The True Function of the Chaos Pagoda

Lei Dong named the artifact spirit girl Mei Xiang—a rather vulgar name for a maid in the mortal world. After learning a little about its origins and finding that her vigorous objections were useless, the girl could only grit her teeth and accept her fate. Mei Xiang it was, then. It was better than being wiped from existence by that vicious, unreasonable master of hers.

However, Mei Xiang also helped Lei Dong understand the ingenious ideas behind the design of the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda, which the Hades King had created long ago. The Hades King's origins hadn't surprised Lei Dong much. According to Mei Xiang, he had inherited the legacy of the Nether God. And the so-called Nether God was an extraordinary powerhouse who had created an entire race.

Of course, in Lei Dong's view, the Nether God hadn't created the Ghost race out of some profoundly compassionate or noble impulse. In truth, he had simply wanted to create a powerful race made entirely of souls, one that could advance by devouring flesh or divine souls, so it could stand against those mighty figures.

Still, the fellow who called himself the Nether God could be considered both a success and a failure. He had indeed created the Ghost race, but it was a half-finished product, an immature race. The Ghost race he had once pinned his hopes on was limited by the quality of its Spiritual Roots. Its members were extremely weak; the occasional Spirit Transmutation-level Ghost was already a remarkable achievement.

In the Nether God's era, whether it was innate or Acquired Spirit Qi, or all manner of precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the world had abundant resources to sustain formidable strength. Void Refining and Body Integration experts appeared everywhere. A Spirit Transmutation Expert—or even several—or a