Chapter 528: The Statues
Aldrian and the others flew closer to the central area as a new scenery appeared before them. In recent days, while flying through the forest, they had found more of the obelisk structures hidden among the tall trees, each one triggered by Aldrian.
They also stopped from time to time to cultivate, as this place was unlike any other. Thanks to that, they had saved many years of cultivation, with their progress advancing at a speed never seen before. Some of them were already nearing their breakthrough points. For example, Xin Haotian was close to breaking through to the middle emperor stage.
While they kept moving toward the central area, they also wondered if this place truly had no danger. They had not encountered any traps or anything dangerous on their journey so far, which made them question whether there was any danger in this place at all.
Aldrian also found it strange that there were no traps or some kind of obstacle. With so many treasures possibly hidden here—and the entire area being a cultivation sanctuary—there had to be something in place to prevent just anyone from entering.
They also wondered about the fate of the people they had sent back then. Where were they? Had they already died? If they were still alive, then where were they now? That was the question they wanted answered, because they still had not found any trace of the groups the Xin family had sent at that time.
Now, after flying through the forest for days, they finally found another new scenery—and this time, they saw a river. With a width of a kilometre, the river contained still golden water that exuded thick divine energy.
All of them, including Aldrian, were truly shocked by what they saw, because the golden water stretched to the horizon, and all of it was pure divine energy. This was a liquefied form of divine energy, which meant the source of this river was so rich with divine energy that it had caused the energy to turn into liquid.
This followed the same concept as the pond created inside the Doria and Vindas Empires, which was full of divine energy. The crystal of divinity produced dense divine energy, and because there was no one who could absorb it, the energy became so rich that it liquefied and formed a pond.
But here, the dense divine energy had formed a river that stretched toward the horizon, leaving all of them agape. Just how rich was the source of the divine energy at its origin, to have turned it into a river?
If this rich energy could be absorbed, how much could a cultivator’s cultivation be raised? They could not imagine it, because they did not fully understand the potential of divine energy within their bodies. They knew that they needed to reach a certain stage of cultivation before they could absorb divine energy.
The cultivation stages they currently had—from Beginner to Emperor—were still considered "mortal" compared to the higher stages. They could only dream of the day when the "restrictions" on this continent would be lifted, so they could continue their cultivation journey. They wanted to experience that before their lifespans caught up to them.