The void was dark as night, cold as the bitterest winter.
As far as Gao Xian's gaze could reach, he saw only murkiness—and within it, filthy Heavenly Ghosts drifting like phantoms.
The dense foul qi around him stank beyond belief, like the reek of rotting meat left to fester for dozens of days mixed with the stench of a fermenting cesspit.
The foul qi was also extraordinarily viscous, like paste or glue. It clung not only to the flesh, but even to one's divine consciousness.
Fine and sharp as needles, the foul qi would continuously seep inward the moment it touched anything.
Even with Gao Xian's immensely powerful physique, a clump of foul qi instantly blackened an entire finger. Only by activating the Azure Flower Divine Light did he barely manage to cleanse it away.
The clear jade radiance emitted by the Azure Flower Divine Light drew the shadow-like Heavenly Ghosts from the darkness.
Heavenly Ghosts differed from the beings of the Ghost Path. They were specialized evil entities of the Ghost Path, born from condensed foul qi.
The Profound Bright Church had a secret realm called the Heavenly Ghost Prison, which was likely connected to the Yellow Spring Heaven Prison. It contained countless Heavenly Ghosts of all shapes and forms.
Back then, relying on the Blood River Celestial Venerable Transformation Origin Book's ability to transform foul qi, Gao Xian had slain quite a few Heavenly Ghosts in the Heavenly Ghost Prison and thereby won Taining.
The Heavenly Ghosts of the Yellow Spring Heaven Prison were even closer to insubstantial phantoms in form, condensed from exceptionally dense foul qi.
Such formidable evil creatures could contaminate even fifth-rank cultivators with their foul qi from a single distant glance. The unique environment of the Yellow Spring Heaven Prison posed an enormous threat