"Within the span of three breaths, all of you incomplete lifeforms who have failed in spirit ascension, get lost!
"If anyone dares to disobey me, I will slaughter my way to Spirit Descension Hall and destroy your memorial tablets. I will destroy all your Spirit Bodies!"
The ancient voice contained a supreme domineering air. As booming sounds reverberated in the air, not only did the red figures in the area scream and retreat, even the red fog in the area tumbled about as if it was shuddering and tumbling backwards layer by layer.
In just the span of two breaths, not a single red figure could be seen within a circular area of one million feet. Even the hall in the sky had disappeared without a trace. Everything returned to normal. Even the red fog in the distance seemed to gradually turn white, as if it was about to turn into white fog ahead of time.
Su Ming stood at the entrance of the cave. His eyes sparkled rapidly at everything that had happened. A hint of shock as well as uncertainty appeared on his face. He stood still, and the old man's voice still echoed in his ears.
Su Ming did not move. The area soon sank into dead silence. Not a single sound could be heard. It was as if Su Ming's existence did not attract the slightest bit of attention from the person who had called himself Heavenly Spirit Tribe.
'Failed in spirit ascension … Spirit Descension Hall … Heavenly Spirit Tribe.' After a moment, a glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He turned his head around and cast a glance at the depths of the cave. After a moment of pensive silence, he did not step in. Instead, he walked out of the cave and stood at the middle of the white mountain. Su Ming stared into the distance.
He could clearly see the fog in the distance changing rapidly. White had already occupied a small portion of it. Before long, the red fog in the world would disappear and be replaced by white, and seven days of relative safety would be welcomed.
'These red figures and the mummy with the bone spear … So they're the products of failed spirit ascension … Then since there are failed spirit ascensions, there must definitely be people who succeeded in spirit ascension …
'Spirit ascension … Could it be that the so-called Ancestral Spirits or Antecedental Spirits were born after successful spirit ascension?' Su Ming's eyes sparkled. The words Yu Family's Yu Rou had once told him when he was in Divine Essence Star Ocean's Black Ink Planet appeared in his head.
'Legend has it that when the sky and earth, the universe and the universe, the stars and the sky were still in a state of chaos, the first batch of living beings were known as … Ancestral Spirits.
The Ancestor Spirits created life, which was why there were thousands of races and all living beings.
All living beings worshiped the Ancestor Spirits. Over the endless years, among the living beings who worshiped the Ancestor Spirits, some living beings who could bear the power of the Ancestor Spirits slowly appeared. They were known as the Antecedental Spirits.
An unknown calamity. All spirits fell into a deep slumber. Regardless of whether it was the Ancestral Spirits or the Antecedental Spirits that had become spirits because of their faith, none of them could avoid this calamity.
As the calamity continued, the ten thousand races also withered. They either scattered in all directions or went extinct until they fell into decline. In the endless years after the catastrophe, there were no Ancestral Spirits or Antecedental Spirits. However, people looked at the changes in the heavens, looked at the stars in the world, felt the laws and rules, and then combined them with some of the cultivation arts that were left behind in the years, slowly creating a new system.
It was a type of cultivation system that allowed one's body to become more complete and stronger. Throughout the ages, the most outstanding cultivators of such a cultivation system were known as Successor Spirits.
By then, Successor Spirits were incredibly rare. Due to the countless races spreading out and multiplying, the people who practiced the cultivation system were known as cultivators. Based on the ancient titles, they were in truth cultivators known as Succeeding Spirits.
This was the explanation Yu Rou had given Su Ming in the past. It was also the first time Su Ming learned of the meaning behind the titles of Ancestral Spirit, Antecedental Spirit, Succeeding Spirit, and Succeeding Spirit.
Su Ming had been touched when he heard this before, but he did not pay too much attention to it. He believed that this was just another understanding of cultivators among the tribes in Divine Essence Star Ocean. It was not complete, and it was one-sided.
However, when Su Ming met the Predecessor of Dao Ocean in True Morning Dao World, he saw the red figure and the All Spirits Hall, the legendary place in Divine Essence Star Ocean where all living beings were born, he noticed a few important terms in the old man's words, and his heart was suddenly stirred up.
'Based on what the people in Divine Essence Star Ocean say, cultivators are in truth Succeeding Spirits … After all, Divine Essence Star Ocean is part of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. Is it possible … that Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos has already gone through four eras, just like Sui Chen Zi, Ecang, and Old Man Extermination? They were just existences from one of the eras or outsiders.
'Of the four eras, besides the current era of the Succeeding Spirit, the other three eras have already been buried in the long river of history. Only a tiny bit of information has been passed down …' But due to the fact that Divine Essence Star Ocean is ancient and has always maintained the ways of tribes, it has a relatively complete set of information regarding the four eras. 'Su Ming fell silent. A contemplative look appeared in his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the more shocked he became.
