After discovering that his three souls could not enter reincarnation, Yao Xinghe, Lord of the Mortal World Sword, in order to avoid being destroyed by the Heavenly Dao, had actually, as if possessed by some strange impulse, fused his three souls with the human soul as the core. He continued cultivating, temporarily escaping the Heavenly Dao's destruction.
During his cultivation, life and civilization were born within the Bottom Layer Space from the power overflowing from the collision of two ancient divine artifacts. However, because the passage of reincarnation had been cut off, when these lives died, their three souls and seven spirits remained behind in the Bottom Layer Space.
Relying on his head start, Yao Xinghe began voraciously devouring these lingering three souls, rapidly growing stronger. To this end, he even took the initiative to use his methods to lure the living here on pilgrimages, taking the opportunity to consume their three souls and seven spirits to strengthen himself.
The stone statues around the foot of the mountain were those lives born in the Bottom Layer Space who had been deceived into coming on pilgrimage. Faced with Yao Xinghe's consumption, they had swiftly turned into stone statues in a single exchange.
However, Yao Xinghe soon discovered that after the divine power overflowing from the ancient artifacts' collision was exhausted, coupled with the blockage of the reincarnation passage, no new life was born in this world. He could no longer consume the three souls and seven spirits of these lives to strengthen himself.
Moreover, after being severely wounded in that battle long ago, he had exhausted all the resources capable of producing divine power to heal himself. He could no longer even wield divine artifacts, much less use divine power to create life anew.
Then, at that moment, he discovered that