"How incredible. Such pure ghostly energy."
Elizabeth actually walked straight past Zhang Chen, stiffly making her way toward the unknown cavern beyond the stone gate.
"It can even exert a directional influence on Elizabeth's consciousness. What exactly is inside?" Zhang Chen immediately placed a hand on Elizabeth's shoulder, and she instantly snapped out of the mental state that had been drawn toward the depths of the cavern.
"Just now... I..." Only now did Elizabeth realize something was wrong.
"Be careful. Maybe what's inside isn't entirely something left behind from my past life. Earlier, while we were traveling through the Sunken Ghost Realm, you asked me, 'Why did he choose to establish the Great Realm in a place with such harsh weather and almost no resources?' I'm wondering if it has something to do with this place."
"I possess the royal status and control this land, yet I can't perceive the situation inside! Be careful and stay behind me."
Zhang Chen had Elizabeth follow behind him as the two carefully entered through the opening in the stone gate. Yet the passage inside left Zhang Chen astonished. Countless human faces protruded from the walls, half-emerged from the surface. Their facial features were distinctly formed, but every one of them had its eyes tightly shut.
The entire passage wall was densely covered with faces belonging to different people—or rather, faces of ghosts.
Then, a woman's face beside Zhang Chen slowly opened its eyes. A pair of almost ash-gray pupils stared at him.
"Ghost... My King, have you successfully reincarnated? Please leave quickly and close the seal. You still cannot set foot here."
That sentence seemed to exhaust all the woman's strength. Her mouth and eyes immediately closed, completely merging back into the wall. The instant she finished speaking, an old man's face on