Graveyard of the Gods

Xuan was getting desperate as his Martial Path still had to bud. And he needed to have great cultivation essence to make them have nourishment. And so, he investigated and asked for info from here and there. Libraries were searched and even maps were collected.

He was searching for the Legend of the Lost Realm. The place where the Primordials have disappeared. Or hiding. Well, he can't confirm it yet even with his experience and knowledge. A thousand years have passed and he didn't know what happened to them. If his memory would cheat him, they disappeared in the last Primordial Wars in what Xuan anticipated.

They vanished after the war had ended. Making humanity lose its protector.

Well, due to it, new Martial paths have emerged. Like the new Martial Path that he had.

The informants were a bit pricey and took a deal on his fortune. But at least Xuan would get what he needed. And money was not even a problem for him.

Several days passed and then he managed to gather all the information that he needed. With the help of the Alchemist association, he has spread the information and has reached several miles from where they were.

The reason why Xuan was desperate was to nourish his martial path. And not to rely on his half-assed techniques. He all possessed martial paths but they were still weak.

Also, he wanted to meet the primordials. Their presence was greatly needed in these dire times. As for their whereabouts. He needs to know.

He immediately holed inside his hideout and studied the information that he had gathered. He immediately scratched his chin then was in thoughts.

He even hired more informants who collected info in several villages and then reported to him. They all gave infos for the money but only a handful was useful.

Xuan was sitting on the wooden chair as he sipped coffee. The table was full of maps and his walls had many sketches of what his memory would serve him.

The table has several maps that have red-encircled lines. Pointing the location of what his guess was. What bothered him was the legends of a rift that was undiscovered and had yet to be searched.

What could be inside? The answer was left unknown till now.

"The legend of the lost realm. Hmmm, where could you be hiding?"

He sipped another cup and another cup and another cup while contemplating where it could be. He immediately went to stab a dagger at the guessed location and then hurriedly packed.

Ainz was sure that it was there, or so what his mind was telling him. He immediately went outside his room and then entered his carriage.

Heading towards the place where the Valley of Echoing Rifts was, he was excited to see what could be waiting for him there. As experience would tell, this was a barrier that separated the entire world. Even the weather was blocked.

But Xuan knew what type of barrier it was and knew how to deal with it.

He traveled far into the place where the barrier was and then arrived. It has a miasma of dead spirits as it was the battleground of the Primordial wars in the past.

The bodies of Legends were scattered throughout and even Mythics made this place their burial grounds. Leaving a great essence as well as eternal miasma.

There were even Gods that fell and Demon gods that were included in the deaths of this place. Making it also the graveyard of the Gods.

Cultivating here would be ten times faster as the essence was concentrated but the miasma was poisonous. Getting rid of the poison was more expensive than what you could get in return.

But Xuan knew the formula to the antidote potion that he needed. It was called the Spirit cleansing potion. The antidote of the harming miasma on the place. He came in prepared for the meantime.

Xuan then saw the rift and it had cracks in the air. Xuan then studied the rifts for several minutes and their structure. And even how it works. In his investigation, the ones who entered here would get crumpled as a melon squeezed into a spray of juice. Bursting afterward.

And so Xuan didn't enter yet and first threw a pebble inside it.

The pebble was sucked and crumpled until it became dust.

"Seems like a barrier called 'Black hole barrier'. This is easy!" Xuan then covered himself with soul essence.

His skin was covered with soul essence and he entered safely without any reaction to the barrier. His soul willpower was maintaining the soul essence and with his low soul willpower, he could only maintain it in a few seconds.

With time of the essence, he immediately dashed and entered the rift. Making him emerge at a vast place.

Looking back, the rift was closed and his soul's willpower was hurt in the process of pushing himself to the limits. He needed a few days to repair his soul willpower in his dan tian.

He saw darkened skies and aurora borealis lit up above and glowing in patterns that gave him a breathtaking view. He felt cold at the same time as he saw the vast snowy ground.

He immediately then felt the surge of cultivation essence and then he started to absorb the miasma. He immediately drank the potion to cleanse the impurities and then absorbed the cultivation essence. His cultivation growth was ten times faster here and he smirked as he realized that his dream could become reality. He saw the miasma that rose from the ground heading towards him. And so he hurriedly absorbed them.

He then felt a palpable beating from his soul. The Martial Imprints were now established and he felt that he could use all of them now. His eyes then glowed and he remembered that his revenge was still unfinished. It was just the start, they will soon have their own taste of their medicine.

He then realized that the miasma was also helping in his physique cultivation. So he took time to train there and be in his best form. Making him spend time on his physique cultivation and martial path.