SUPREME TAMER

Chapter 923: Chapter 790: Mental Torture, Land of Nightmares

Tianji released her sensing ability, searching for the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy.

“There is no Xuan energy…” After a while, Tianji muttered to herself, disappointment showing on her face.

“Your Highness, what is Xuan energy?” Guan Guan, who was full of excitement, asked.

“Soul pet emperors need to rely on spiritual energy to increase their strength, which is the resource of the emperor level. However, after reaching the dominator level, Xuan becomes the decisive resource. The so-called Xuan energy refers to the overflowing energy of the Xuan source. In comparison to the scarce spiritual energy, Xuan is nowhere to be found even in the depths of the forbidden domain. I thought there would be Xuan energy in this Qiankun Ice Gate world, but…” Tianji explained without hiding anything.

Since Master Li wasn’t there, Chu Mu naturally didn’t know the situation of the dominator level. Hearing Tianji talking about the concept of Xuan, Chu Mu became curious and asked, “Is Xuan the same as spiritual energy?”

Tianji shook her head and said, “The so-called master of the spiritual origin is the Xuan source. The Xuan source is different from other sources like mineral veins, energy crystals, and magic stones. Xuan sources often have consciousness and are thinking entities, but not soul pets.”

“For example, the World Monarch Tree is not a plant soul pet. It has no offense, no mobility, and it is just a plant that has lived for countless years, gathering energy from the world…. Xuan source, to be precise, is a living creature, but not a soul pet… ”

In fact, Tianji couldn’t really explain the concept of Xuan source. The so-called Xuan is by no means as simple as spiritual energy, but one thing is certain, for the power improvement of dominator-level creatures, Xuan is the primary energy source!

“So there is only a high-level and dense spiritual source here, but not a Xuan source?” Chu Mu asked again.

The world inside the Qiankun Ice Gate is indeed impressive, and Chu Mu felt that it might indeed contain those creatures that surpassed the emperor level in such an amazing world.

However, if such an unknown ancient world doesn’t have the mysterious Xuan source, then where in the world could the Xuan source possibly appear?

“Well, at least I haven’t sensed it now.” Tianji said with slight disappointment.

Perhaps Tianji had searched many places like this before and had been disappointed many times, but she quickly adjusted her emotions.

Without the almost nonexistent Xuan source, finding the source of spiritual energy should at least be able to create a peak emperor or invincible emperor, which is also a resource not to be underestimated. After all, there are very few powerful people with peak emperor-level soul pets in the entire human domain.

It is clear that Tianji has not entirely given up hope for this Qiankun Ice Gate. This is mainly because the Qiankun Ice Gate is guarded by the five great emperors. If there is no very rare or ancient existence in the Qiankun Ice Gate world, there is no need for the five great ice emperors of the Ice Silk Canyon to guard here for a hundred years without allowing anyone to enter.

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In this world, there is only the clean sky and the ice mirror ground that reflects the sky. There is nothing to mark the direction. In order to avoid getting lost, when Tianji headed deeper into this world, she specifically let the White Tiger leave a straight crack on the ice mirror every time it moved forward.

Soul pet masters who frequently enter the mysterious realm are very aware that the most terrifying aspect of the labyrinth in the mysterious realm is not those environments or regions that are so complicated that there is no way to find the way out, but places like the Qiankun Ice Gate world where the same scenery extends for miles. In such places, if you walk with the wrong step angle, you will unknowingly deviate further away, and eventually, go in the completely wrong direction.

Moreover, with people’s vision always showing the same picture, after a while, mental fatigue will set in, slowly turning into a feeling of despair as time goes on.

Walking in such a space with only tiring images and no hope in sight would gradually erode a person’s heart and transform it into despair…

The ice mirror land and the reflected sky, the ultimate beauty, had gradually lost its initial awe-inspiring effect after the group of five had walked here for several days and months.

At this time, although the group had not yet developed any feelings of despair or disappointment, walking here already felt extremely dull.

The two women were the most talkative. As they couldn’t handle the pressure as well as the other three, they ended up talking more to relieve the invisible fear growing inside them.

A few days later, Teng Lang gradually joined the conversation. The quietness and similarity of this world was also a heavy burden on Teng Lang’s heart.

Whoever talks the most could be seen as the one who is the first to be entangled by the invisible fear and despair.

Chu Mu and Tianji remained calm. Chu Mu got used to the deadly silence and monotonous lack of hope because of his past experiences. No matter if it was Nightmare Demon Island or Prison Island, or the several months and half a year of training afterwards, Chu Mu had to learn to be alone and learn how to eliminate the various desires of a normal person. Even if Chu Mu was walking alone in such a place for ten days and a half month, he wouldn’t have any fearful thoughts.

