The information Nian Kong had left consisted of a series of images, all seen from the perspective of his remnant thought hidden deep within the Demon-Cleansing Lotus.
There were many images, but little of importance. They merely depicted his struggle against the Demon Spirit and the process by which movements of the earth's crust had caused the temple to sink underwater.
They also showed how, a hundred years ago, three cultivators had ventured here and been duped by the Demon Spirit into treating this place as an Inheritance Ground.
Those three were the founders of the Qingyun Sect and the Mount-Relying Sect, along with the Ancestor of the Jin Family in Mingyue City.
Every five years, these three powers would send disciples here to receive an inheritance. In reality, they were supplying vital essence for the Demon Spirit to absorb.
Some time ago, the Demon Spirit had felt sufficiently recovered to make one final gamble.
It had deliberately used the portion of the formation under its control to produce disturbances, attracting cultivators passing through the area.
As it happened, a small sect had once perished here, and so the Ancient Cultivator Ruins were discovered.
Cultivators flocked here in droves.
But the Demon Spirit was no longer satisfied with the vital essence of Qi Condensation cultivators. It wanted to devour the vital essence of Foundation Establishment cultivators to complete its recovery.
It also needed Foundation Establishment cultivators to remove the Demon-Subduing Pestle serving as the array core and break the Demon-Dissolving Formation.
Thus, it had used the formation's power to project an image of the Ancient Temple into the Ancient Cultivator Ruins, finally luring Foundation Establishment cultivators inside and teleporting them into this Ancient Temple.
Under the Demon Spirit's plan, this timing coincided precisely with the day the inheritors would enter.