t cheap. Over the past five thousand years, he has spent a hundred billion points of Spiritual Qi for it.

Yet it was worth it.

Even if it is just a miniature Sin Prison Tower.

It has significant use for Wang Wu, allowing him to summarize and organize 150 types of formula structures, which he then combined into nine major categories, corresponding exactly to the nine types of array talismans originally issued by the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch.

Yes, that’s right, very similar.

This means Wang Wu spent 6000 years, consuming a total of 100 billion points of Spiritual Qi, to prove the nine array talismans whose answers he knew over two thousand years ago.

It sounds somewhat ridiculous and comical.

Wang Wu could recite those nine array talismans backwards and forwards; as long as he had materials and the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi, he could deploy them instantly.

Now with these nine array talismans, Wang Wu doesn’t need materials, doesn’t need the irradiation of Yin and Yang Qi, and can deduce them with his eyes closed.

Additionally, there’s a small discrepancy.

The nine array talismans of the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch, compared to Wang Wu’s nine kinds, share a 97.82% similarity, differing by 2.18%; the former indicates that Wang Wu can at least reach the level of Hidden Origin Divine Monarch in the future.

The latter is about adjusting excess and deficiencies, because he doesn’t know who’s right or wrong, just adjusts based on this, seeing which is more correct.

This too can be considered a philosophical argument.

However, this argument isn’t about eloquence, not about unparalleled debating skill.

But requires real data for comparison.

"So, it can be known with a try."

Wang Wu operates the Five Elements Cat Array, and based on one of the nine array talismans he deduced, which he also named the White Tiger Array Talisman, inputs it as if reinstalling a system.

Let’s see if it works in practice.

However, while inputting this new White Tiger Array Talisman, Wang Wu also had a very clear rectification strategy for his First Sequence’s Five Elements Profound Yellow Array.

Yes, it can be upgraded to a Tier Four Foundation Establishment Array.

For Wang Wu, who deduced nine types of array talismans, this is as easy as pie.

The entire process wasn’t tumultuous.

After all, with a similarity over 97%, it was merely minor adjustments, not causing much stir.

Soon, the adjustment was complete.

Wang Wu re-operated the Five Elements Cat Array, felt nothing much, the Five Elements Cat Array remained as effective as ever, the finer differences even his Level 24.5 Spirit Essence Perception couldn’t detect.

This result surprised him, also indicating that the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch didn’t fall short, maybe in this step, Wang Wu lost.

The accumulation of the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch over millions of years, can it not compare to his 6000 years of accumulation?

Wang Wu was placid, but it didn’t mean his 6000 years of time was wasted; his goal wasn’t to compete with Hidden Origin Divine Monarch on who’s more powerful, even if his nine deduced array talismans were slightly weaker, less complete, it didn’t matter.

What’s important is he can construct Sin Prison Towers.

And the Sin Prison Tower can receive the signals of Yin and Yang Qi and adjust their irradiation.

At this moment, Wang Wu entered the Miniature Sin Prison Tower, pondering for a long time, and then slowly activated it. After a lengthy wait, he finally captured a signal of Yin-Yang Qi.

He slowly adjusted, eventually achieving the clearest and most precise state of Yin-Yang Qi, and then illuminated his Five Elements Cat Array.

Because Yin-Yang Qi is the most standard and undisputed answer.

This illumination can reveal who is better and who is worse.

The result was unsurprising; Wang Wu lost.

The Array Talisman he deduced over six thousand years was not as good as the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch’s Array Talisman, with a difference as high as—er, 0.8%?

So, the difference between the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch’s deduced Array Talisman and the Great Dao is 98.62% versus 100%?

Could he not bridge this gap, or must he take an approximate value?

Or is it that what he presented was just an export version?

Thinking like this, Wang Wu quickly closed the Miniature Sin Prison Tower, dispersing the Yin-Yang Qi, as this thing cannot be left open for long nor used capriciously, illuminating at will.

Over time, it would undoubtedly leave traces, making it easy for the Twelve Great Luo to discover. In fact, if there were still beings like Li Huo Monarch or Bear Emperor Armor present in the Cultivation Realm, they might have sensed this brief moment and come searching.

