God of Pets

Chapter 976 Exhaustion
Chen Guan thought to himself, "Isn't this a good thing? When the energy of the Sky Realm is equal to that of the Earth Realm, humanity should no longer need to fear the Sky Spirits."

Seemingly seeing through Chen Guan's thoughts, the Soul Devourer continued, "You must think this is a good thing for humanity, right? But the truth is quite the opposite. Not only is it not a good thing, it will also lead to the destruction of both the Realm of the Dead and the Realm of the Living."

"Why?" Chen Guan asked, puzzled.

"As mentioned before, when energy passes through that city, some of it disappears. This portion is transported to the realm of the dead by that city, while the realm of the living is gradually collapsing due to the reduction of energy."

The Soul Devourer God continued to explain: "In many areas of the living world, due to the reduction of the world's energy, the collapsed space has formed a kind of decaying area. These areas are like what you humans call cancer, constantly eroding the normal areas of the living world, and there is no way to solve them."

"What's worse is that this decaying area will continue to spread and grow larger and larger. If it cannot be stopped, the entire living world will become an area where no living thing can survive."

"As the living world declines, its energy will decrease, and the amount of energy that city can transfer to the dead world will also decrease."

"The realm of the dead has no energy of its own and relies entirely on the energy supplied by the realm of the living. If the realm of the living completely depletes, the realm of the dead will also lose its energy source, and the result is predictable."

"That's not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that the city is the heart of the world, and energy is like blood. The city will transport energy to all parts of both worlds. A strange negative energy produced in the decaying areas of the living world will infect the clean energy and be transported to the dead world along with it, infecting some areas of the dead world."

"Those infected death zones, while not as devoid of life as the decaying zones of the living world, still cause life to lose its original meaning, turning people into mindless zombies who are eventually forgotten by the world and disappear completely..."

"The Netherworld Sea and the River of the Underworld?" Chen Guan's heart stirred, and he guessed what the Devouring Spirit God was talking about.

Since the Earthly Secret Realm originally had no energy, the only explanation for the appearance of the Yellow Springs River and the Netherworld Sea is that they came from the Sky Secret Realm.

Chen Guan had wondered before why the energy of the Earth Secret Realm was inexhaustible and why it could regenerate out of thin air. Now he finally understood that it was not that the energy of the Earth Secret Realm could regenerate infinitely, but that it was constantly being supplied with energy by Sky City.

The Soul Devourer nodded slightly and said, "The original Yellow Springs River was like the blood vessels that transported energy from that city to the Earth's Secret Realm, and the Netherworld Sea was the final place where energy gathered and was stored. However, as they are polluted by the power of decay, their nature is slowly changing."

"In the short term, this is not a bad thing. The pollution of the Yellow Springs River and the Nether Sea has caused many Earth Spirits to mutate. Some have become weaker, while others have become stronger. Humans have also become stronger by the mutation of those Earth Spirits and have gained some powers that they could not have before."

"But this is only the initial stage of pollution. Once the Yellow Springs River and the Netherworld Sea are completely polluted, the areas through which the river flows will become depleted zones, making it difficult for both humans and spirits to survive there."

The Devouring God looked at the Emperor Ancestor within the black lotus and said, "The reason why the Sky Mystic Spirit descends time and time again is to retrieve enough energy to maintain the world of the Sky Mystic Realm and prevent the decaying area from continuing to expand. Otherwise, both the Living Realm and the Dead Realm will eventually decay completely." "But if that's all, it can't truly save the two worlds, because this decaying power has already infected both worlds, and it will continue to spread repeatedly with the transmission from this city."

"Fortunately, a method was later found. Simply put, a filter was installed in the city to filter the energy that the city was sending to the dead world, and to filter out the depleted energy. This could slow down the pollution of the dead world and even allow the dead world to recover."

Chen Guan realized something and looked at the Emperor Ancestor inside the black lotus.

"You're not trying to tell me that these humans voluntarily stayed here to purify the polluted energy, are you?"

“You are very clever. I originally built this Hanging Garden to use the life force of plants to purify the decaying pollution in the energy. However, I later found that the effect was not significant. Until a human came to this city and used his body as a filter, allowing the energy to pass through his body and then be transported to the secret realm of the earth. The decaying pollution contained there will be greatly reduced.”

"Only the human body has this effect, but the human body below the tenth level of enlightenment cannot withstand such energy erosion. Therefore, I will only bring humans who have advanced to the tenth level of enlightenment back to the Hanging Gardens and use their bodies to filter the depleting energy in order to slow down the pollution of the Earth's Secret Realm."

"So they did it voluntarily?" Chen Guan asked expressionlessly.

"Humans, like, or even less than, the Sky Spirits, naturally lack this awareness. So in the beginning, I had to use some coercive methods. But there were also some humans who were willing to sacrifice themselves to save the world, but they were only a small minority and did not play a crucial role at all."

“Until this man appeared.” The Soul Devourer looked at the man in the black lotus, his tone carrying a hint of respect: “He is the most powerful human cultivator I have ever seen, and also the most talented human cultivator. He has only just advanced to the tenth awakening, yet he already possesses strength no less than that of a top-tier Sky Mystic Spirit, and he grows stronger with each battle.”

"What is even more admirable is that he solved a problem that no human could solve. For countless generations before him, humanity had only been able to unite when faced with a great threat that endangered their own lives."

"In other words, what humans cherish most is their own lives. But after he learned about the situation of the living world and the dead world, he not only took charge of the Sky Garden himself, using his own body as the central hub for energy filtering, but also made millions of Ten-Awakening humans willingly obey his orders to stay here, dedicating everything they had to filter out the depleting energy with their own bodies, allowing the Earth Secret Realm to be maintained to this day, without being completely infected and becoming too bad, thus buying the Earth Secret Realm a lot of time."

Chen Guan's expression was somewhat complicated; this story was indeed quite shocking.

The Emperor and his million-strong Qin cavalry did not disappear from this world because of defeat, but rather used their bodies to protect their parents, brothers, and sisters in another world.

(End of this chapter)