"roar!"
The vengeful spirit howled, its voice carrying the power of the soul. It was not a soul attack, but it contained many negative emotional influences, making it unpleasant to listen to.
"Why does this vengeful spirit seem to be heading towards the Ascension Pool?"
Lu Tao was slightly puzzled.
The vengeful spirit was far away at first, but with its fierce howl, it seemed to be getting closer and closer.
Lu Tao attempted to investigate using his spiritual power.
As a result, as soon as the power of the divine soul extended beyond the range of the Ascension Pool and entered the resentment and death energy outside, it made a hissing sound, as if water and fire were incompatible and it was extinguished.
"Tsk tsk, I wonder where this place is in this forbidden land of heaven and earth. The resentment and death energy here are truly terrifying."
Lu Tao was somewhat amazed.
Even with his current divine soul strength, which far surpasses that of ordinary divine lords, he was still unable to withstand such resentment and death energy. One can imagine how terrifying these sinister forces are.
Fortunately, the statue of the deity of merit is there, and the power of merit can suppress these dark forces, so there is no need to worry about one's own safety.
Lu Tao stopped probing and withdrew his divine soul power.
Then, Lu Tao took out his binoculars and looked in the direction of the vengeful spirit.
The next moment, Lu Tao was stunned by the scene that appeared in the telescope.
Outside the Ascension Pool, all that could be seen were ruins and rubble.
It turns out that this place, like the other places where ascension pools are located, is also a city.
only.
For some reason, it seemed as if this place had suffered some kind of disaster, and the entire city had been destroyed.
Taverns, inns, attics, and other buildings all collapsed, turning into ruins.
The entire city was permeated with a terrifying aura of resentment and death, completely enveloped by a sinister force, creating a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.
This city is enormous, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles in circumference; even in the lower realms, it would be comparable to a country.
But everything inside the city had been destroyed.
At first glance, it looks like hell.
Lu Tao saw two characters on a broken stone at the city gate: Lingdao.
"Lingdao City?"
Lu Tao murmured to himself.
They then discovered that the closer they got to the Ascension Pool, the denser the deathly aura and resentment seemed to be; the dark forces were much weaker on the outskirts of the city.
Of course, this is only relative.
Even the sinister forces on the outskirts of the city are extremely terrifying.
"Strange, why does it feel like... the formation of the Heavenly Transformation Was due to the Ascension Pool?"
A strange feeling suddenly rose in Lu Tao's heart.
The closer he got to the Ascension Pool, the denser the deathly and resentful aura became, making it hard for him not to have such a guess.
"Could it be that the reason the Heavenly Change Absolute Land appeared was because some powerful individuals were eyeing the Ascension Pool and were being punished by the will of Heaven and Earth?"
Lu Tao frowned and pondered.
The Ascension Pool connects the lower realm on one end and the divine realm on the other.
To target it would undoubtedly offend the will of heaven and earth on both sides.
Even a mere powerful being descending to the mortal realm will be punished by the will of heaven and earth, let alone someone who covets the Ascension Pool, who will inevitably be targeted by the will of heaven and earth.
If that's the case, then the scene before us becomes understandable.
only.
The powerful coveted the Ascension Pool, but the entire city suffered the consequences.
"I don't know if my guess is true."
Lu Tao shook his head, then asked in confusion, "But the Ascension Pool is only used for ascension. What's the point of messing with it? Is it to make it easier for beings to go down? Or to make it easier for them to ascend?"
Lu Tao couldn't quite understand it.
The Ascension Pool and Ascension Passage, to put it simply, have only one function: ascension.
Moreover, it is not proactive, but entirely passive. Only after a living being has passed the tribulation of ascension will the passage be opened to allow the living being to ascend.
They have no other use.
Controlling them doesn't seem to be of much use.
Since the city has been destroyed and the Ascension Pool has been corrupted, and there seems to have been no follow-up action over the countless years, the powerful figure who coveted the Ascension Pool is most likely already dead.
Why would such a powerful person take such a huge risk to try and get into the Ascension Pool, only to end up like this?
Lu Tao was puzzled.
certainly.
Such a powerful person could never be a fool. Lu Tao knew that there must be reasons and secrets behind this that he did not know.
