Dual Peaks Desolate Land
The Dual Peaks Desolate Land is a localized dead region within the Green Abyss Forest. It is a few tens of thousands away from the city, and it is well-known on the local Demon Beasts inhabitants as a place with a lack of life in it.
Plants doesn't thrive in this environment. Even insects are nonexistent. The air is stagnant, and while it is not pungent, the smell of the land is so humid that it might as well be called a wasteland.
It is unknown how it happens. The only reason the intelligent Demon Beasts can think of is about the mysterious sapping capabilities of this land. Somehow, any living beings who enters this region will slowly feel like their Qi are being sapped away. It is mostly being absorbed to the ground, and there are no other sources of it.
It is why none would dare go there. So the Demon King is actually saying the truth when she said this place lacks any dangerous beings.
Zhou Lin will quickly notice this when he gets here. He has the peak level of Divine Sense, along with the peak level of Appraisal. There is nothing in the world that can deceive his eyes.
"How vicious! This whole land is actually absorbing any Qi around this area!" He exclaims with a shudder.
It is not dangerous for him, as the absorption rate is negligible to his own reserves of Qi. That doesn't mean he can stay here. This whole land seems to have halted the natural recovery of his internal Qi, and is slowly sapping away at his strength.
He somehow felt like his Spiritual Strength is repelling the greater effects of this land. Spiritual Strength is what he decided to call on his Spiritual Powers within him. This Spiritual Strength obviously originated with his Spiritual Rank, which he is still not really exploring much because he is more busy looking for more ways to strengthen his techniques and cultivation.
His eyes looks at mountain with two peaks. The center point of this whole land, and where it got it's namesake. He doesn't really know the name of this mountain, though within his mind, he felt like naming this place as the Dual Peaks Desolate Land just because of how apt it is to describe this lifeless region.
He glances around his surroundings, and sees that this place has nothing in it. There are no malicious presence, or even the mundane essence of the normal flora and fauna. It's all just the dull sense of lifelessness, and the persistent wave of absorption on the ground that he can feel and see.
Now he looks at his status, and then smirks when he saw that it wasn't affected at all. Even when this land seems to absorb the Qi even from his body, it seems like the System is still accumulating points. It just means that the System is out of this world.
"As expected, my System is the strongest!" He muttered to himself.
Now that he was sure that the System is not being affected by this weird space, and there are no dangerous beasts around here, he is assured that he can use this to ascend to the next level.
With a quick movements of his feet, he quickly got to the center of the twin peaks. On the crevice where the split part of the mountain is connected. He takes a sit on the flat ground there, and then begins the procession for advancing his Spiritual Rank to the next core.
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Under the Dual Peaks Desolate Lands, beneath the subterranean region of this local area, there is a hidden secret unknown even by the old beings living in this forest. A million years ago, this place is actually the resting place of a fallen immortal.
An immortal, not just a cultivator on this world, but an actual immortal from a higher dimension!
This immortal was struck down by his foes in an ambush. The higher dimension creating a mischief so vicious that even his almighty powers and insights can't save him.
Due to his physique and the tyrannical pressure of his essence, the whole world will naturally tremble when he fell to the skies. He fell on a most prosperous land, which turned into a wasteland in an instant when he fell like a meteor.
This desolate lands will soon bloom into the Green Abyss Forest. One of the pillars of this forest's creation is the body of that immortal who fell on this land. His body has turned the whole vicinity of this region into a desolate ground, which saps away every energies that makes up the world.
Due to this reason, no one dares to use this as their resting grounds or their nest. It is not worth it as this land will just keep sucking on their own hard earned cultivation. Ordinary mortals will die. Even the whole fauna and flora dies because of this.
This immortal body can only resuscitate if it acquired enough energy. A million years, and it is still not enough to even fill the vast ocean that is the amount of Qi he needed for him to even awaken.
It is destined for his body to rot in this land, and die alongside the end of this world. No one knows where his body is located, and no one will dare stay here just to get their Qi sapped away without any reason.
Though, in this particular night, he seems to have acquired an opportunity. The consciousness of this immortal was roused, finally acquiring a presence of mind once more as he felt the raging descent of the heavenly lightning.
It felt like a defibrillator to his heart. Causing his whole mind to be shook, and making him awaken his consciousness. Through his vast spiritual will, he glances around with his worldwide Divine Senses, and let out a soundless gasp when he saw a single person managing to control the five strong heavenly lightnings falling from his body.
The way he just casually controls without any difficulty, and even the way he manages and control his internal Qi is just beautiful. Even this immortal is astounded at the perfect control this mysterious cultivator can do with his Qi.
'I am awakened!' He thought, before frowning. 'Nay, I have only retained my consciousness. This heavenly lightning is still not enough to recreate my body.' He thought, before looking at the mysterious cultivator. 'Though, maybe I can thank him. Give him my treasures and make him my successor. It will take aeons before I can create a new physical body.'
As an immortal, a physical body is not an issue for them. They only need to retain their souls through their Spiritual Rank. By having a strong Spiritual Rank, their soul will persists more. Even getting to the perfected soul state will enable them to cultivate even as a soul.
His whole existence was essentially destroyed due to the viciousness of his foes. Only a single instance of his consciousness was left, which is the one that affected this whole land.
Now that he is awake, he thinks he can wait for at least some aeons to recreate his body. It will be a simple matter to him.
Also this talented youth seems promising. They can already do something this impressive in this mortal realm. This immortal is impressed, and he thinks that he can give his techniques, knowledge, and treasures as an inheritance and turn him as a successor.
This youth might even get his revenge in the distant future, so nurturing him now is a good idea.
With that idea, he was just going to connect his consciousness to this guy who was just done doing his cultivation, when he suddenly froze. His nonexistent eyes widening as he saw Zhou Lin, the mysterious cultivator, nodding at something and then suddenly declaring something.
"I own this place now! And now I will upgrade it!"
With that declaration, the whole place suddenly seems to change. Instead of the desolate feeling of this area, it felt like life practically returns on this place.
'.... WHAT!?' The immortal practically shouted in shocked at this surprising development.