Lin Yun had a vague feeling that the emotion was coming from that direction.
"What is this... Could it be the challenge content for the fiftieth floor of the Heavenly Dao Tower?" Lin Yun frowned slightly. For some reason, he had a strange feeling, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
After walking a while longer, Lin Yun finally encountered an enemy, or rather, not an enemy, but... a ghost.
"It seems to be a divine body, but its aura is sinister and eerie. Could it be a legendary ghost cultivator?" Looking at the enemy before him, Lin Yun's expression changed slightly, and he was secretly surprised.
The divine system and the ghost cultivation system are very similar, but they are also very different. The similarity is that neither of them has a real physical body, but exists as a condensation of spiritual energy, or what can be called a soul body.
However, the spiritual energy of gods belongs to Yang, while the spiritual energy of ghost cultivators belongs to Yin.
Some people enter the divine system by chance, like Donghuang, who is in the super realm. It is said that he was originally a human cultivator. After his death, his soul accidentally merged with the powerful magic weapon Donghuang Bell. Donghuang Bell is a magic weapon with strong yang energy. After merging with it, Donghuang naturally became a cultivator in the divine system. He can usually absorb and merge the power of faith from the outside world to strengthen himself, or he can try to strengthen Donghuang Bell to strengthen himself.
The characteristic of this cultivation system is that one must have a yang magic weapon to fuse with one's soul. The advantage is that one becomes stronger very quickly. The more powerful the magic weapon fused with, the stronger one's strength can become. Some ordinary souls have become top-tier beings by fusing with powerful magic weapons. The super strongman Donghuang is a very legendary example of this.
The downside is that without the body to absorb and refine the power of heaven and earth, it is difficult to strengthen oneself through the body's refinement of the power of heaven and earth. It relies heavily on the power of faith, and without sufficient power of faith, its strength will decline drastically.
Therefore, practitioners in the pantheon mostly rely on the power of faith offered by their respective clans for survival, usually the totem of a clan.
Furthermore, the strength of cultivators within the divine system is greatly limited by the strength of the magical artifacts they fuse with. If the magical artifacts they fuse with are not powerful enough, their own strength will be difficult to increase further once it reaches a certain level.
There are also some cultivators in the divine system who were created later by powerful forces due to their needs. It is said that thousands of years ago, the Immortal Origin Holy Land, because the top experts rose too quickly and there was a severe shortage of subordinate experts, went through such a period of time.
Various large and small Yang-attribute magical treasures, refined by saints and great beings, were bestowed upon some highly respected or exceptionally talented individuals who had died, or spirits, generally mountain gods, earth gods, and the like, to help manage the mortals of the Immortal Source Holy Land.
Furthermore, there are high-level divine artifacts like the Investiture of the Gods, which allowed some powerful humans and cultivators to perish and become high-level gods, managing the affairs of the higher echelons of the Immortal Origin Holy Land.
Some of these things Lin Yun heard from the Holy Mother, some from those powerful individuals who had visited the Immortal Origin Holy Land, and some from Mo Dan, so the reality shouldn't be too different.
Let's talk about ghost cultivators...
You don't necessarily need to refine a Yin-attribute magic weapon to cultivate!
When the physical body perishes, the soul, which is inherently yin, can cultivate into a ghost cultivator as long as it does not dissipate or leave this universe. However, since this world is predominantly yang, it is difficult for a pure soul to remain in this space indefinitely.
After a person's physical body perishes, their soul usually disappears very quickly. This is a very special way of doing things, and it is very difficult to force them to stay.
Some practitioners believe that after a person dies, their soul goes to another world, a world that is entirely yin in nature, such as the Nine Netherworld or the Underworld.
Practitioners in different places have different names for that place, but they generally believe that such a place exists.
Some souls, however, remain in the mortal realm due to special circumstances. Some may refine a magical artifact or even an object before or at the moment of death. If this magical artifact or object is of a positive nature, it becomes part of the divine cultivation system, and they can walk in the sunlight.
If this magical artifact or item is yin in nature, then it is a ghost cultivator, or an ordinary ghost, or a vengeful spirit.
Some souls, when they die in life, are in a special place with yin attributes and do not leave this world.
Therefore, ghost cultivators have one characteristic: the weak cannot walk in the sunlight, while the strong, though able to withstand the sunlight, do not like to walk in the sunlight. They prefer to live in places with yin attributes.
Although Lin Yun is currently very strong, he is still young. He has only heard of ghost cultivators but has never seen one in person. Therefore, he was quite surprised to see such a powerful figure for the first time.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Roar! Roar! Roar!"
The moment the ghost cultivator saw Lin Yun, his eyes lit up, and he rushed towards Lin Yun, unleashing powerful, eerie ghostly energy that enveloped him while emitting strange cries.
"A ghost cultivator at the second level of the Super Realm?"
However, Lin Yun's expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
He had already encountered experts at the Super Realm level in earlier stages, and he had even met experts at the second level of the Super Realm, but he had only met a very small number of those experts.
Even if he reaches a higher level in the Heavenly Dao Tower, the strength of the powerful figures he encounters might be even lower.
Originally, Lin Yun thought that the higher the level of the Heavenly Dao Tower he climbed, the stronger the enemies he would encounter.
However, Lin Yun gradually discovered that this was not the case. The ways in which the Heavenly Dao Tower tested those who attempted to break through the tower were truly bizarre and unpredictable.
He hadn't expected that the first enemy he encountered on the fiftieth floor would be so powerful; this was not a good sign.
Based on his previous experience, the tests in the first level are all the same, such as testing combat skills. This level almost always tests combat skills, and there are some patterns, namely, starting weak and ending strong.
If his first enemy reaches the second level of the Super Realm, wouldn't he eventually encounter a powerhouse at the third level of the Super Realm?
Lin Yun looked solemn. Even with the Bloodthirsty Sword greatly enhancing his strength, it would be difficult for him to do anything to a third-level expert in the Super Realm!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Soon, Lin Yun's Bloodthirsty Sword struck the opponent's body. At this moment, Lin Yun's expression changed again. He realized that the Bloodthirsty Sword was not as effective against this ghost cultivator as it had against ordinary experts.
"roar--"
The ghost cultivator brushed past Lin Yun, was injured, and was furious. He turned around, roared, and pounced on Lin Yun again.
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