Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Chapter 2152: Desolate River City (2)

Even when standing close to the entrance of Desolate River City, the enormous ancient structures that had emerged at the very heart of the city and directly pushed out the city lord mansion in the process were visible. Towering over the old city like ancient pillars upholding the sky. Making it difficult to ascertain their true height from a simple glance due to the very fact that space itself was being twisted and stretched beyond imagination around them.

Meaning even a short looking ancient tower at the edge of the newly emerged ancient structures could be hundreds of kilometers tall once one got close enough, though getting close to these ancient structures was easier said than done, as while the space was being stretched to accommodate them, it also resulted in space centered on these ancient structures being twisted to the point where anyone recklessly approaching would be torn apart by them.

According to the little information he had managed to gather so far on the ancient structures, even someone at the Void Integration Realm would be torn apart by the twisted space if they attempted to recklessly approach.

The only way to enter the ancient structure without suffering such an unfortunate and avoidable death was to find a safe path through the twisted space into the heart of the city where the ancient structures were located… And from what he had learnt, the only one who knew about such a path was the city lord of Desolate River City, who had already successfully explored the ancient structures that had emerged within his city once. Successfully breaking through to the Late Stage of the Void Integration Realm thanks to this trip to the new heart of the city.

Of course, those who rushed towards Desolate River City looking for a similar opportunity understood this and decided to seek out the city lord for the path into the heart of the city he had managed to uncover.

In the end, even if he wanted to monopolize this path into the heart of the city, it was impossible with so many powerful figures desiring to enter the heart of the city as well.

Because of this, he ultimately ended up settling on a middle of the road option that wouldn’t entirely be a loss for him. Deciding to sell the information for an understandable price that those at the Void Monarch Realm and even those below would be able to afford if they pulled out some of their reserves. Turning the situation into one where he ended up benefiting from being the gatekeeper to the heart of the city, something those other senior figures were more than happy to oblige by.

After all, while it might still be somewhat pricy for those at the Void Monarch Realm, the price was negligible to those at the Void Integration Realm and was more so symbolic. Even if those at the Void Monarch Realm might be a bit unhappy with the price and those below the Void Monarch Realm were crying tears of blood trying to scrounge together all their treasures to afford the entry price for the heart of the city, there was nothing either could do with the Void Integration Realm cultivators satisfied and unwilling to fall out with the city lord of Desolate River City.

After all, if possible, they didn’t want to fall out with someone at the Late Stage of the Void Integration Realm, something the city lord himself understood full well and ended up taking advantage of to ensure he would at least be able to profit from the situation.

Taking in everything, Xuan Hao didn’t linger around the gates of the city for long after spotting the ancient towering structures at the heart of the city. Instead, he began pondering over how to enter the heart of the city.

Part of him felt like going through the path that had been discovered by the city lord of Desolate River City would be a good idea and would ensure his safety, but another part of him felt interested in attempting to find another path or create a new one. Knowing from a glance at the twisting space that it should be possible to create a new path to the heart of the city if one’s comprehension of the Dao of Space was high enough.

The problem for the Void Integration Realm cultivators that had shown up so far was the fact that all of them were either at the Early Stage or Middel Stage of the Void Integration Realm, with the only one at the Late Stage of the Void Integration Realm cultivator being the city lord of Desolate River City.

Even if he had no clue about how high one’s comprehension in the Dao of Space had to be to reach the Late Stage of the Void Integration Realm, he had a feeling that it should be somewhere around the Peak of the Perfection Realm. Not much different from his own level in the Dao of Space. Meaning there was a good chance that the city lord of Desolate River City might have the ability to carve out new paths into the heart of the city after his breakthrough to the Late Stage of the Void Integration Realm- or in other words, there was a good chance that the path he was sharing with others wasn’t the original path into the heart of the city but instead a new one he had carved out after his breakthrough.

Although one would still end up inside the heart of the city following this path, there was a good chance that it either let to somewhere dangerous or sealed off from the rest of the ancient ruins. Making it difficult to find anything of value.

For this reason, after thinking about the situation for a few minutes while making his way through the ancient city, Xuan Hao ultimately decided to try and carve out his own path into the heart of the city before going with the path that had been created or found by the city lord.

This way, he would also be able to avoid revealing himself to the local Void Integration Realm cultivators. Avoiding any potential problems that might emerge upon encountering these Void Integration Realm cultivators.

Not just that, but he would also be able to enter the heart of the city from a different direction and avoid running into them inside the ancient structures. Avoiding a potential struggle for treasures that might take place, something he was more than happy about given how he didn’t plan on perishing yet and having his trip through the fragmented continent cut short.

The reason why he risked coming to this ancient city and planned on entering the even deadlier ancient ruins that had emerged at the heart of this ancient city was because he understood that whatever opportunity the city lord of Desolate River City had ended up getting his hands on was something that could enhance one’s comprehension of the Dao of Space. After all, this was one of the main requirements for progressing through the Void Integration Realm and even going beyond it from what little he knew about this unique cultivation path.

In other words, to him, the ancient ruins that had emerged at the heart of Desolate River City presented an opportunity to obtain some kind of treasure that would be able to help elevate his comprehension of the Dao of Space to the Origin Realm and maybe even give him glimpses into the realm beyond the Origin Realm.

An opportunity like that simply wasn’t something he could give up on and had even made him a bit excited about this little excursion to Desolate River City. At the same time also left him wondering about the history of the ancient structures that had emerged at the heart of the city after having remained hidden for millions of years. After all, it was clear to everyone that these ancient buildings and other structures that had emerged had once been a part of Desolate River City before they were hidden away for unknown reasons in the past.

And whoever had hidden these ancient structures and buildings in the past was undoubtedly a terrifying being whose comprehension of the Dao of Space had likely exceeded the Origin Realm. After all, while the city lords of Desolate River City were generally only around the Void Integration Realm, there had been no lack of powerful figures at the Void God Realm visiting the ancient city in the past to uncover its past.

Yet, even with these terrifying figures searching the ancient city, the true heart of the city had remained hidden beneath their gaze, a fact that undoubtedly meant this disturbance in Desolate River City was going to draw the attention of these ancient being standing at the very pinnacle of the fragmented continent in the near future.

But before that, he and the rest of the people who had gathered here all wanted to take advantage of those terrifying figures not having emerged to freely explore the ancient buildings and other ruins at the heart of Desolate River City.