"Who would have thought that the cataclysmic change was caused by the Ascension Pool?"
Lu Tao sighed.
Lu Tao learned from Ao Bo's memories that the Heavenly Change Wasteland existed in ancient times, and for countless years, no living being had ever entered its depths.
Therefore, the various tribes of the desolate region do not actually know much about the celestial changes and the impassable land.
They only knew that this place was very dangerous, and even the God King dared not set foot there easily.
However, Lu Tao discovered the true nature of the celestial transformation and the desolate land because of his ascension.
"Huh, there are still skeletons here?"
As Lu Tao observed, he also saw many skeletons in some of the ruins.
These skeletons, though they have been dead for an unknown period of time, still gleam with a luster.
From these luminescences alone, Lu Tao could tell that the cultivators in front of them were extraordinary, most of them were actually Divine Lord level experts, and some of them were even more powerful, Lu Tao felt that they might be Divine King level beings.
It's easy to imagine how prosperous this city was before its destruction.
In addition, Lu Tao saw many other divine artifacts in the city, but they were all broken and dimmed, having been eroded for countless years.
"Strange, the bones still have a luster, but the artifact is dull and lifeless?"
Lu Tao was slightly puzzled.
The remains were powerful, belonging to Divine Lords and Divine Kings. Even after so many years of death, they still radiated luster. However, the same Divine King artifacts were like rusty iron, dull and colorless, which puzzled Lu Tao.
As for the other things, they are basically the same, all tainted by dark forces and utterly useless.
But what struck Lu Tao was that some miraculous herbs were growing in many places in the city.
These divine medicines are different from ordinary divine medicines; they do not absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth to grow, but rather absorb resentment and death energy.
It grows solely on these dark energies.
"These miraculous herbs must be collected; they are all treasures."
Lu Tao was somewhat tempted.
He collected many cultivation techniques, and although 99% of them were normal, there were also some unorthodox and deviant ones.
For example, demonic arts, evil arts, blood arts...
Lu Tao had never practiced these techniques, mainly because he felt a certain aversion to them.
But now, the emergence of this field has made Lu Tao change his plans.
There are many types of domains, including positive ones such as the Five Elements, Thunder, and Sword Dao. Lu Tao will definitely cultivate and increase his knowledge in all of them. However, since Lu Tao wants to make his domain the best it can be, he will also increase his knowledge in other domains.
For example, curses, forbidden spells, blood magic...
Lu Tao also wanted to comprehend and cultivate these techniques and supernatural abilities that he had never encountered before, and to create the corresponding domains for them.
This will greatly enhance Lu Tao's abilities.
Therefore, Lu Tao planned to collect all of these mysterious and powerful medicines.
certainly.
Such a mysterious and powerful herb, capable of absorbing resentment and death energy to grow, must be extraordinary. It would be very difficult to collect it using ordinary methods.
Even a powerful celestial being might die if they were to come into contact with these divine medicines without careful attention.
Care must be taken when collecting data.
Lu Tao glanced at them a few times and then ignored them.
Anyway, they can't run away; they'll be his sooner or later.
Then, Lu Tao continued to look at the place where the vengeful spirits were roaring.
In an instant, Lu Tao saw a vengeful spirit outside the city.
The vengeful spirit was formed entirely from resentment, appearing extremely solid, yet it was also as elusive as cooking smoke, moving at incredible speeds.
Within that vengeful spirit, Lu Tao saw the existence of a soul.
And it's not just a soul.
It seemed to be a whole formed by countless souls, somewhat like the single universe within the Soul-Capturing Pearl, but it lacked any intelligence; its soul was extremely frenzied, bloodthirsty, and twisted...
"This vengeful spirit... is truly terrifying!"
Lu Tao dared not use his divine soul power to sense this vengeful spirit, but he could tell from his naked eye that the spirit's approximate strength far surpassed that of Ao Bo, who was at the peak of the Divine Lord realm.
It must be a vengeful spirit of god-king level.
Faced with such a vengeful spirit, Lu Tao did not want to provoke it for the time being, not because he was no match for it, but mainly because he did not want to affect the ascension of his disciples.
What left Lu Tao speechless was that, judging from its route, this vengeful spirit seemed to be heading straight for the Ascension Pool.
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