There were a total of 81 archive towers in Gen Garden, arranged in a nested circular pattern. Each set of nine towers formed a ring, with nine concentric rings in total. The farther out the ring, the greater the distance between the adjacent towers. From the front, the circular arrangement was barely noticeable. One could only see the obvious shape from a bird’s-eye view. Conversely, the closer to the center, the smaller the gaps between the towers.0

The archive tower Qi Xuansu frequented was in the innermost circle, where the nine towers stood nearly adjacent to one another, separated only by narrow alleys. However, these alleys were visibly sealed by enchantments. It piqued Qi Xuansu’s curiosity about what lay at the very center of these circles. Unfortunately, the interior of the library was an enclosed space of its own, without windows, making it impossible for him to see beyond.0

One day, Qi Xuansu finished his routine blade practice as usual and exited the stone chamber, only to run into Sun Hewu, who had also been studying inside the tower. The two of them left the library together.0

“Sage Sun.” Qi Xuansu called out to the elderly man, gesturing toward the nearest alleyway.0

There was a crystalline, semi-transparent wall at the entrance, composed of intertwining black and white ripples of light. Qi Xuansu had attempted to approach it before, but each...0