The four of them looked up in the direction Yu Beihu indicated, and sure enough, they saw a string of huge golden beads floating above the passage.

There were nine beads in total, each as big as a human head. Although they were golden beads, a faint black aura swirled around them.

Si Er stared blankly at the string of gold beads: "Those beads look somewhat familiar."

Feng Yingzhi nodded: "I also feel like it looks familiar."

Xu Yuling: "It seems to be a divine artifact associated with a certain god, and its specific function is to absorb the divine power of others."

Yu Beixuan tilted his head: "But what about the spiritual energy it's absorbing now?"

Si Er thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's been downgraded due to years of disrepair? Like Zhao Zhao and Tun Tun."

Zhao Zhao couldn't help but float out to defend herself: "Although we have indeed been downgraded, we can still absorb divine power. There is divine power here that we can absorb."

Tun Tun echoed from the side, "That's right, that's right."

Yu Beixuan reached out and grabbed Tun Tun: "Weren't you a divine artifact before? Could you defeat it?"

Tun Tun shook her head: "It's definitely not enough for me to do it alone."

"And look, Xuanxuan, it absorbs far more spiritual energy than I do, so it's definitely stronger than me now!"

Yu Beixuan then asked, "What if you and Zhaozhao join forces?"

Tun Tun shook her head again: "Half a 50% chance is the same as having no chance at all."

Qianqiu shook his head and sighed: "It's normal that we can't beat them. No wonder the spiritual energy of the Cangshou Continent has been decreasing year by year. With such a terrifying artifact absorbing spiritual energy here, it's already quite remarkable that the Cangshou Continent has been able to hold on until now."

Si Er asked in surprise, "Senior, are you saying that this string of beads has been absorbing the spiritual energy of the Cang Beast Continent all along?"

Qianqiu sighed, "I'm afraid it's not just every time. I suspect that every time the ascension passage is summoned, this string of beads can absorb a lot of immortal spiritual energy from the upper realm."

"It was placed here for two reasons: first, to absorb spiritual energy from both ends and damage the environment of the Cang Beast Continent; and second, probably to store spiritual energy for its owner to use when he comes."

Guagua added, "That's right. Whether those remnant souls of gods want to replenish their souls or reshape their physical bodies, they need a lot of immortal spiritual energy."

"If there isn't enough immortal spiritual energy, we can make do with other spiritual energy. But that would require a lot of spiritual energy, and it might not be enough even if we drained all the spiritual energy from the entire Cang Beast Continent."

"So the original owner of this string of beads probably planned to proceed slowly, taking advantage of the time when someone summoned the ascension passage to extract more spiritual energy each time, and extracting a little bit every day at other times, so that it would not be easily discovered by the Heavenly Dao."

"They were too slow in their approach, which resulted in the beads becoming ownerless, and they still couldn't make use of the spiritual energy here."

Si Er asked, "Now that it's ownerless, wouldn't it be easier to deal with?"

Guagua Diandian: "It is indeed easier to deal with. When it had a master, even if Tun Tun Zhao Zhao joined forces, they couldn't go toe-to-toe with it. Now that it's unmastered, it's fine."

"After all, its owner's death caused it some damage."

Si'er asked in surprise, "How strong was it before?"

Guagua sighed, "Having absorbed spiritual energy for ten thousand years, it's incredibly powerful."

"However, after its owner died, it started to lose some of its spiritual energy. So my suggestion is that everyone should quickly absorb all the spiritual energy it's leaking out."

"The more we absorb, the stronger we become, and the weaker it becomes."

Zhu Zhu patted her chest: "Don't worry, I've been inhaling it the whole time, and Nai Nai is absorbing it too."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Guagua shouted quickly, "Let Nainai inhale more, maybe she can level up if she inhales more."