Sure enough! The Purple Cauldron reacted to the Despair Treasure Chest in the sky!!
Ye Han had risked this attempt because he was desperate to find a way to claim the Despair Treasure Chest.
All the way up the Staircase, the rate at which the spirit-devouring aura consumed his cultivation and the death aura drained his lifespan had increased. After he reached this platform, both rates had already doubled...
Fortunately, the blade attacks of chaos energy had stopped. Otherwise, his Nascent Soul's soul aura would have been drained as well.
Yet once he ascended the Staircase, there was no turning back. Even a single backward glance might bring unforeseen trouble. Ye Han had endured every temptation and urging through sheer willpower to make it this far...
More importantly, Teacher Lan Qing had told him that the Despair Treasure Chest inspired despair because, though you could see it, you could never obtain it.
After reaching this place, Ye Han understood what Teacher Lan Qing meant. The Despair Treasure Chest hung tens of thousands of feet overhead, if not more. With restrictions everywhere preventing flight, how could anyone possibly obtain it?
Thus, Ye Han could not be bothered to think of another method. If there really were a way, how could Teacher Lan Qing, with his experience, wisdom, divine abilities, and cultivation, have failed to obtain the Despair Treasure Chest?
According to Teacher Lan Qing, he had forcibly flown into the sky to seize the Despair Treasure Chest, only for his physical body to become trapped in midair. His Nascent Soul and soul had barely managed to escape...
On one hand, he was consuming far too much cultivation, spell power, and lifespan. On the other, Teacher Lan Qing's experience told him that devising another way to secure the Despair Treasure Chest in