Burial God Valley.

Located at the extreme northern border of the Tian Nan Continent, half of it lies on land, while the other half plunges deep into the sea.

Such a peculiar geographical structure was not formed naturally; it is rumored to be the result of a battle between a Fifth-tier Ghost God and a Tianyuan Great Power from years ago.

In that battle, the Fifth-tier Ghost God was forcefully shattered, its Primordial Spirit split into several fragments, suppressed within the Burial God Valley.

It is simply because the Tianyuan Daoist Sect currently lacks strong practitioners in the Divine Transformation Stage; otherwise, they would have long since acted to completely annihilate the fragmented Primordial Spirit of this Fifth-tier Ghost God.

The Tianyuan Great Power at that time hurriedly arranged a simple Suppression Method before leaving, yet it left a substantial hidden hazard on this continent. The Ghost God’s existence, while not truly immortal, is not afraid of the Fiery Sun and Gang Wind, and is extremely difficult to naturally perish. Just over thirty years of suppression has led to increasingly pronounced changes in the Burial God Valley.

A large number of mindless ghost souls that had fallen in Zhongzhou were drawn to and congregated in the Burial God Valley.

Then, from the inside out, they began to gradually expand.

This is precisely the trend of a Ghost Realm forming!

Moreover, this Ghost Realm is not led by any Ghost King or Ghost Emperor, making it imaginable that once the Ghost Realm fully expands, the resurrection of that Ghost God won’t be far off.

The high-level cultivators on the Tian Nan Continent don’t have many effective solutions; they can only establish Array Boundary Steles to delay the expansion of the Ghost Realm, awaiting the Daoist Ancestral Court to send someone to resolve it.

However, these arrays, while they might block average cultivators, to Luo Chen, it’s as if no one is there.

Little White followed closely at the side, watching Luo Chen stroll leisurely and continually advance in this dark and eerie valley.

Occasionally, when low-level Ghost Creatures attacked, Luo Chen would completely ignore them.

But as the two ventured deeper, the ghosts appearing around them became increasingly strong.

When a Third-Order Ghost King brushed by, Little White was utterly shocked; they hadn’t even reached the central zone, yet such a formidable Third-Order Ghost King appeared.

Doesn’t this imply that in the central zone, there might even be a Fourth-Order Ghost Emperor present?

Suddenly!

A fiery meteor shot out from the tip of Luo Chen’s finger, heading straight for the Ghost King that just brushed by.

In absolute silence, the Ghost King was dispersed, transforming into a vast purifying Ghost Qi spreading in all directions.

"Master?" Little White asked, puzzled by this scene.

At some point, Luo Chen had activated his Red Eyes Golden Pupils, gazing thoughtfully at the dispersing Ghost Qi.

As if to validate a theory, on the ensuing path, Luo Chen’s demeanor changed from harmless to frequent attacker.

Whenever high-level ghost creatures appeared, he would unhesitatingly scatter their forms. Even with Fourth-Order Ghost Emperors, comparable to Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, he showed no mercy.

Initially, Little White couldn’t grasp Luo Chen’s "bloodthirsty" intentions, but when she noticed that the scattered high-level ghosts didn’t gather their forms but instead converged towards the central area, she realized something was off.

"High-level Ghost Cultivators naturally possess the ability to gather and disperse at will; why aren’t these ghosts consolidating their bodies?"

"Furthermore, their displayed Spirit Intelligence is oddly low; they don’t resemble awakened high-level Ghost Cultivators."

"Why do all high-level Ghost Cultivators scattered by you instinctively head towards the center?"

Faced with these doubts, Luo Chen let out a light "heh."

"Heh, indeed, Little White, you’ve noticed the oddities, haven’t you!"

Little White, not understanding the reasoning, looked at Luo Chen curiously, knowing that when her master spoke, he intended to provide an explanation.

A harsh wind hit, but to Luo Chen it felt like a gentle breeze.

He stepped onto a towering and abrupt cliff, taking in the entire scene on the other side of the Burial God Valley.

Luo Chen fully unleashed his Divine Consciousness, finally capturing the entire picture.

"Just as expected!"

"Given another twenty or thirty years, this Ghost God might indeed break free."

With a light chuckle, Luo Chen waved his hand, and several small flags appeared before him. With a Dao Law Method, they flew in all directions over the Burial God Valley.

Little White watched as the positions of the Array Flags seemed to outline a gigantic body.

Luo Chen’s voice wafted over, clearing all her doubts.

"The Tianyuan Great Power who killed this Ghost God was truly formidable, not only breaking the Ghost Body but slicing its Primordial Spirit into nine parts. Four on land, five in the sea."

"However, the methods used to suppress and seal were somewhat crude, only placed casually, suppressing each fragmented soul separately. Of course, it could also be that the Zhongzhou battle was too urgent back then, and there wasn’t enough time for more refined methods."

"In any case, the crude seals provided this Ghost God with an opportunity to escape!"

"Disregarding the risk of losing consciousness, it split its Divine Soul into hundreds of parts, parasitizing those high-level ghosts drawn here."

"The more it splits, the greater its risk of descent, possibly even becoming an unintelligent beast. But with massive splitting, the suppressive force also weakens. When the weak scattered souls outside unite, it can fully escape this Great Power’s seal."

Little White suddenly realized.

Indeed, these Fifth-tier Ghost Gods are difficult to kill; even reduced to such a state, they still have techniques like a lizard shedding its tail, or a cicada shedding its shell.

Yet, immediately, she became intensely curious.

"Master, how did you discover it?"

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, "Don’t you think this has a similar tenor to the ’Soul Cleaving Technique’ I’ve been cultivating?"