God of Pets

Chapter 975: The Secret of the Sky Garden

Chen Guan gazed at everything within the Sky Garden, his eyes filled with astonishment.This enormous Sky Garden, akin to a planet, astonishingly contained countless human cultivators cultivating within.

Yet those human cultivators were motionless like puppets, seated among the garden’s plants.

However, Chen Guan could sense that these human cultivators were not dead, as the aura emanating from them was strong enough to be shocking.

Every human cultivator’s aura fluctuations here were not much inferior to Long Yue’s.

And there were probably millions of human cultivators here; seeing that most of them wore armor, one could guess that they were undoubtedly the million iron cavalry who followed Emperor Ancestor into the Celestial Secret Realm.

In addition to those cultivators wearing Great Qin Iron Cavalry-issue Secret Treasure Armor, there were also many human cultivators with varied attire.

Chen Guan’s gaze swiftly scanned, soon spotting a familiar figure—surprisingly, it was King of Palace, who hadn’t been taken away by Spirit Devouring God long ago.

King of Palace sat cross-legged beneath a silver tree, the tree seemingly made of silver, radiant, and mirror-like.

With a slight sense, Chen Guan’s expression turned somewhat peculiar.

The aura fluctuations from King of Palace’s body were not much inferior to Long Yue’s.

It was normal for King Ji, having entered the Celestial Secret Realm for quite a while, to reach such a state.

But King of Palace had entered the Celestial Secret Realm not long ago, yet possessed such terrifying energy fluctuations; it truly defied common sense.

In fact, Chen Guan felt that the entire Sky Garden was filled with eerie vibes, the concentration of primordial energy here was exceedingly high, comparable to the Immortal Mountain Sect before Chen Guan drained it.

Every one of the rare flowers and plants contained unimaginable energy.

Chen Guan even suspected that the energy explosion from any random grass here could destroy a small star system.

So many plants imbued with terrifying energy concentrated within this planet-sized Sky Garden; where exactly did the energy sustaining them come from?

For plants possessing such strong energy explosions, they require an enormous amount of energy to survive, so how could this small place provide such abundant energy?

Chen Guan’s figure flickered, exploring the entire Sky Garden.

Those human cultivators occupied different positions within the Sky Garden, as if in seated death meditation, each completely motionless.

At the center of the Sky Garden, a black lotus flower grew, with only this one lotus flower in the entire lotus pond, even the petals were black.

The black lotus was as large as a room, emitting a black aura, with a human sitting cross-legged within.

Chen Guan observed that the person’s extraordinary mask exuded an unspoken nobility and authority.

Though he sat there without opening his eyes, a palpable majesty emanated from him, deterring any disrespect.

Chen Guan vaguely guessed this person’s identity, most likely it was Emperor Ancestor.

"Is this what you wanted to see?" Spirit Devouring God’s form appeared beside Chen Guan, gazing down at the man within the lotus.

"Is this our human Emperor Ancestor?" Chen Guan asked.

"Indeed, you humans should call him that," Spirit Devouring God replied casually.

"What did you do to them?" Chen Guan’s mind raced, pondering his next steps.

In this situation, humans brought into the Sky Garden by Spirit Devouring God were likely to end up as these lifeless puppets.

Except for examples like Ji Changsheng, few could escape.

"I did nothing to them, they want to stay here themselves. Even if I drive them away, they don’t want to leave," Spirit Devouring God said.

"They can’t even move, naturally they can’t voluntarily leave." Chen Guan emphasized the pronunciation of "voluntarily."

Spirit Devouring God remained unconcerned, simply saying, "You need to hear a story first."

"Long ago, there was a Secret Spirit born strong, but dissatisfied, constantly seeking self-breakthrough, hoping to become even stronger, thus continually challenging other Secret Spirits, seeking growth through combat..."

"But battles didn’t lead to much growth, until one day, he discovered a city. That city contained incredible energy; just staying there allowed his body to continuously grow stronger."

"The Secret Spirit was overjoyed, stayed in the city training, but soon discovered a problem. This city’s energy seemed inexhaustible, but energy doesn’t originate from nothing. So where did the city’s energy come from?"

"The Secret Spirit wanted to explore the city’s origins, as he delved deeper, uncovering many secrets: this city wasn’t just a city, it was the heart of the world, cosmic energy flowing through it..."

"This discovery thrilled the Secret Spirit, believing he’d found the world’s core, by cultivating here, he could become the universe’s strongest invincible being."

"If he didn’t explore further, perhaps things would indeed progress as expected, but he was a curious Secret Spirit. He didn’t stop exploring the city and ultimately discovered a chilling truth: this city was devouring the world."

"You mean Sky City is devouring the universe?" Chen Guan asked, seeing Spirit Devouring God pause.

"Yes, this city devours the universe; the world’s energy must flow through this city to form a cycle, allowing the world to function normally.

"But as energy flows through this city, some of it disappears. As time passes, cosmic energy gradually diminishes."

"At this rate, all cosmic energy will eventually be completely devoured by this city, marking the universe’s end."

"Didn’t the Secret Spirit think to find the missing energy?" Chen Guan asked.

"Naturally he thought about it, searched, and even found it." Spirit Devouring God continued, "The energy devoured by the city didn’t stay inside but flowed into another world, a world somewhat different, yet intricately connected to this one."

"If the two worlds were forcibly defined, then this world can be called the Life Realm, and the other the Death Realm."

Chen Guan understood; Spirit Devouring God’s Life Realm referred to the Celestial Secret Realm, and the Death Realm to Divine Land and Earth Secret Realm.