Assaulting the Emperor Realm

Beside the ancient Stone Stele lay a colossal consciousness entity, a full thousand zhang in size, quietly at rest. It seemed to be asleep. Enveloped in a crystalline halo, it slowly absorbed the Heavenly Tomb's energy to silently strengthen itself.

"This is the true body of the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb. However, I killed it and erased its consciousness seven years ago. What you see is merely its remaining husk."

"The Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb was not created by that ancient Dou Di. It formed naturally. After the Heavenly Tomb had operated for countless years, the Energy Entities within accumulated to an inexplicable threshold. Countless residual soul imprints then condensed into a lifeform."

"After its birth, the Heavenly Tomb ceased its regulated, semi-conscious operation and instead began operating in a personified manner under the self-aware 'Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb.'"

"In a sense, the endless residual souls within the Heavenly Tomb created the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb. Yet it betrayed those Energy Entities transformed from those countless residual souls."

"The first thing it did after taking control of the Heavenly Tomb was grant those Energy Entities the urge to devour one another, making them slaughter and consume each other. For tens of thousands of years, the Energy Entities within the Heavenly Tomb suffered under its persecution."

"The Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb hid behind the scenes and took pleasure in this, never tiring of it. Only Energy Entities that reached the Dou Sheng realm and possessed self-awareness could completely suppress that urge to attack."

"The Dou Zun Energy Entities on the first and second levels of the Heavenly Tomb were not originally mindless creatures that knew only slaughter. They fell victim to the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb. After a fragment of my residual soul entered the