Because he suddenly thought of another problem. The Almighties in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos and the cultivators in Saint Defier's camp were clearly of the same Realm. They should have been evenly matched, but when they fought against each other, a cultivator in Solar Kalpa Realm from Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos could win against a cultivator in Fate Realm from Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. In fact, he even dared to fight against a cultivator in Life Realm.
Just what sort of difference existed in this for them to be so out of sync? Su Ming had always been puzzled about this. He had once believed that Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos was rather primitive, which was why it could not compare to the cultivation system that Saint Defier's camp had formed over countless years.
In fact, Su Ming had once been slightly envious of the core of Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos' cultivation system — Origin!
Saint Defier cultivated Origin, while Dark Dawn cultivated Spirit Core. When Su Ming learned of this, he had sighed in his heart. He did not know what Arid Triad cultivated, and he had no clue about it. In his confusion, he had once wanted to learn from Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos and cultivate the so-called power of Origin. In truth, he had indeed taken a few steps in this area, but he could never forget the casual tone in the Predecessor of Dao Ocean's words when it analyzed Origin during the trial for the Dynasts in True Morning Dao World. While its tone might have been normal, Su Ming could still hear the indifference in its words.
It was as if … Origin was very simple to the Predecessor of Dao Ocean. There was nothing complicated about it. It was so simple that it only needed to ponder over it for a moment before it could help Su Ming sense the existence of Origin of Tremors. That Origin was not mysterious. It was just some simple principles. As long as a person understood them and understood them thoroughly, they would be able to cast them.
Su Ming's breathing quickened slightly, and a brilliant light shone in his eyes. These were questions and doubts that had always existed in his heart. At that moment, once the old voice mentioned a few important words, these words were like a key that instantly allowed Su Ming to think of many things, and they turned into a wild guess in his head, one that Su Ming still believed somewhat in, even though it was a wild guess.
'It's not that the cultivators in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos aren't strong, but that the cultivators in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos are now the cultivators of the fourth era. They have already lost the cultivation system of the past, and it can be said that they have evolved it again … Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos might have gone through several eras as well, but there is no doubt … that even if they were once cultivators, their cultivation system is still more complete than Arid Triad's, which is why there is such a difference between them.
'The fourth era is the era of the Succeeding Spirits. Then I can deduce that the third era is the era of the Succeeding Spirits. The Succeeding Spirits watch the changes in the universe, the stars in the world, and sense the laws and rules. Then, by combining them with the cultivation arts left in the past, they slowly create a new cultivation system.
'It is … a cultivation system that allows the body to reach perfection and increase its state of being. In the third era, the people who practiced this cultivation system are known as the Succeeding Spirits.
'In that era, there was Sui Chen Zi, Ecang, and Old Man Extermination. During the glory of that era, they should have been able to fight against Saint Defier and Dark Dawn … Even if their overall strength was still lacking, they should have been evenly matched in terms of their cultivation bases and combat abilities.
'But the destruction of the third era, the deaths of Sui Chen Zi and the others, and Ecang's slumber caused the cultivators of the fourth era to become even weaker, because they only practiced the incomplete cultivation methods from the third era. That is why … while their Realms were very high, their combat abilities could not compare to the cultivators from Saint Defier's camp.
'And the destruction of the third era … might have been because of Old Man Extermination's ballad!' Su Ming's heart trembled. He had a vague feeling that even if his guess was not entirely accurate, he was definitely close to the truth.
His breathing quickened. If he continued making deductions, he would find that the second era was the era of Antecedental Spirits. It was a completely different era from the third era, and even their cultivation methods were completely different.
The cultivators of the second era worshiped the Ancestral Spirits of the first era, and from there, they obtained incredibly powerful and overwhelming power. They slowly stood out among their tribes, and they were known as Antecedental Spirits. In the era when the Ancestral Spirits died, they led their tribes and launched a glorious war … but in the end, they still faced the fall and destruction of their era. That destruction drowned out everything they had.
'Antecedental Spirits … Antecedental Spirits … There's a high possibility that the Predecessor of Dao Ocean is an Antecedental Spirit from the second era, but it's still alive!' A brilliant light that had never appeared before shone in Su Ming's eyes. He felt that the more he analyzed the situation, the closer he was to the truth.
'That's why the Predecessor of Dao Ocean could research the cultivators of Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos and the Ancient God at will. In fact, it could imitate all sorts of divine abilities that would erupt from them in the illusion even after they died. It could even … imitate the Essence of Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos' core cultivation system …
'From this, it's enough to tell just how strong the Antecedental Spirits of the second era were!
'Then … there's a perfect explanation for the function of All Spirits Hall and the failure of spirit ascension mentioned by the ancient old man. All Spirits Hall contains a legacy that allows the people of the second era to become Antecedental Spirits!' Su Ming shuddered. He was shocked by his own guess, and at the same time, a powerful desire suddenly erupted from the depths of his heart!
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