The great ship's elimination rate sent a chill through Chen Lin.
This outcome was hardly any better than exploring the Nightmare Realm.
He took a deep breath, steadied himself, and began examining the cultivators around him.
After looking around, Chen Lin found no familiar faces and could not help looking puzzled.
Leaving the others aside, people as powerful as Wu Xingma and Madam Miaoyin were unlikely to have perished aboard the ship.
This probably meant that not all cultivators boarded ships, or that this was not the ships' only destination.
At that thought, Chen Lin immediately questioned cultivators who had disembarked from the other ships. Upon learning that they had all chosen the Black Light Gate, he understood.
Ultimately, it came down to their choice of Light Gate. This city received only those who had chosen the Black Light Gate, and those selected were all people whose souls differed from the norm.
As for the purpose, that remained unknown.
Moreover, the cultivators here could not be everyone. There would surely be another batch, or other gathering places.
"Congratulations on passing the first trial. Please keep your Identity Tokens ready and prepare to receive your Source Soul Infusion reward at the Ascension Platform!"
A booming voice rang out above them.
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances, unsure where the voice had come from or what Source Soul Infusion was.
Chen Lin, however, looked surprised.
He had experienced Source Soul Infusion once in the Blood Handkerchief Scenario. It had allowed him to form a strand of golden soul while still at the silver soul level, greatly strengthening his soul.
Source soul was pure soul origin essence.
Not merely pure in the ordinary sense, but extraordinarily refined and entirely free of impurities, allowing it to be absorbed directly.
Such source soul was extremely difficult to