The corrupted phantom soul or the Devil Envoy to be more precise, helped Ace to sit up and untangle the ropes that were constraining him.
"Why did you constrict me with those ropes when I was unconscious?" Ace inquired as the mist around them began to unveil, revealing the other six phantom souls who have turned into energy orbs contained with nourishing spirit energy.
As for the phantom soul that had implanted the memory of the Seventh Demon Lord into Ace's mind, it had already vanished into nothingness, the only fragments of it left embedded in Ace's spirit core as an energy shard containing an immense amount of spirit energy.
"Young boy, don't ask too much, just know that I'll be representing the Seventh Demon Lord in assisting you with dealing with this calamity. Now, listen closely to what I have to explain."
For the next few hours, the Seventh Demon Lord explained to Ace the true cultivation purpose of the Martial Lord Realm and even utilised his capabilities to help Ace lower his cultivation base to the Martial Lord first realm.
The Martial Lord Realm is one of the most important cultivation realms, because this is the stage where one has to cultivate one of the five elemental laws, the natural laws, or the destruction laws.
The five elemental laws refer to the fire element, the water element, the earth element, the metal element and the wind element.
The natural laws refer to laws such as the law of lightning, the law of time and space, the law of life and the law of death. Of course, there are other natural laws that while rare, might exist.
The destruction laws refers to laws such as the slaughter law that Ace cultivates, which revolves around one being able to comprehend life and death to assist them with the cultivation of the slaughter law, making destruction laws the apex that most cultivators can never achieve in their entire life.
In order for one to step into the Martial King Realm, what they really need isn't the cultivation of mental energy which can hardly be cultivated unless one has special means or unique cultivation manuals, but these cultivation laws can be cultivated while increasing one's mental energy.
The true condition in order to step onto the proper path of cultivation that will lead one past the Martial Emperor Realm and into the Martial Saint Realm, is the cultivation of these cultivation laws that truly set apart cultivators from the Divine Realm and the Fragmented Cultivation Realm.
If one manages to grasp one law to a certain realm, they can even make use of these laws to kill a Martial Saint even if they lose their cultivation and end up mortal until they reach the end of their lifespan.
"Devil Envoy, are you telling me that I should improve my cultivation base through the cultivation of my slaughter law?"
The Devil Envoy nodded his head, light shone in his eyes as he took out what seemed like a crystal orb.
The Devil Envoy then proceeded to place his hand onto the crystal orb, energy of the cultivation law that he cultivates gathered into his palm and was infused into the crystal orb, as the energy splitted into six visible violet particles that danced around disorderly.
"What do you think these particles are?" The Devil Envoy retracted his hand from the crystal orb and questioned, giving off the vibes of a wise teacher trying to challenge the smartest student he has ever met.
Ace pondered for a moment as he walked closer to the crystal orb, the crystal orb was emitting a ominous aura that was growing stronger the closer he got to it.
Ace could sense the orb giving off a demonic feeling that was different from that of demon beasts, it was a sinister energy that was filled with evil, yet mixed within was a vague purity that Ace could not comprehend.
"Devil Envoy, does the energy particles in the crystal orb have to do with the cultivation law of the devils that you follow?"
The Devil Envoy nodded his head with a smile and removed his own energy from the crystal orb and passed it over to Ace.
"The number of particles represent the progress of your current cultivation law."
The Devil Envoy then proceeded to explain the different progressions of one's cultivation law and how it's reflected by the number of remaining particles.
If one particle is visible, it signifies that one's cultivation law has stepped into the entry stage of comprehension, this was the minimum requirement for one to step into the Martial King Ream.
If three particles are visible, it goes to show that one's cultivation law has stepped into the early stage of comprehension, which was the minimum requirement to step into the Martial Emperor Realm.
If five particles are visible, then it means that one's cultivation law has stepped into the middle stage of comprehension, which was the minimum requirement to step into the Martial Saint Realm.
If seven particles are visible, it represents one cultivating their cultivation law to the late stage of comprehension, which is also known as fully comprehending the cultivation law they cultivate, allowing even a mortal to step into the Martial Saint Realm, or a cultivator to step into the Great Saint Realm.
As for nine particles being visible, it represented the pinnacle realm of cultivation, the Mystic Sage Realm, cultivators in this realm are able to fully grasp their cultivation laws, that was a part of their body. They were the cultivation law, the cultivation law was them.
Ace knew the strength of the Devil Envoy from the description of the crystal orb he just gave. The Devil Envoy was a Martial Saint that was superior to most in the same cultivation realm, yet fear was the only emotion that was reflected on his face when the Seventh Demon Lord revealed his true strength.
Ace walked up to the crystal orb, doing the same as the Devil Envoy just now as energy gathered in the orb, only for a faint mass of energy to disperse without being to form a single particle of the slaughter law that he cultivates.
"Ace, do you know the reason behind this despite your astounding talent?" The Devil Envoy asked calmly, as though this was an expected result from a genius such as Ace.
Ace wanted to refute that he knew the reason for this, but his hands still laid helplessly beside his body as he shook his head. Ace resented this feeling of helplessness, yet he saw this failure as the path to a greater path that would lead him to greater heights.
"The slaughter law that you cultivate is also recognised as one of the ten forbidden cultivation laws due to the cultivation difficulty that follows it. You might have awakened more than a hundred blood pols by now, but it's pointless until you can fully grasp and control that miniscule amount of strength." The Devil Envoy explained.
"Devil Envoy, please leave this place with me and guide me for the cultivation of my slaughter law." Ace requested politely, knowing that there was a limit to how quickly he could progress alone.
"I can leave this place with you, but the cultivation of your slaughter law will be dependent on yourself as an individual.:
After Ace and the Devil Envoy left the mist to look for the six Demon Lords, all that awaited them was the barren land filled with crack, even the sky in this dimension was ripped apart with the whole dimension crumbling.
"This is bad, we got to save the rest before it's too late."
"System mission has been completed."
Details: Even though the leader of the Seven Demon Lords wasn't recruited, the Devil Envoy arranged by him is enough to complete the mission.
Reward: Tower of time
Tower of time: There are five floors to the Tower of Time, the flow of time from the first floor to the fifth floor is slower than that of the outside world.
The flow of time in the first floor of the Tower of Time is ten times slower than the flow of time in the outside world.
This increases up to the flow of time being fifty times slower, which will allow the host to cultivate for up to fifty years even though only one year would have passed for other cultivators.
"Ace, the young cultivators are safe, the Seventh Demon Lord seemed to have anticipated this situation and have already sent the young cultivators out of this dimension through his own methods."
Ace heaved a sigh of relief, but when he sensed the chaotic energy flow in this area, he knew that something was amiss.
"Follow me!"