Chapter 1872 - 603: White Bone Cave and the Three Realms’ Secrets
Chapter 1872: Chapter 603: White Bone Cave and the Three Realms’ Secrets
The Dark Realm has no airflow, or rather, the stability of this space is far superior to that of the Ice Abyss World. Ordinary disturbances rarely cause fluctuations in airflow, just like when Xia Hong was impacting the Tribulation Body; the momentum he created was barely within a radius of a dozen meters.
No airflow naturally means no wind.
In such a windless environment, everything appears extremely quiet. Coupled with the dark blue main tone, it’s hard not to feel an eerie sensation.
If the dense and tall trees of the Mist Swamp Forest somewhat concealed this eeriness, as long as you’re not within, you don’t feel it; then White Bone Mountain blatantly presents this eeriness to you, even from afar, just seeing it makes your heart tingle.
From afar, White Bone Mountain looks like a towering mountain of sinister white bones stacked high, with bones so pale they seem to belong to unknown creatures. The ones protruding from the ground are at least five or six meters tall, while longer ones stretch dozens of meters, with bone spikes pointing skyward and bone blades on either side as if crafted by a master craftsman, razor-sharp to the point that one can’t help but feel a chill upon seeing them.
Upon closer inspection, these bones are not only sharp but also densely packed. Beneath the five-to-six meter tall bone blades, there are many bones even one meter or half a meter high, making it unlikely for a normal person to set foot there slowly.
In fact, let alone avoiding them, anyone with a slightly weaker mental fortitude would find their knees soft just seeing this sinister bone mountain — who would dare risk their life to enter?
Yet this is the Dark Realm — a world of soul spirits. In normal circumstances, no one can reach here. Humans may feel fear towards bones, mainly because they represent death, leading to trepidation; ultimately, it’s the fear of death. But for Spiritual Life forms without physical bodies, death is not so terrifying; naturally, the bone forest doesn’t seem frightening to them.
On the outskirts of White Bone Mountain, several Demon Soldiers were patrolling through the Bone Forest, and shortly after, one in the center spoke with a teasing tone.
"Why has the Lady suddenly returned? Wasn’t she leading the six masters, including the golden armor, Forbidden Master, and Thousand Face down to the Great Abyss to assist the Ancestor?"
"Surely there were obstacles. Maybe the three Great Abyss People that came from the Mist Swamp Forest were summoned by the Lady. The new Spiritual Bodies of the Great Abyss are too alluring; even swallowing just one would significantly boost my soul body."
"Nonsense, those three were so powerful — surely their soul bodies aren’t weak?"
"You’re dreaming. Didn’t you see even Lord Red Flame got sliced into two? If even he couldn’t handle it, what could you do?"
"It’s bizarre how Great Abyss People could end up in the Dark Realm. With their bodies being so filthy, why weren’t they dissolved by the Void Sky Screen?"
Upon hearing the words "Void Sky Screen," the group of Demon Soldiers all looked up, and as they saw the dark blue barrier in the sky, their faces showed intense fear.
One of the Demon Soldiers seemed to know quite a bit and said in a low voice, "The Void Sky Screen isn’t capable of dissolving everything; take Great Abyss humans as an example. As long as their internal Five Elements Tribulation Qi is harmonized, forming a Perfect Level Venerable Appearance, they can resist being dissolved by the Void Sky Screen..."
Of course, this doesn’t mean humans at the Venerable Realm from the Great Abyss can freely travel between the two realms.
The Dark Realm and Great Abyss Realm correspond vertically, and the first step to crossing realms requires reaching sufficiently high altitudes, at least touching the dome, which is not easy for beings from either realm;
The second step is crossing the Void Sky Screen, which serves two purposes: dissolving physical bodies and purifying soul bodies. The former targets Great Abyss humans, while the latter targets Spiritual Life forms from the Dark Realm, effectively blocking ninety percent of inter-realm communication;
After overcoming the Void Sky Screen, there’s a final step — dealing with the hordes of Soul-devouring Worms lying in the dome. If the second step only blocks ninety percent of beings, this third step thoroughly halts the remaining ten percent.
With these three obstacles in place, truly free inter-realm travel is essentially negligible.
After saying a lot in one breath, the Demon Soldier continued, "Of course, this is the proper method for openly crossing realms. There’s another way through spatial rifts, but the spatial rifts in the Dark Realm are all controlled by Ancient Demon Level powerhouses, leaving normal individuals unable to access them..."
"Isn’t there supposed to be one in the Lady’s cave dwelling?"
The Demon Soldier was suddenly interrupted, turned his head to look at the speaker with a hint of displeasure, and sneered, "What? Feeling tempted? That was given to the Lady by the Ancestor of the Sea of Ten Thousand Blood; if you dare, go ahead and try!"
For low-level Spiritual Life forms in the Dark Realm, there are two best escape routes:
The first route is to find a powerful backer, like them. Though they serve Lady Yulou at White Bone Forest, strictly speaking, they are soldiers of Ancestor Xue Kong of the Sea of Ten Thousand Blood. This route may depend on others, but it offers protection from being randomly captured, swallowed, or suppressed by other mighty soul bodies, or being used as building materials like the millions of souls beneath Qi Mountain;
The second route is finding a way to smuggle into the Great Abyss Realm, where there are new spiritual bodies endlessly available for them. It’s rumored that cultivating in the Great Abyss for one day is equivalent to one year in the Dark Realm, and currently, almost all top-tier beings in the Dark Realm have gone to the Great Abyss to cultivate.
This has become almost common knowledge in the Dark Realm.