The Supreme Beginning Netherflight Pillar rose to immense heights above the northern tundra. It was 3,000 meters wide and rose high above the clouds, making it seem like it propped up heaven. There were all sorts of magical symbols and totems carved on its surface, some of them protruding as much as 30 meters, some only a few meters. Because of that, the cultivators climbing the pillar seemed very small.4

Xu Qing was already at the 600-meter spot. Grabbing the edge of one of the totem carvings, he pulled himself up and stood.1

The totem depicted a fierce ghost face with a very baleful aura. Understanding flickered in Xu Qing’s eyes when he noted the ghost face. After all, it closely resembled the face of the figure that had been coalescing moments before in his sea of consciousness.0

Not even he could have guessed that when the rancorous will formed a soul within him, the Ghost Emperor mountain would crush it. That went beyond what he understood about how the Supreme Beginning Netherflight Pillar worked. Normally speaking, when cultivators sustained attacks from the rancorous will, they wouldn’t be able to destroy the invading soul. Instead, they had to eject it from their sea of...0