The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 939: Pure Moon Palace's Calamity (5)



Although Palace Mistress Celestia was patiently explaining the peculiarities of the latter stages of spirit energy cultivation to distract her sect members, she had also been paying attention to the cave tremors.

The situation outside was just as she had expected-their enemies didn't know where they were; they were just leveling the place indiscriminately in their search.

Fortunately, she had sealed the entrance in a very thick wall of ice. It didn't look much different from the walls of the icy mountain itself. As such, they were still quite safe for the moment, though time was still running out.

Nevertheless, as the Palace Mistress of the Pure Moon Palace, she had to stay strong and couldn't show her weakness. Otherwise, her sect members would also fall into despair and commit unpredictable actions.

"The spirit energy cultivation's way of heaven... I don't know. No one in our era has ever successfully walked down this path," Palace Mistress Celestia answered honestly before saying, "I can only give you the spirit verse left behind by our predecessors."

"Gather the spirit, condense the sea, form the seed, refine the core, cultivate the sprout, grow the divine tree, and thou shall walk the heavenly way," Palace Mistress Celestia recited.

The Moon Fairies and sect disciples all listened seriously. After they absorbed the information, they couldn't help but gasp with astonishment.

Vague and brief as it was, the spirit verse recited by their Palace Mistress contained profound truth.

Each part appeared to be directly related to the realms of spirit energy cultivation-Spirit Gathering, Energy Condensation, Revolving Core, Heaven Ascension, and Void were the phases before the Divine realm.

However, the fifth part-cultivate the sprout, was different and did not match the steps required to enter the Void realm.

It didn't require shattering the spirit core but cultivating the sprout.

"Huh? The spirit verse seems to suggest the spirit core of Heaven Ascension realm experts can be germinated like the seed of a plant... How is that even possible?"

"How is it not possible? Logically thinking, it should indeed be possible. After all, the spirit energy we cultivate mostly comes from plants; it is the essence of plants and life itself."

"But... if that is the case, how come no one has ever achieved it before? Doesn't that mean the way of heaven is that much harder than the way of defying heaven? Does that even make sense? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

The Moon Fairies and sect disciples began to doubt the heavenly laws of the universe. They started to question whether they were purposely designed to go against the heavens.

However, they had all forgotten one simple truth - the world's spirit dissipation was not a natural process.

"I believe the reason no one has ever successfully cultivated the "sprout" is due to the excessive demand for spirit energy. We have to stuff the spirit core with so much spirit energy that it overflows on its own and through an artificially induced explosion," Palace Mistress Celestia calmly shared her insights.

"Our world is so lacking in spirit energy that it wasn't feasible for anyone to reach that stage. After all, the only reason we even have spirit energy to cultivate is all thanks to the Divine Serpent Fog Formation. Otherwise, the spirit energy would have long dissipated."

"Even so, the amount of spirit energy readily available to us is hardly enough for everyone in the empire to cultivate, let alone indulge in," Palace Mistress Celestia stated.

After everyone understood that point, they all realized the importance of cultivating on the

moon.

In that place, spirit dissipation most likely didn't exist.

Boom!!

The icy cave suddenly shook violently again.

However, the impact was far stronger than the previous ones. It compromised the icy cave's structural integrity as ice shards fell from the ceiling and shattered like glass.

Everyone was shocked as they ducked for cover.

Some sect disciples wanted to block the falling shards with ice magic, but their spells either failed or lacked power due to the dissipation of spirit energy. As such, they suffered casualties under the impaling barrage.

Fortunately, no one died, even though some weaker sect disciples suffered serious injuries. At the same time, it was too late for Palace Mistress Celestia to warn them not to use their spirit energy. Furthermore, they weren't in a position where they could refrain from it either. "No-!!! At this rate, we will either be buried alive or crushed to death before our enemies find us, Palace Mistress."

"No, our location has already been exposed after those spells were used."

Just as Palace Mistress Celestia said, the Void realm experts outside the cave had already detected their sudden usage of spirit energy.

Boom! Boom!

More violent impacts shook the icy cave. The repeated attacks had become concentrated on their location and no longer random.

Evidently, the enemy had no intention of entering the cave. They planned to kill everyone inside by collapsing the entire cave.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Everyone, gather over here and channel me your spirit energy!" Palace Mistress Celestia cried.

A huge ice barrier was quickly conjured to protect everyone and hold up the weakening ceiling.

At the same time, spirit energy was continuously channeled into Palace Mistress Celestia's injured body as she used it to reinforce the ice barrier. Unfortunately, the streams of spirit energy also greatly strained her body and aggravated her poor condition.

Pfft!

Palace Mistress Celestia spat out another mouthful of icy blood as strength left her battered body. Even so, she refused to fall unconscious. She bit her tongue until it bled and used the pain to regain mental clarity.

She resisted the urge to sleep with her sheer will.

"Palace Mistress, you can't use so much spirit energy. Your body won't be able to last..."

"Even if I can't, I have to! Otherwise, we will all die!"

Tears streamed down the face of every sect disciple and Moon Fairy as they helplessly channeled spirit energy into their Palace Mistress and watched her life slip away bit by bit.

What did they do to deserve this?

Throughout their whole lives, they had been ostracized and mistreated by the rest of the

Divine Serpent Empire. When they finally decided to leave after seeing hope of a better home elsewhere, they were immediately plunged into this terrible situation.

How could life be so unfair?

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