The girl Wei Yuan had assumed to be a decoration or a prop had moved without warning. A crimson sword aura instantly appeared in his hand, and he nearly thrust it at the girl. But upon focusing his mind, he realized that the girl’s eyes were tightly closed. In fact, she had never moved in the first place.

It was at this moment Sun Yu suddenly said, “Everyone, shield yourselves with your Dao energy. The resentment in this place is too thick; it can gradually transform a living person into a yin spirit.”

Wei Yuan quickly examined his whole body. As his senior uncle pointed out, he discovered that some extremely minute parts of his physical body had already lost all sensation without him noticing. He immediately ordered all cultivators save for those from the Palace of Absolute Beginning to retreat outside the underground chamber.

Sun Yu examined the young boys and girls in the hall and found that their physical bodies were still fresh and alive. Yes, they were alive, unlike the little girl who had transformed into the shadow monster. However, there was no vitality within their bodies, nor did they possess souls. They were like empty shells of flesh.

The group proceeded to inspect several nearby halls and found the same scenery everywhere. However, some of the wooden shrines were empty and unfilled.

After inspecting more than a dozen halls in succession, Wei Yuan descended to the next level. The halls on this level were largely identical...