Chapter 4523: Sacrificing the North Pole?
The Quiet Spirit Pearl has the effect of pacifying souls, placing them into a special state of tranquility.
In that state, there will be no hate; all that is seen and experienced appears wonderful.
But that's only its superficial use.
The true function of the Quiet Spirit Pearl is to influence others: with enough exposure, a soul can be entranced by this "beautiful" state.
Ultimately, the one controlling the Quiet Spirit Pearl can manipulate that beauty and direct souls to do their bidding.
For example, the controller could persuade affected beings that cultivation is wonderful, and those influenced would practice with total focus and no distracting thoughts, advancing rapidly.
The controller could also encourage unity, cooperation, and mutual love whether for one's own kind, outsiders, or even enemies.
The Quiet Spirit Pearl does have a side effect: when its effect abruptly ends, the suppressed emotions surge back with greater intensity.
If the Space Time Soul Python's control is an overpowering suppression, the Quiet Spirit Pearl's is a subtle, pervasive influence.
Used well, it's divine and can accelerate cultivation dramatically.
Used poorly, it becomes a horrific artifact of mind and soul manipulation.
A single Quiet Spirit Pearl's influence is limited; but with the Illusory Spirit Pearl as well, everything changes.
The Illusory Spirit Pearl can create avatars these avatars are not mere illusions, but facsimiles of real things.
The avatars can exist forever, as long as they're not destroyed.
Each avatar can have about thirty to forty percent of the original's power.
Most crucially, the owner can create endless avatars if their cultivation is high enough.
These avatars can transform endlessly, but their effects remain constant regardless of appearance.
Either pearl alone is powerful; together, they are heaven defying.
Now, both are in the North Pole Supreme's hands and with his cultivation, he could make countless pearls and use the Quiet Spirit Pearl's influence to bind all the beings of the North Pole, making them united and obedient.
"It finally makes sense why everyone here is so cooperative. Logically, this isn't natural it's contrary to the rules of heaven and earth so there had to be a reason, and this is it."
"The North Pole Supreme is controlling nearly every being here with the Spirit Pearls. But why? There must be a deeper reason."
Lin Moyu realized there was much more he didn't know about the Supreme's ultimate motives.
Furthermore, there were two quasi Supremes in the North Pole besides the Supreme. The Quiet Spirit Pearl might not affect those with strong Dao hearts and souls; such profound beings would surely notice something was amiss.
If no word leaked out, perhaps the quasi Supremes and top level Perfection experts were all involved.
Though the North Pole Supreme stands alone at the top, that doesn't mean no one else has a voice even if they can't openly oppose him, they could spread rumors.
If the other Supremes of the realms learned of this, even the North Pole Supreme would have trouble.
That the secret was so well kept meant the stakes were immense.
Chaos Spirit lowly muttered: "I think I remember something maybe the Supreme wants to do that."
Lin Moyu: "Don't talk in riddles. If you know, spit it out."
Chaos Spirit: "Back in the day, I heard a rumor that the Ancient Cold Beasts always wanted to reach a certain place. Besides the Ice Crystal Key, there's another way use the blood and souls of countless beings as a sacrifice."
Little Tree interrupted, "I heard the same. Offer up flesh and soul as tribute, and maybe the place can be opened."
Lin Moyu frowned, "So you're saying the North Pole Supreme plans to sacrifice the blood and soul of all northern beings the whole North Pole?"
Little Tree shook its head: "The sacrifice demands a huge amount of flesh and spirit most likely, the whole North Pole wouldn't be enough."
Chaos Spirit added, "Not just lots, but top quality too. Back in our era, even when many top beings died in battle, their blood and souls were barely enough certainly more than ten North Poles' worth.
In my opinion, double the North Pole would still not suffice."
In their wars, the beings who died were unimaginably mighty; any one of them could match the power of an entire race.
Endless low level beings, no matter their numbers, can't compare to one true powerhouse.
So if this method works, the sheer numbers needed would be astronomical. Even sacrificing the entire North Pole might be too little.
"If what you two say is true, then the Supreme's ambitions are vast indeed.
Just as this great war erupts, they collect blood and soul maybe this is why the North will strike at the Central, to reap casualties and harvest more."
"I really do wonder what's hidden in that place, to make so many risk everything?"
Lin Moyu knew it must be extraordinary the Ancient Cold Beasts longed for it, powerful factions all sought it, perhaps even "Dao" itself tried to reach it.
But so far, no one had succeeded.
Chaos Spirit said, "I heard that anyone who gets near the entrance will do anything for a way in. I never tried myself, but what I heard rings true many went insane at the time."
Little Tree said, "There's a legend in the chaos: this place hides the ancient origin of the Desolate Chaos."
Chaos Spirit snickered, "Crazy legends are everywhere like that flower everyone killed each other over. Some said it grew from the deepest Ancient Wilderness, others that it came from this very North Pole.
Most believe the flower came from the deeps of the Ancient Wilderness.
But some think the mysterious place links straight to that deepest part only by passing through there can one truly reach the core. All other paths end in death."
Speculation and stories abounded no one knew the full truth.
Ultimately, that place in the North Pole and the core of the Ancient Wilderness were the two most mysterious spots in all Desolate Chaos.
If one could uncover their secrets, perhaps it'd be possible to finally unite all of Desolate Chaos.
"Dao" itself was above the chaos yet still not united, still stopped short.
Sadly, after the great war, all the ancient powerhouses died out; nobody was left to probe these secrets, and even "Dao" seems clueless, hidden and inactive.
Lin Moyu mused, "Given the barriers guarding the formation now, it seems I'll have to investigate there first. Little Tree, let's look together."
He decided to spend some time searching carefully in the North Pole.
Little Tree and Chaos Spirit both fully supported him they too burned with curiosity for that place.
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