Ascension Gate

After Nai Liu failed the Divine Court's trial, he left behind the Jade Scepter. He had originally planned to enter a second time ten thousand years later, but before he could wait that long, he provoked a formidable enemy and suffered a fatal wound. Even his true spirit was slowly dissipating; possession was meaningless...

His only path to survival was a divine ability he possessed called the Soul Nirvana Art.

This Soul Nirvana Art was extraordinarily mysterious, a secret art for true spirit revival that found life after being driven to death.

Its effects defied heaven itself.

However, this divine ability was far too difficult to cultivate. Even though Nai Liu was an unparalleled expert at the fourth level of Longevity, he had still failed to advance this ability to any profound realm. For his true spirit to be reborn, he needed to sleep for a long time before there was any chance of suppressing its dissipation.

And that blue crystal pendant was not some spatial treasure at all, but a soul-nurturing Dao Artifact!

Before his true spirit completely dissipated, Nai Liu left all his treasures aside from the pendant with the Sand Clan. The wine cup, scepter, and other items had also been left with the Sand Clan at that time...

Afterward, he sealed his divine soul within the crystal pendant and sank into a long slumber with the aid of the Soul Nirvana Art. As the long years passed, he seized that slim chance and truly suppressed his true spirit's dissipation. Yet the damage to his divine soul was too severe, leaving him unable to stray too far from the pendant...

He had left that gray stone slab with the Sand Clan in order to lay the groundwork, hoping that someday, a member of the Sand Clan would