But in truth, living people could also enter it.
However, entering it came at a price — one had to offer their lifespan for the sake of everyone else.
The Wolong Destiny Tower was divided into multiple levels. It was said that the higher one climbed, the greater the refining power.
Because most who entered it had their lifespans nearly exhausted, regardless of their cultivation level, the majority died while still on the first level.
However, the world was vast and full of all manner of strange things. Some particularly eccentric individuals, despite still having plenty of lifespan remaining, would choose to enter the Wolong Destiny Tower and sacrifice themselves to the Wolong Martial Sect.
Their goal was simply to leave their name on the Wolong Destiny Tower.
But even these people could only die the moment they finished climbing.
Of course, there were exceptions. A few people had entered and come out alive.
The most representative among them was, naturally, Dugu Lingtian.
Dugu Lingtian had once climbed to the ninth level.
He had left his name on the ninth level of the Wolong Destiny Tower.
That was, to date, the highest name ever inscribed within the Wolong Destiny Tower.
In truth, a place like that had no records per se. If one had to say what the record was, then the height of one's name was the record.
So if Chu Feng wanted to break Dugu Lingtian's record, he would need to reach at least the ninth level.
But that was not a place for cultivation — it was a place where one offered their life.
Life was finite. Even if Chu Feng was extraordinarily gifted, whether he could climb to the ninth level remained an unknown.
The reason Xia Yan and the others were so worried about Chu Feng was fear.
Fear that Chu Feng would truly die inside.
"Lord Dugu Lingtian, why did he climb the Wolong Destiny Tower back then?"
Chu Feng asked curiously.
"No one knows why Lord Dugu Lingtian climbed the Wolong Destiny Tower, but what is certain is that he was not offering himself up, and he did indeed come out alive," Xia Yan said.
"I have heard a theory," Duan Liufeng said.
"Brother Duan, what theory?"
Not only Chu Feng, but even Xia Yan, Li Muzhi, and the others all looked toward Duan Liufeng with curiosity.
They too wanted to know why Lord Dugu Lingtian, of all people, had chosen to climb the Wolong Destiny Tower.
"Some speculate that Lord Dugu Lingtian had become addicted to breaking records and had fallen into a state of obsession. He wanted to break practically every record within the Wolong Martial Sect."
"Even the Wolong Destiny Tower — a place that had nothing to do with cultivation — he refused to let it go, which is why he stepped inside," Duan Liufeng said.
"But didn't you say others could only climb so high? If it was just about breaking records, wouldn't it have been enough for Lord Dugu Lingtian to climb to the sixth level? Why climb all the way to the ninth?" Xia Yan raised her confusion.
"If he was truly obsessed and wanted to claim every record for himself, put yourself in his shoes — if you could reach the ninth level, would you challenge the ninth level, or stop at the sixth?" Duan Liufeng countered.
"Thank you for the insight, Elder Duan. I understand now," Xia Yan said, realization dawning on her.
"Huh? Why?" Li Muzhi still looked completely baffled.
"It was to preserve the record so that no one after him could break it."
"The harder what he achieved, the less likely it could be surpassed."
"If he truly did it for the records, then naturally he would want to leave behind one that future generations would find nearly impossible to break," Xia Yan explained.
"Is that so?"
"Then Lord Dugu Lingtian really was obsessed."
"That kind of place, and he still… sigh…" Li Muzhi trailed off, as though he wanted to say something but held back.
But right now, no one cared what he had to say.
"I actually don't think Lord Dugu Lingtian is that kind of person."
"He must have had some other purpose."
"Does the Wolong Destiny Tower have no function other than sacrificing one's life?" Chu Feng asked.
"None that I know of. At least, I've never heard of it having any other use."
"Chu Feng, stop overthinking it. Lord Dugu Lingtian was certainly formidable, but in truth, none of us truly understood him."