Step by step, Han Shuo descended toward the bottom of the Death Cemetery. The barriers that had once offered him some resistance could no longer do anything at all. He proceeded unhindered until he reached the entrance to the final barrier, where he paused.
It was not that this last barrier could stop Han Shuo. He merely paused out of habit, then gazed at the barrier before him and attached his soul to it to examine it closely.
After becoming a lower god, Han Shuo had long since ceased to expect much from the so-called secret to godhood preserved on the level below.
His journey to the Abyss Realm had allowed Han Shuo to roughly guess what that secret contained. He had already cultivated two lower gods himself, so the secret naturally held little attraction for him. He still wanted to investigate because entering the next level of the Death Cemetery had always been a wish of his. He also wanted to see whether the lowest level contained anything else that might tempt him, apart from the secret to godhood he no longer valued.
The barrier before him was formed purely of mental power. Having obtained a middle god's divine soul, Han Shuo recognized its function and construction at a glance. Rather than forcing his way through as he had in the past, he simply reached out and pressed his hand against the invisible barrier. With a stir of his mental power, his entire body melted through like water, without provoking a violent backlash.
Entering the final level of the Death Cemetery, Han Shuo looked around and found only a diamond-shaped mirror surface at its center. A simple magic array for storing mental power had been drawn on its back. Apart from that, there was nothing of value nearby, leaving