In early spring, when all things revived.
Within the vast Tianshu City, lush spiritual plants and ancient trees stood tall. Every ancient tree sprouted fresh buds, brimming with vitality.
An immense amount of life force emerged, only to be silently drawn into the Tianshu Formation, becoming one of the resources sustaining the great formation that stood over the city.
Amid this flourishing vitality, the several hundred mu of Land of Spiritual Depletion stood as a wholly different exception.
Across those several hundred mu, whether mountains or woodland, all was deathly still. Trees had withered, flowers and grass had wilted, and even the tiniest insects had long since vanished without a trace.
The entire True Understanding Courtyard had become a land of utter deathly silence.
Yet this deathly silence differed from that of the Demon World.
The Demon World's deathly silence stemmed from Heaven and Earth being corroded and mutated. All things in the world could not adapt to the changes in Heaven and Earth, and thus gradually withered into silence. But as time passed, living beings and plants capable of adapting to the laws of the Mutated World would inevitably emerge.
The deathly silence across these several hundred mu, however, was pure, absolute silence.
The spiritual energy within these several hundred mu had been devoured clean. Throughout the entire space, everything beneficial to living beings and plants had been swallowed away.
Whether living beings or plants, their most fundamental need for survival was clearly energy.
Yet within these several hundred mu of Heaven and Earth, the instant any energy appeared, it would be devoured completely.
Spiritual energy, yang energy, Yin Qi...
Everything, without exception.
Without the foundation for survival, there naturally could be no living beings or plants—only this land of deathly silence.
And this devouring had not ceased. As