Within the boundless expanse of endless darkness, the dense miasma on the abyss's first level resembled ink too thick to dissolve, devouring every trace of life and hope.
Ever since the [fortune golden body] and Humanity's willing force had forcibly dragged Chu Bai back to sanity from the brink of cultivation deviation, he had completely abandoned his original tactic of hurtling forward and devouring everything with the ravenous greed of a taotie.
No power came without a price.
The endless Foundation Establishment-level vengeful spirits in this abyss were certainly a perfect tonic capable of sending his cultivation soaring, but the "emotional residue" embedded deep within their resentment was the most terrifying bone-rotting, heart-corroding poison in existence.
Chu Bai no longer pursued that ultimate speed of advance.
Whenever he activated the [Black Baleful Crystal Core] and cleared the vengeful spirits within several hundred yards through thunderous force, creating a temporary "vacuum of safety," he would cease all attacks without hesitation and sit cross-legged on the spot.
At that moment, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon deep within his sea of consciousness, condensed from the vow power of hundreds of thousands of Anping County's people, would radiate inviolable, resplendent golden light. Like the finest sieve, it stretched between his fate destiny and his dantian.
The enormous quantities of resentment drawn into his body had to be repeatedly seared and purified within that blazing golden light.
But Chu Bai did not completely shut out every negative emotion.
It was an extraordinarily insane and audacious decision.
"Ugh..."
When the first strand of residual resentment, mingled with the defiance and madness of ancient gods and devils, struck his divine soul, Chu Bai's cross-legged body jolted violently, and a muffled groan of pain escaped his throat.
It felt as though someone were scraping away his brain, bit by