Chapter 681: Chapter 674: The Might of the Gathering Spirit Stone

Holding the Gathering Spirit Stone in his hand, Chen Hai fiddled with it for a long time.

Finally, he made up his mind, channeled mana into the Gathering Spirit Stone, and began to activate this Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

The door of the cave mansion had already been fully opened, and the peak of the Immortal Mountain where he now stood was originally the most central location within the entire Black Water Cave Mansion.

A mysterious power fluctuation radiated from the Gathering Spirit Stone as its center, spreading in all directions.

Wherever this power passed, the Spiritual Energy surged tumultuously, rushing towards the direction of Black Water Immortal Mountain.

Then, like a clay ox entering the sea, the billowing Spiritual Energy plunged into the Black Water Cave Mansion and disappeared without a trace.

Ten miles, a hundred miles, a thousand miles…

The range of Spiritual Energy drawn by the Gathering Spirit Stone kept expanding, and within just a dozen breaths, it had already completely encompassed the entire territory of West Barbarian Mountain.

“Damn it, what’s going on? Why is the Spiritual Energy disappearing so quickly?”

“It’s a critical moment for my breakthrough, and with the drastic changes between heaven and earth, there is hardly any left, especially inside the mansion, the little remaining Spiritual Energy is simply not enough to support my breakthrough.”

“Our territory of West Barbarian Mountain is already barren. With the sudden decline in Spiritual Energy, how can we cultivators from these sects continue our cultivation? Could it be that we can only travel overseas? Or perhaps, cross endless mountains to other territories?”

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Ordinary people might not feel much anomaly in the changes of Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth.

But for cultivators, as their strength continually grows, they become ever more aware of the Spiritual Energy present in the world.

Within the entire territory of West Barbarian Mountain, there are hundreds of small and large sect powers.

Among them, those who have reached the plane of True Immortal or True Demon are few and far between, but the mid or low-level cultivators are as numerous as hairs on an ox.

At the moment Chen Hai activated the Gathering Spirit Stone, cries of despair filled the entire territory of West Barbarian Mountain, everyone was crying and wailing.

After all, cultivators inhale and exhale Spiritual Energy daily.

The stronger a cultivator is, the greater their need for Spiritual Energy.

In places rich with Spiritual Energy, even the plants and grass can become demons; cultivating in such locations naturally brings many benefits to cultivators, significantly enhancing their cultivation efficiency.

Anyway, if the Spiritual Energy is too poor, even the stronger cultivators can’t maintain their daily consumption of Spiritual Energy, let alone rely on normal cultivation to improve their strength.

Inside a cultivation room at the main peak of the Bloodthirsty Sect.

Busy and tired from handling sect affairs all day, Ye Qingqing had just returned here, planning to meditate and cultivate for a while.

The anomaly in the Spiritual Energy of the world woke her up, less than half an hour into her meditation.

“What’s going on? Is it a major change of heaven and earth again?”

“With the current concentration of Spiritual Energy, maintaining my regular cultivation has already become very difficult.”

“In such an environment, wanting to use regular cultivation to advance further and achieve True Immortal is simply a joke.”

Ye Qingqing talked to herself, her eyebrows tightly locked.

She stood up and walked outside.

The main peak of the Bloodthirsty Sect was already the most majestic and towering giant peak within its sect.

Standing on the summit, she looked around.

“This…”

“All the spiritual energy within the territory is surging into the Black Water Immortal Mansion?”

“Could it be that this so-called great change of heaven and earth was caused by Chen Hai?”

Despite the fact that Ye Qingqing had not yet become a True Immortal or True Demon, her strength of Nine Realms Heavenly Tribulation gave her a very keen sense of spiritual energy.

If she were in another region, she might not have sensed anything unusual about the spiritual energy on top of Black Water Immortal Mountain.

But now, the peak of the Bloodthirsty Sect where she was located was not far from the outskirts of the Black Water Immortal Mountain.

Under such circumstances, she concentrated her spirit and, after only briefly observing, she had already noticed the general direction of the nearby spiritual energy flow of the Bloodthirsty Sect.

Filled with confusion, she stood in stunned silence, and in the next moment, her body swayed and she disappeared.

“The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is so rich; cultivating in such a place, my Cultivation efficiency could increase by at least two to three times…”

In just a few breaths’ time, Ye Qingqing had already stepped onto the Black Water Immortal Mountain and entered the territory of the Black Water Immortal Mansion.

Spiritual energy, though intangible and invisible, even if gathered in large amounts, is hard to be seen by the naked eye.

But now, she simply took a few deep breaths and was already clearly aware of just how dense the spiritual energy within the Black Water Immortal Mansion was!

Earlier, she merely suspected that the great change of depleting spiritual energy in the world had been caused by her man, Chen Hai, but now, upon entering the territory of the Black Water Immortal Mansion, she was absolutely certain of this fact.

“Brother Hai, what are you trying to do?”

“All the spiritual energy outside your Immortal Mansion has been nearly drained by you.”

“Atop the main peak of our Sect, I wanted to seclude myself for some Cultivation, but there isn’t enough spiritual energy to sustain my breath training.”

Flying swiftly, she landed atop the main peak of the Bloodthirsty Sect, and seeing Chen Hai standing with a spirit stone emitting a constant flow of rainbow light in his hand on the summit, Ye Qingqing asked with puzzlement.

“Did you just get a new Acquired Spiritual Treasure and wanted to test its powers?”

“Has the spiritual energy within our Bloodthirsty Sect been nearly drained? Is it that severe?”

Chen Hai blinked, turned his head towards Ye Qingqing, and said with a grin.

Here, when activating the Gathering Spirit Stone, he merely wanted to test the limits of its power!

As for how his actions might affect the outside world, that was something he naturally overlooked.

At that moment, hearing Ye Qingqing’s words, he sensed the nearly substantial spiritual energy within the Black Water Cave Mansion, chuckled awkwardly, and stopped continuing to channel mana into the Gathering Spirit Stone.

“Go outside and look for yourself to understand the situation.”

“The impact isn’t limited to our Bloodthirsty Sect; the entire West Barbarian Mountain territory might be affected and already suffering from a significant decrease in spiritual energy.”

“This territory of West Barbarian Mountain is originally a remote and poor area, lacking in spiritual energy. If you continue like this, you might turn the whole territory into a Land of Magic Decline!”

Ye Qingqing responded with a wry smile.

Spiritual energy, unless bound to a specific location for some reason, flows from areas of higher concentration to lower ones.

The West Barbarian Mountain territory, bordered by the vast ocean on one side and endless mountain ranges on the other, prevents spiritual energy from other territories from flowing smoothly here, making this region particularly barren.

Atop the main peak of the Bloodthirsty Sect, after discovering the abnormality in spiritual energy, she had rushed to Chen Hai without going anywhere else. However, she was certain that other parts of the West Barbarian Mountain territory were not much better than the region where their Bloodthirsty Sect was situated.

“The entire West Barbarian Mountain territory is affected? Is it that terrible?”

“Qingqing, wait inside the great hall for a moment; I will go outside and take a look!”

Frowning slightly, Chen Hai paused to consider.

After dropping a few words and calling out to Ye Qingqing, his body swayed, and he too disappeared.