  We investigate the quantum phase diagram of the $K$-layer Ising toric code
corresponding to $K$ layers of two-dimensional toric codes coupled by Ising
interactions. While for small Ising interactions the system displays
$\mathbb{Z}_2^K$ topological order originating from the toric codes in each
layer, the system shows $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological order in the high-Ising
limit. The latter is demonstrated for general $K$ by deriving an effective
low-energy model in $K^{\rm th}$-order degenerate perturbation theory, which is
given as an effective anisotropic single-layer toric code in terms of
collective pseudo-spins 1/2 refering to the two ground states of isolated Ising
chain segments. For the specific cases $K=3$ and $K=4$ we apply high-order
series expansions to determine the gap series in the low- and high-Ising limit.
Extrapolation of the elementary energy gaps gives convincing evidence that the
ground-state phase diagram consists of a single quantum critical point in the
3d Ising* universality class for both $K$ separating both types of topological
order, which is consistent with former findings for the bilayer Ising toric
code.

Strongly Correlated Electrons;Quantum Physics