Just as everyone caught their breath and prepared to repair the damaged Immortal and Mortal Realms, a strange force of attraction suddenly came from the horizon. It was powerful and bizarre, as though it would swallow the entire world. Everyone looked up in shock and saw a massive silver vortex in the sky, like a bottomless black hole, endlessly spewing countless translucent ghost-like creatures.
These ghost-like creatures radiated an icy aura. Their bodies were like smoke, translucent and illusory, yet they could easily pass through all matter. Wherever they went, whether flowers, grass, trees, or living beings, vitality was instantly drained away, leaving everything withered and dead.
Faced with this sudden ghost army, everyone panicked. Although the Divine Bell rang again with a clear chime, it had no effect on the ghosts. They continued pouring out of the silver vortex without end. Even the divine weapons that had once possessed unmatched power now lost their former glory. They could not touch the ghosts' bodies at all, as though the creatures were nothing but illusions.
The inheritors and the elders looked at one another, their hearts filled with despair. They had never encountered such a bizarre enemy and had no idea how to deal with it. However, just as everyone felt helpless, they suddenly noticed something strange: these ghosts seemed wary of the light of hope within living beings.
When a living being's heart was filled with hope, a faint glow radiated from its body. When that glow came into contact with a ghost, the ghost's body visibly trembled, as though it had been harmed.
After discovering this secret, the inheritors and elders immediately sprang into action. They traveled everywhere, calling upon all beings in the Immortal and Mortal Realms to gather the hope in their hearts. Immortals and mortals alike