Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 972 - 287: [Ghost Race] (6600)

Chapter 287 [Ghost Race] (6600)

The so-called Ghost Race is not an alien race, nor any other race.

To be precise, the Ghost Race is actually a "nation."

The Ghost Race is also a branch of humanity, but due to their beliefs, culture, and most importantly, their cultivation route, which is vastly different from the mainstream cultivation routes of the Domain Realm’s Human Race, they have formed a distinct race of their own.

Chen Yan, in his own world, has already learned a lot about the Ghost Race from the old fox You Su Yi. After coming to the Domain Realm several times and conducting quite a few investigations and inquiries, he has basically figured out the origins and background of the so-called "Ghost Race."

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The Ghost Race is a very special nation within the Human Race of the Domain Realm, special to the point that many have naturally regarded it as an existence independent of the Human Race.

But ultimately, the people of the Ghost Race are human and are not actual ghosts.

There are no such ghosts as those in mythical legends in this world. Even if there are similarities, like the red-robed Fierce Ghost Chen Yan encountered, it was only the lingering obsession left by Li Xin and not the ghost of Li Xin himself—there is no such thing as a ghost after people die. It’s merely some leftover obsessions, some spiritual power that hasn’t dissipated.

They cannot survive independently, nor will they form any civilization or system.

The Ghost Race consists of humans, but their presence is relatively special.

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The tribe of the Ghost Race originated in the Southern Frontier of the Domain Realm, tracing back to the mountain people of the Southern Frontier ten thousand years ago. The local customs, climate, and beliefs of the mountain people are vastly different from other parts of the Domain Realm.

But at that time, the Ghost Race didn’t exist, and the mountain people of the Southern Frontier were merely "mountain people."

Until later, when the Evil appeared and began large-scale invasions of the Domain Realm’s territory.

At the beginning, to resist the Evil, the Domain Realm paid a terrible price and eventually built the defensive system of Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns.

But in the long-lasting war against the Evil spanning ten thousand years, the continuous bloodshed and sacrifice, generation after generation of Domain Realm’s elite and gifted talents rose, only to be restricted under the limited Saint Position, not knowing how many excellent cultivators spent their lives in obscurity, stuck outside the threshold of the Saint Tier.

On the other hand, in the ten thousand years of war against the Evil, countless talented elites went to the battlefront one after another, perishing in the fierce battles against the Evil.

The southeastern borderland of the Southern Frontier is at the edge of the Domain Realm, and beyond it lies the Endless Sea with its eternal black waters and surging waves.

And not far from the coastline of the southeastern border, there’s another significant existence.

Prison Suppression Platform!

One of the Three Platforms, Eight Passes, and Sixteen Towns of the Domain Realm, the Prison Suppression Platform!

On the sides and behind the Prison Suppression Platform, there are two [Passes], part of the Domain Realm’s defensive system on the Southern Frontier.

Therefore, over ten thousand years, the creatures of the Southern Frontier, to assist the defense of the Prison Suppression Platform and the passes, have dispatched countless generations of outstanding talents to the battlefield, resisting one outbreak of the Red Tide after another.

Back when the mountain people were still mountain people, it is unknown how many people shed their blood and sacrificed their lives.

Until...

An outstanding Great Power emerged among the Southern Frontier’s native cultivators!

Originally, the mountain people of the Southern Frontier merely differed from the human race of other territories in the Domain Realm in terms of culture and lifestyle. Most cultivators from the mountain people of the Southern Frontier followed the most traditional and orthodox cultivation paths of the Domain Realm’s Human Race: Primordial Spirit or Body Technique.

However, this outstanding Great Power came from the tribe of Southern Frontier’s mountain people, having witnessed since childhood how his own kin, from ancient times to the present, from ancestors to peers, ventured to the frontlines to battle bravely and resist the Evil’s assault in defense of their homeland territory...

He witnessed too much sacrifice, mourned the losses and contributions of the mountain peoples’ tribes, and lamented the difficulties faced by the Southern Frontier’s mountain people in cultivation. This remote geographical area received less cultivation heritage compared to the central areas of the Domain Realm and additionally had to compete with the local Demon Race for cultivation resources. As a result, the Human Race forces in the Southern Frontier were weak, and the mountain people often did not receive a good environment for cultivation.

This Great Power truly possessed talents reaching the heavens and the earth.

Later on, he made a grand vow to save the Southern Frontier’s Human Race mountain people, establishing an extraordinary ambition.

The Great Power probed the heavenly mechanisms and diligently studied cultivation. Ultimately, he developed an extremely unique cultivation route.

This route can be said to be different from the original two mainstream paths of Primordial Spirit/Body Technique in the Domain Realm!

The cultivation path created by this Great Power, although mystical when described, is actually quite straightforward when put plainly.

The original Domain Realm’s cultivation system involved the first stage: Entry, Guiyuan, Ascending to the Stage.

These three Realms form the first stage, cultivating both Primordial Spirit and Body Technique. Before reaching the Second Realm, cultivators balanced both; by the Third Realm, they had to choose a major cultivation path.

By cultivating one of these paths to a sufficient Realm, they could undergo Tribulation Crossing to achieve Realm-Breaking Celestial status, completing the first major stage of their cultivation journey.

The second stage, after achieving Realm-Breaking Celestial, includes: Celestial Human Realm, Golden Body Realm, Primordial Spirit Realm—this second major stage, in fact, is about recognizing the Heavenly Dao and gradually comprehending it.

The purpose of the second major stage is essentially to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

Theoretically, at this time, both Primordial Spirit and Body Technique will grow stronger as one comprehends the Heavenly Dao.

When one’s comprehension and integration of the Heavenly Dao reach a complete level, they can once again undergo Tribulation, entering the next major stage, rising directly to the Saint Position.