In the vast wilderness, a monster emerged from the womb of a beast.
Upon reaching adulthood, it broke out of its shell and left the nest, contending and battling with other monsters in the wilderness, growing stronger step by step.
Until one moment, the vast wilderness was drenched in a bloody celestial rain. The monster, soaked in this blood rain, experienced a rapid increase in power, achieving a qualitative leap.
In an instant,
Countless cracks appeared in the wilderness, and the sky seemed like a broken celestial array.
Then,
The sky shattered with a roar.
The monster came from an unknown world.
Everything around it left the monster in shock.
A mysterious spiritual fragrance in the air stirred its heartstrings, filling it with an uncontrollable desire to devour.
Eventually,
The monster broke into a strange city, launching an unrestrained massacre.
In its eyes, those weak beings were like supreme celestial delicacies, different from the feeling of devouring the blood of its kin.
Slaughter!
Endless slaughter!
These weak yet delicious beings drove the monster into a frenzy.
After an unknown period, all those weak beings perished, leaving only the aura of its kin filling the entire land.
Time flew by.
In an instant, the second blood rain descended upon the world once more.
...
"So this is the power of Memory Extraction..."
Within Lu Qingyang's spirit, a series of images continuously emerged.
He seemed like an outsider, observing the flowing images calmly.
All the events of this early fourth-realm monster's life appeared in his perception.
This is the power of Memory Extraction.
Faced with Lu Qingyang, who was in the early stage of the fifth realm, the early fourth-realm monster was a whole major realm apart, allowing him to explore its memories in great detail.
From the monster's birth until it was captured by cultivators and brought to the Ten Thousand Mountains, up to the last moment before its sea of memories was traced.
All memories were explored by Lu Qingyang without reservation.
Through the monster's memories, Lu Qingyang understood why many monsters were keen on attacking cultivators and mortals.
It was simply because the flesh and blood of humans were an extreme temptation for spiritual beasts.
Unlike what was described in previous novels, where devouring cultivators could significantly increase their cultivation, in this world, monsters devouring cultivators had almost negligible benefits for their cultivation.
They attacked cultivators merely because the flesh and blood of cultivators were rare delicacies for spiritual beasts.
Indeed,
The original intention of monsters attacking cultivators was that simple.
After all, monsters largely acted on instinct. Apart from a few high-level ones with some wisdom, many monsters' intelligence was no different from that of ordinary beasts.
"The place I was in before, and the place where these monsters are, strictly speaking, are different from where we are now."
"It's more like a series of small pocket worlds!"
"These pocket worlds are like miniature small worlds, containing abundant spiritual power, making the monsters' cultivation far superior to ordinary monsters."
"However, whenever the blood rain pours, some of these pocket worlds always shatter. Does this imply that the existence of these pocket worlds is closely related to the Dao of Heaven..."
Lu Qingyang sorted through all the information he had obtained, revealing an important clue.
The blood rain baptism was a result of the Dao of Heaven being damaged.
Heavenly blood falls.
Secret realms and pocket worlds shatter.
Does this prove that whenever the power of the Dao of Heaven weakens, some secret realms and pocket worlds collapse?
However—
What puzzled Lu Qingyang was how many secret realms and pocket worlds still existed in the universe today, and who created these secret realms and pocket worlds.
"Heavenly spiritual power..."
"The inside of these secret realms and pocket worlds contains heavenly spiritual power, and now that spiritual power in the Flame Realm has vanished, it only revives when the blood rain falls..."
"However, the revival of spiritual power is not like water without a source. Is it possible that the spiritual power inside the secret realms is leaking out, leading to the revival of spiritual power?"
Lu Qingyang thought on another level.
Combining various information, he connected all the clues.
If in the distant ancient times, the Flame Realm was rich in spiritual power, with humans attaining enlightenment and becoming cultivators.
And then one day, the heavenly spiritual power drastically decreased.
To protect themselves, these cultivators sealed all the spiritual power in various secret realms and pocket worlds for cultivation and longevity.
Subsequently, for some reason, the cultivators living inside these secret realms and pocket worlds fell one after another, leaving no trace.
His thoughts stopped here, becoming clearer.
These speculations were not entirely fictitious but had some possibility.
But this was just one possible factor for the revival of spiritual power that Lu Qingyang speculated.
Another factor might be related to celestial blood!
The blood of the Dao of Heaven contains immense power,
If this power merges into the earth and transforms into spiritual power, it is reasonable.
In any case, Lu Qingyang believed that in the distant past of this world, cultivators definitely existed.
Ancient Qi Refiners!
Or perhaps ancient cultivators!
Lu Qingyang was not clear on this.
But if these cultivators indeed existed, even after millions of years, they would certainly leave some traces in the world.
"Maybe I should not only focus on the otherworldly portal but also explore the traces of these cultivators. Even if they have fallen, they must have left some ruins or tombs."
"If I can find these ruins, I might gain a deeper understanding of this world!"
Lu Qingyang thought to himself.
His understanding of the current world was still at the boundary explored by contemporary humans.
However, it must be known that before the heavenly blood descended, humans had not mastered any extraordinary power.
Their means of treasure refining had reached a certain height but were limited to the study and use of individual treasures.
The power of treasures, in Lu Qingyang's view, could at most pose a threat to fourth-realm monsters, but beyond that, they would be insufficient.
Unless they were higher-level treasures.
Apart from that,
They had not mastered any information about cultivators before.
So,
Lu Qingyang speculated that if ancient cultivators existed, they might have entered an era of declining law due to the disappearance of heavenly spiritual power, leading to the collapse of civilization.
All records about cultivators were submerged in the torrent of history, gradually evolving into the current era of declining law.
Thinking of this,
Lu Qingyang immediately issued a new mission in the Heavenly Court.
[Ancient times hide many secrets, the traces of cultivators are buried by time, and as heavenly spiritual power returns, the veil of history will be gradually lifted!]
[Mission Requirement: Find secret realms or ancient tombs!]
[Mission Reward: - Contribution Points!]
[Mission Hint: Each secret realm and ancient tomb can only receive the reward once. The higher the value of the discovered secret realm and ancient tomb, the more contribution points will be awarded!]
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