God of Pets

Chapter 976: Exhaustion

Chen Guan thought to himself, "Isn’t this a good thing? When the energy of the Celestial Secret Realm equals that of the Earth Secret Realm, humans should no longer need to fear the Sky Secret Spirit."As if seeing through Chen Guan’s thoughts, the Spirit Devouring God continued, "You must think this is a good thing for humanity, right? But the truth is quite the opposite, not only is it not a good thing, it will lead to the destruction of both the Death Realm and the Life Realm."

"Why?" Chen Guan asked puzzled.

"As mentioned before, when energy passes through that city, a portion will disappear, sent to the Death Realm, and the Life Realm, due to the reduction of energy, is gradually beginning to collapse."

The Spirit Devouring God continued to explain, "Many areas in the Life Realm, due to the diminishing world energy, have collapsed space forming an Exhaustion Area, similar to what humans call cancer, constantly eroding the normal areas of the Life Realm, with no solution in sight."

"What’s worse is that this Exhaustion Area will continue to spread, growing larger and larger. If it cannot be curbed, the entire Life Realm will become a zone where no living beings can survive."

"And as the Life Realm withers, its energy will increasingly diminish, the energy that the city can convey to the Death Realm will consequently diminish."

"The Death Realm itself has no energy, relying entirely on the transfer from the Life Realm. If the Life Realm completely collapses, the Death Realm will lose its source of energy, the result is predictable."

"This is not the most terrifying part. The most terrifying fact is that that city is the heart of the world, energy is like blood, and the city distributes energy to every place in both worlds, with the strange negative energy from the Exhaustion Area in the Life Realm infecting the pure energy, reaching the Death Realm and infecting parts of it."

"Although those infected areas of the Death Realm don’t render them as lifeless as the Exhaustion Area in the Life Realm, they make life lose its original meaning, turning into a zombie-like existence, ultimately being forgotten by the world, disappearing completely from it..."

"Nether Sea and Yellow Springs River?" Chen Guan’s heart stirred, realizing what the Spirit Devouring God referred to.

Since Earth Secret Realm initially had no energy, the appearance of Yellow Springs River and Nether Sea could only be explained by Celestial Secret Realm.

Chen Guan had previously wondered why Primordial Energy from the Earth Secret Realm seemed inexhaustible, why it could regenerate from nothing. Now he finally understood. It’s not that the Earth Secret Realm’s Primordial Energy can infinitely regenerate, but it’s always being fed energy from Sky City.

The Spirit Devouring God slightly nodded and said, "Originally, Yellow Springs River was like the city’s blood vessel, conveying energy towards Earth Secret Realm, and Nether Sea was where this energy ultimately gathered and stored. But as they became corrupted by Exhaustion Energy, their nature began slowly changing."

"In the short term, this isn’t a bad thing; the pollution of Yellow Springs River and Nether Sea has caused many Earth Secret Spirits to mutate, some becoming weaker while others stronger. Humans too, relying on these mutated Earth Secret Spirits, have grown ever stronger, acquiring powers previously unattainable."

"But this is merely the initial phase of pollution. Once Yellow Springs River and Nether Sea are completely corrupted, regions through which the river flows will become Exhaustion Areas, making it difficult for both humans and Secret Spirits to survive there."

The Spirit Devouring God’s gaze turned to Emperor Ancestor within the Black Lotus: "The repeated descents of the Sky Secret Spirit seek to reclaim enough energy to maintain the world of Celestial Secret Realm, preventing the expansion of the Exhaustion Area; otherwise, Life Realm and Death Realm will eventually completely wither."

"But this alone cannot truly save the two worlds, as the exhaustion energy has already infected both, and will continue repeatedly spreading through this city’s transport."

"Fortunately, a method was later found. Simply put, a filter has been installed in this city to cleanse the energy sent to the Death Realm, filtering out the Exhaustion Energy to delay the pollution of the Death Realm, or even allow it to recover."

Chen Guan realized something too, his gaze also turning to Emperor Ancestor within the Black Lotus.

"Are you telling me these humans willingly stay here to purify the polluted energy?"

"You’re quite clever. I built this Sky Garden initially hoping to harness the life force of plants to purify the exhaustion pollution in energy, but later found it wasn’t very effective until a human came to this city, using his body as a filter, allowing energy to pass through and then sent to Earth Secret Realm, significantly reducing the contained Exhaustion Pollution."

"Only human bodies have this effect, but sub-Tenth Consciousness human bodies couldn’t withstand such energy erosion, so I only brought those humans who reached Tenth Consciousness back to Sky Garden to filter Exhaustion Energy using their bodies, to slow Earth’s Secret Realm’s pollution."

"So are they doing this voluntarily?" asked Chen Guan expressionlessly.

"Humans, like Sky Secret Spirits, even less, naturally lack such awareness, so initially, I had to resort to some coercive measures. But a few humans willingly sacrifice themselves to save this world, though only very few, failing to make a key impact."

"Until the appearance of this man," the Spirit Devouring God looked at the man in the Black Lotus, with respect in his tone, "he was the most powerful and talented human cultivator I’ve seen, having just ascended to Tenth Consciousness with strength rivaling top Sky Secret Spirits, getting stronger in battle."

"What’s even more admirable is how he solved a problem humanity couldn’t solve for countless generations before him, humans only united under threats to their lives."

"In other words, humanity valued only their lives most. But once he understood the state of Life Realm and Death Realm, he not only stationed in Sky Garden as the central hub filtering Exhaustion Energy but commanded those million Tenth Consciousness humans who willingly follow his orders here, dedicating everything to filter out the Exhaustion Energy, allowing Earth Secret Realm to persist, untainted, buying significant time."

Chen Guan’s expression was somewhat complex, hearing this story indeed very impressive.

Emperor Ancestor and the million Great Qin Iron Cavalry didn’t vanish from this world due to defeat, but use their bodies, in another realm, to protect their parents, siblings, and families.