"However, I do not know much about the things in this Asura Field. I have only heard roughly that, aside from the departed souls brought in from the outside world, quite a few ghost cultivators mutated after death into existences similar to departed souls. But since they were transformed from native cultivators, their cultivation advanced twice as fast with half the effort. They could even absorb the cultivation they possessed in life. Moreover, they had one trait that made them even less human than departed souls... they could devour one another, even devouring ghost cultivators to strengthen their own cultivation. That was why those great figures of old drove them into the Asura Field, though they remained utterly incompatible with the departed souls originally within it..."
Shen spoke slowly, as though casually mentioning such secrets was the simplest thing in the world.
"If they were released, would that not mean everyone in this world would be a miraculous cultivation pill to them?"
The departed souls' peculiar innate talent made Ye Tian sink into thought. It reminded him of the demonic cultivators he had encountered before, who seemed to possess similar techniques—like raising venomous insects, treating themselves as the king of the swarm.
"That cannot quite be said. After all, there is a limit to what they can absorb. If they absorb too much at once, they will likely end up losing their minds. The loss would outweigh the gain."
Shen said.
Ye Tian nodded in understanding. If such a heaven-defying trait were not restrained, would this world not have long since fallen into chaos?
After learning all this, Ye Tian became even more wary of those monsters who appeared broad-minded and magnanimous.
After he and the Bearded Man continued onward for some distance, they discovered that their destination lay not