Tianji’s ability to become the female war goddess of humans required her to have strong psychological endurance. She sat on the back of the White Tiger, always walking in the front without joining in the conversation. She meditated instead and only spoke occasionally when they stopped to rest…

By the fifteenth day, Guan Guan and Xiao Tong began to show abnormalities. They stopped talking, showing confusion and fear in their eyes. When talking to them, it seemed like they were not paying attention.

On the seventeenth day, Guan Guan and Xiao Tong finally had a mental breakdown.

“Your Highness, let’s leave this place, please. If we continue, we may never be able to return.” Guan Guan pleaded pitifully.

Xiao Tong and Guan Guan were in the same situation. Every time they rested, they couldn’t stop crying.

In the blank world, if you stay for too long, your mind will fill with strange thoughts. Eventually, the blank world becomes the most terrifying hell. The two women deeply believed that they were walking in hell while having a mental breakdown, completely forgetting the immense benefits their ice attribute soul pets could gain here.

Perhaps, if they could stay here for another month, they would have a peak emperor-level soul pet. But, if they had to choose between staying here and immediate departure, they would without hesitation choose the former. This kind of despair was more painful than the torment of their souls.

The ice mirror and sky gradually changed colors, becoming endless darkness. Anyone walking in a world of endless darkness and being unable to see the light would indeed be a torment to their spirit and soul.

Heavenly Consort, however, didn’t respond to their pleas and continued to advance calmly.

Her gaze occasionally swept over Chu Mu, as she found that this man had maintained his calm and composed demeanor from the beginning to the end. He didn’t seem to talk more or less than before, and his confidence was unwavering.

“I’ve said before that if you stay here for some time, your ice attribute soul pets can break through to the Emperor level. However, if your hearts are now filled with fear and your souls are curled up, no matter how long you stay here, your soul pets won’t be able to break through.” Finally, Heavenly Consort spoke.

Her two female disciples disappointed her. Chu Mu’s Ice-Feathered Spirit was clearly reaping tremendous benefits from this world filled with ice spirit energy. If he can persist, his strength might even continue to improve.

However, her two female disciples had their ice attribute soul pets at a bottleneck. If not for their own fear affecting their soul pets and plunging them into the shadows of fear as well, their soul pets could have had a high chance of breakthrough on the fifteenth day.

Perhaps this also proved a point: truly powerful creatures require a powerful heart!

Confidence, courage, perseverance, and the heart to challenge one’s limits are required of a powerful creature. Even without spirit items, they can still achieve self-strengthening.

Weak, timid, and fearful creatures will always be stuck in place.

Heavenly Consort’s words somewhat calmed the two women down, but they still couldn’t overcome the hurdle in their hearts…

When the twentieth day came, Teng Lang, who was initially fearful, gritted his teeth and persisted. His Ice Mountain Lion gained immense benefits, and Heavenly Consort assured him that as long as he provided his Ice Mountain Lion with some ordinary emperor-grade ice spirit items, it would breakthrough to high-level emperor within a year.

However, Teng Lang’s limit was just over twenty days.

On the thirtieth day, Guan Guan, Xiao Tong, and Teng Lang had no courage to go any further. They begged to return.

“Sigh, being able to persist for thirty days is not easy. But for you, the real terror has just begun, because you will have to travel the same distance when you return.” Heavenly Consort looked at her two female disciples helplessly.

Thirty days was indeed their limit. If they went any further, their spirits would collapse completely. Although cultivation requires them to undergo such spiritual trials, excessive spiritual suffering could cast a shadow over their future cultivation, making them lose the patience to meditate. Whenever they closed their eyes, they would be haunted by the terrifying images of the ice mirror and sky.

“You can leave with them.” Heavenly Consort glanced at Chu Mu, who showed no intention of returning, and spoke indifferently.

Chu Mu shook his head and said, “This place is very beneficial to my Ice-Feathered Spirit, and it’s also a training for my willpower. I think I’ll be able to break through to the Sixth-level Thought Soul Emperor and reach the Seventh Level after a while.”

Chu Mu’s words were true. For those with weak mental endurance, this place was hell, but for those with strong mental endurance, this was the perfect place to cultivate!

Heavenly Consort hesitated for a moment. She didn’t want to travel alone with a man in such a place.

However, upon further thought, having another person around might not be a bad thing. Heavenly Consort couldn’t guarantee that she would be free from psychological burdens when she reached her destination. Moreover, the torment during the return journey might also cast a strong shadow on her psyche.

“You can continue with me, but I must warn you that this world has a massive spiritual restriction. This spiritual restriction caused the rapid mental breakdown of the three of them, and even meditation is of no use. Staying here for too long may cause you to need several years to rid yourself of this psychological burden after leaving. During those years, your cultivation might not improve at all,” Heavenly Consort said seriously.

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