The Ethereal Domains

Chapter 914: Full Mountain of Bones!

Full Mountain of Bones! . . .

Cha Eun Xiao could feel a remarkable transformation within his Jing and Mai, as the vibrant purple qi surged through them. The sensation was so intense that it produced a distinct bickering sound, resembling a riptide rushing over a narrow gully.

Cha Eun Xiao was overwhelmed by the changes occurring within his Jing and Mai, to the point that he was on the verge of exclaiming out loud. Fueled by this incredible sensation, he hastened his descent down the cliff.

Descending another hundred meters, he encountered even more vivid red and white clouds, which left him feeling somewhat dizzy.

Summoning a shout, Cha Eun Xiao\'s companion, Erhuo, abruptly darted downward like an arrow, stirring the clouds in its path. Remarkably, Erhuo seemed to be guiding a vortex down, creating the illusion of an enormous celestial tail extending towards the precipice\'s base.

At first, the colossal tail trembled, causing the vast mass of red and white clouds to move along with it. The effect was significantly more dramatic than their previous encounter, and not only was it louder, but the soul power this time around was even more potent than before.

The red and white clouds in this location were purer than their previous encounter.

Erhuo expressed its exhilaration with meows and exuberant gestures, with its tail raised like a flagpole, and its eyes wider than usual.

[This is awesome! Meow!]

[This is so incredible!]

[I have never felt so good before!]

While Erhuo was orchestrating the clouds, Cha Eun Xiao persisted in his descent, delving deeper into the precipice. It took him another day and a half to reach a significant depth.

Despite using his Yin Yang Eyes, the clouds partially obscured his vision, and he lost track of time. However, given his formidable abilities, he could estimate the passage of time rather accurately, and now, he was sure of it because hunger gnawed at him.

Surprisingly, he could gauge time by his stomach\'s sensations with remarkable accuracy.

Extracting all the red and white clouds into the Boundless Space was a time-consuming endeavor. As the final wisps of clouds entered the Space, Erhuo swiftly followed suit.

Evidently, Erhuo was utterly drained. The cat had been exhilarated, but its fatigue was palpable. Cha Eun Xiao could feel Erhuo\'s perspiration, nearly marring its otherwise pristine white fur.

Nonetheless, Erhuo appeared genuinely content with the outcome. While soul power had great utility for Erhuo, it was of no use to Cha Eun Xiao. Yet, thanks to the Boundless Space, the soul power had become a shared resource that benefited them both.

Of course, Erhuo was not particularly inclined to share it with others, even with Cha Eun Xiao. Nevertheless, given the sheer volume of red and white clouds they had amassed, Erhuo recognized that it could not absorb all the energy by itself. Erhuo was adamant about not allowing this incredible energy to go to waste within the precipice, hence its diligent efforts to collect it all.

The amount of soul power Erhuo had absorbed was less than one percent of the total red and white clouds within the Space. These clouds represented the combined soul power of at least one hundred thousand extraordinarily powerful cultivators.

If all this power were concentrated in one individual, that person would surpass the strength of billions of ordinary people. Even for Erhuo, with its remarkable abilities, it was impossible to consume such a colossal amount of power. Moreover, one percent of those clouds was by no means a trivial amount. It was, in fact, a significant and substantial portion of this extraordinary resource.

The soul power in question had the collective strength of a hundred thousand individuals. To put it into perspective, one percent of one hundred thousand equated to a formidable one thousand souls. Erhuo had harnessed the energy of a thousand superlative cultivators, a substantial and by no means insignificant amount.

Cha Eun Xiao took a moment to steady himself and dispel the lingering dizziness. With the clarity of mind restored, he resumed his descent down the precipice, swiftly covering a distance of approximately three thousand meters. It was at this depth that he at last caught sight of the ground, nestled at the base of the immense chasm.

Surveying his surroundings, Cha Eun Xiao couldn\'t help but express his awe, both verbally and inwardly. [Incredible, this precipice is over twenty thousand meters high! It surpasses even the famed Sky Soul Mountain. This Sky Soul Precipice is, without a doubt, the tallest cliff I\'ve ever laid eyes upon, perhaps the highest in the entire realm...]

Eager to reach the ground, he positioned his hands against the cliff and leaped gracefully, soaring like a feather before alighting with nimble finesse.

Yet, his landing was met with an unsettling sound, as if something had fractured beneath his foot. Alarmed, he quickly shifted his weight, raising one foot and maintaining his equilibrium. Peering down, he discovered a fractured skull beneath his discarded foot.

His exclamation was a mix of shock and alarm, "Holy heavens..."

Jumping aside, he heard another ominous cracking noise, further deepening his confusion. Gazing at the ground below, a sense of dread took hold.

Beneath the precipice, an expansive, level plateau stretched before him. It had initially appeared to be merely a few meters in width during his descent, but it revealed itself to be nearly a thousand meters across.

This entire plateau was covered in human bones. Bones were strewn across the terrain as far as the eye could see, making it impossible to ascertain their exact quantity.

Cha Eun Xiao comprehended the grisly truth but was still taken aback when he felt the skull beneath his foot. He struck the ground with a palm, causing a flurry of bones to scatter and reveal dark, blood-soaked earth three meters below.

The realization was chilling. He observed his surroundings and could only mutter in astonishment, "How... how many lives were lost here? There must be well over a hundred thousand, and perhaps even more than a million. A million corpses would still be insufficient to cover the ground to this depth..."

It was a perplexing sight, especially since most of the corpses had decayed significantly. Upon his forceful palm strike, some of the bones disintegrated into dust.

A smaller fraction of the bones remained robust, displaying a lustrous white jade-like quality. When he rapped one with his hand, it produced a clear, metallic sound.

Baffled, he began to exert pressure, but the bone resisted. In fact, it surpassed the hardness of steel, as even half of his full strength could only cause a minor fissure on the bone\'s surface. Cha Eun Xiao was a practitioner at the fourth level of the Dream Origin Stage, and his strength was sufficient to shape thick steel. Yet, the bone\'s durability exceeded that of even the sturdiest metal.