It’s like a moth to a flame; the Taiyi True Immortal’s desire for Yin-Yang Qi is akin to a guiding light.

Ah, this is the significance of Wang Wu’s six-thousand-year effort.

The gap exists, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that I can create it myself.

Even if others know those nine kinds of Array Talismans, they couldn’t possibly deduce a Miniature Sin Prison Tower, as it’s not reverse-engineered.

It requires calculation from the observation of the Twenty-four Solar Terms.

Next, Wang Wu began the drastic adjustment and upgrade of the Five Elements Profound Yellow Array. This process was too easy, like chopping vegetables, completed in less than half a month.

The Tier Four Foundation Establishment Array, with the same effect as the Five Elements Cat Array, he casually named it the Five Elements Puppy Array.

And once the Five Elements Puppy Array was in place, the impact on the First Sequence was significant.

His Ancient Bear Bloodline instantly gained another 10% Bloodline Evolution Level, but unfortunately, it couldn’t go any further, ultimately fixed at 99.9%.

It was at this moment that he gained some insight, realizing that in this aspect, he was catching up with that Ancient Bear Daluo.

Note, this is merely the height of bloodline evolution, not the overall strength.

"Thankfully, I’m now in the Cultivation Realm. If I were really to go to the All Heavens Immortal Realm built by the Ancient Bear Daluo, I would definitely be questioned. Surely, the Ancient Bear Daluo wouldn’t take me to refine an Immortal Gu, right?"

Wang Wu thought half-jokingly, not taking it seriously, whether it was true or not, could that Ancient Bear Daluo really return to the Cultivation Realm?

His gains, however, were tremendous.

In terms of longevity alone, it increased by ten thousand years, and his Total Life Value Limit successfully exceeded one billion.

The strength comparison of the First Sequence was already on par with the Second Sequence.

In the future, as long as he deploys a Tier Four Foundation Establishment Array for the Third Sequence, his overall strength might immediately break through the Taiyi Eighth Tier.

Then, Taiyi Ninth Tier, and finally Half-step Daluo.

The expectation of gaining fifty thousand years of Shou is quite good.

Wang Wu chuckled to himself, just as he was about to continue his research, suddenly sensing someone approaching, and the aura of the visitor, my god, how could it be her!

In a flash, Wang Wu appeared miles away, coincidentally bumping right into the visitor.

That’s right, it was the Frost Monarch!

She didn’t leave at all; she actually stayed in the Cultivation Realm!

The Frost Monarch wasn’t surprised in the slightest, unchanged over six thousand years, only her gaze was more intense, more persistent, as if Wang Wu had become the only one in her eyes.

"How did you..."

Wang Wu didn’t get the chance to finish his sentence; he just succumbed.

The Land of Tenderness is quite nice too.

...

...

A few days later, Wang Wu, holding the Frost Monarch’s hand, showed her the Miniature Sin Prison Tower.

"You’re really daring, the Twelve Great Luo have already established celestial regulations and laws; if your actions are discovered, the Celestial Soldiers and Generals would descend upon you. But fortunately, you dared to do it, or we might have missed each other entirely."

The Frost Monarch sighed, "I stayed back then because I feared you’d do something foolish, and also foolishly stay to find me. But I searched for you for six thousand years, traversing almost the entire Cultivation Realm without a trace of you, even searching the Great Wilderness City ruins back and forth for years, not knowing who so thoughtfully cleaned up all traces."

"I painstakingly inquired about your last whereabouts, only to find you have indeed been here all along, and never expected you to achieve this. Now you’re just a step away from Half-step Daluo."

"But you’re already a Half-step Daluo; don’t you sense it?" Wang Wu asked with a smile.

The Frost Monarch shook her head, her eyes soft as she looked at Wang Wu, "That is my ambition, my wild ambition. When she advances to Half-step Daluo, it means both you and I are abandoned."

"Or, we could say, I take my ambition away, leaving my gentleness with you. We are no longer on the same path; even if we meet again in the future, we won’t be one."

"I don’t mind these things; I just hope you have no grudges."

"Then can I conquer her once more?"

Wang Wu suddenly asked, half-jokingly.

The Frost Monarch said nothing, her gaze profound, like the starry sky.