Victory

"Um... how about we just pretend that never happened?" Looking at the pensive Yu Xian, the Pixiu spoke with a fawning expression. It had regained its sentience with great difficulty and truly did not want to plunge back into a protracted slumber. God only knew when it would wake up next time; it really did not want to sleep. Yu Xian looked at the Pixiu and sighed. "Look around you. The entire God Vault Space has already shattered into pieces. Think about it: if the God Vault Tower is repaired, wouldn't that restore the whole God Vault Space? And once the God Vault Space is restored, wouldn't more people be able to enter? With more people, wouldn't the chances of you getting fed increase?" This was pure trickery. After all, even Zhang Buyao had never seen a God Vault Token, which meant they were exceedingly rare. Whether the God Vault Space was restored or not, hardly anyone would be coming here. Even so, Yu Xian had to hoodwink the Pixiu. He had no idea where the God Vault Tower was, so he needed the beast to offer the information willingly. Of course, if the God Vault Tower really could restore the God Vault Space, Yu Xian wouldn't mind feeding the Pixiu some Abyss creatures if he caught more later. After all, just from the name 'Tower of Myriad Treasures,' one could tell there had to be good stuff inside. "Mm, that does make some sense," the Pixiu agreed, nodding after giving Yu Xian's words careful thought. Yu Xian smiled. "So, where is the God Vault Tower?" "The sissy tower is to your left. Just head straight that way. But I'm not entirely sure if it's still there—it might be gone for all I know," the Pixiu replied. Yu Xian nodded. "Then I'll go take a look first. See you later." He turned and left. The Pixiu gazed longingly at his retreating figure, its face full of reluctant yearning, opening its mouth several times only to stop itself. Let the sissy tower have its fun first. Once more people came to the God Vault Space in the future, it would get its fill sooner or later. Ten-odd minutes later. Guided by the Pixiu's directions, Yu Xian found the God Vault Tower. Compared to the grandeur of the Tower of Myriad Treasures, the God Vault Tower was not particularly bulky; instead, it was exceptionally tall, shaped like a stalk of bamboo with distinct segment after segment. By a conservative estimate, the God Vault Tower was ten times taller than the Tower of Myriad Treasures, yet only about a third as wide. That was probably why the Pixiu had dubbed it a sissy tower. Yu Xian touched down on the ground and slowly walked up to the God Vault Tower. It had no door. Instead, protruding heads jutted out from the front, both flanks, and the rear of the first floor: a man in front, elderly men on the sides, and a woman in the back. Each face bore a gemstone on its forehead, and they were extraordinarily large. Stepping up to them, Yu Xian only reached roughly level with their nostrils, forcing him to look up. "In a dormant state as well?" Yu Xian floated up slightly to observe them. Seeing that every face kept its eyes shut, he could not help muttering to himself. Having confirmed the God Vault Tower's location, he left without hesitation, reappearing half an hour later. He released a large number of Abyss creatures from his storage rings. Sure enough, the gems on the foreheads of these faces immediately exerted a suction force, swiftly devouring every Abyss creature. With all four faces exerting force at once, the effect was remarkably potent. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Abyss creatures were swallowed clean. The God Vault Tower was a round tower, in a style resembling the Leaning Tower of Pisa, except extraordinarily tall. At this moment, its first floor began to glow. Yu Xian took a few steps back, then saw countless tiny specks of light drift out from the second-floor windows of the God Vault Tower. These specks did not disperse into the distance. Instead, they revolved around the God Vault Tower. The originally aged, dilapidated structure, which even bore cracks on the sculpted faces, rapidly turned clean and pristine, and the hairline fractures on the first-floor faces mended. Sure enough, the function of the God Vault Tower was to maintain the God Vault Space; only by repairing the tower itself first could the entire realm be restored. In truth, ever since entering the God Vault Space, Yu Xian had practically treated it as his private property, since virtually no one else would ever set foot here again. Supplying Abyss creatures to the God Vault Tower was killing two birds with one stone: he could eliminate the undying Abyss creatures, and he could repair the entire God Vault Space. He was winning on all fronts. Once the entire God Vault Space was restored, it would be equivalent to owning a colossal storage space—enough to cure any phobia of running out of inventory room. "Looks like the God Vault Space needs far more energy than the Tower of Myriad Treasures. Then let's keep going!" Yu Xian waited until all the specks of light released by the God Vault Tower were spent, checked the tower's repair progress, and mused to himself. Merely repairing the first floor had depleted all the specks of light. There was no telling how many floors the God Vault Tower actually had. Once the tower itself was fully repaired, there was still the entire God Vault Space to fix. Yu Xian even began to worry whether there would be enough Abyss creatures. Leaving a spatial bubble before the God Vault Tower, Yu Xian began acting as a porter, continuously transporting Abyss creatures over. To keep his storage rings from being damaged by excessively powerful Abyss creatures, he carried certain special monsters over by hand. Abyss Navigators, Abyssal Combusters, Abyssal Strayers... High-tier Abyss creatures were fed to the God Vault Tower one after another. Floor by floor, the tower was continuously repaired, until its dingy, grayish body finally regained the color of ivory, its material evoking the feel of white jade. Strangely, however, the four faces on the God Vault Tower kept their eyes shut tight, showing no sign of waking, unlike the Pixiu who had revived quickly. Yu Xian suspected that either these four faces were never meant to wake up, or they required the entire God Vault Space to be completely repaired before they could awaken. Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Yu Xian and Zhang Buyao had transformed into ruthless assembly-line workers: one constantly hauling and mechanically feeding Abyss creatures to the God Vault Tower, the other tirelessly swinging blades to fracture the monsters' bones or sever their limbs. Suddenly, Zhang Buyao stared at the empty Abyss before her, frozen in shock. All dead? She waited for a good while, and sure enough, not a single Abyss creature appeared again. She nearly wept tears of joy. These past three days had been pure agony, and it was finally over. Ten minutes later, Yu Xian emerged from the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower. Looking around at the empty surroundings, he asked, "Yaoyao, all gone?" "Yeah, all gone," Zhang Buyao nodded. In the next moment, she threw down the blades in her hands, turned around, and hugged Yu Xian, exclaiming excitedly, "Awesome! We won! We successfully protected the world!" "By the way, did you record it?" Yu Xian asked with a grin, feeling a bit thrilled himself. Zhang Buyao's laughter ground to a halt. She had forgotten to record. Mainly because she had already finished shooting a movie of her grand battle with the Infinite Sea Corpse Vein Dragon, the thought of making another hadn't crossed her mind. But now, she felt that not filming this was a huge pity.