This is an island in the middle of a lake with an area of nearly a hundred miles, where the Spiritual Energy is exceptionally abundant. The clear and transparent lake water glimmers with a faint fluorescence, continuously lapping at the shore.

At the edge of the spirit island, white bones pile up into a mountain on the beach, most of which have decayed, but it can still be seen that they are various humanoid and demon bones.

These demon beast bones vary in size, some as small as infant bones, others as large as the spine of a giant beast over a hundred feet long.

Not only on this section of the beach, but decayed white bones can be seen everywhere on the island. In such a dim environment, ghost fires float all over the wilderness outside the city, making the atmosphere even more eerie and terrifying.

Even more horrifying is that in the very center of this island stands a White Bone Mountain, with a number of bones so vast it's impossible to estimate, piled up to a height of over seven hundred feet.

And at the top of White Bone Mountain, a White Bone Altar has been carved out, at the center of which stands a Skull Divine Statue over thirty feet tall, with a seemingly ordinary white human skull embedded in its forehead, and a multicolored Treasure Bead in its mouth.

A white bone Heavenly Ladder made up of countless skeletons stretches from the foot of the mountain all the way to the altar at the summit.

At this moment, hundreds of figures are climbing the white bone Heavenly Ladder bit by bit. Despite their limbs being slashed by Bone Spurs and bleeding profusely, and their faces full of desperate cries and pleas for mercy, they dare not stop.

Because anyone who stops where they are is mercilessly pulled out of the crowd by the Sand Pirates and thrown into the Bone Mountain to feed the countless Netherworld Ghost Ants.

Black King City was built around this White Bone Mountain, with numerous palatial buildings of varying styles and extreme luxury surrounding this mountain, each occupying a vast area.

Further out, there is a large circle of orderly and neatly arranged workshops and streets, which are in stark contrast to the chaotic reputation of the legendary Sand Pirates.

However, Zhao Sheng immediately recognized that all the buildings and every street in the workshops are actually part of a High-level Array, with the array's core Spirit Core located within that White Bone Mountain.

The extensive outer city area of Black King City, however, perfectly fits the traditional image of a Sand Pirate lair in the minds of the world, with countless stone houses and wooden buildings built haphazardly, large clusters of shanties scattered in nooks and crannies, appearing extremely disorderly and chaotic.

In the Outer City, violent killings occur openly in broad daylight, visible everywhere.

The Cultivation World's tradition of the strong ruling is vividly manifested in Black King City.

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Zhao Sheng hovered above the spirit island, quietly releasing his Primordial Spirit Thought to scan the entire island, instantly taking in all the sights of Black King City.

"Marvelous, it's better to be timely than early! I just happened to witness the subtleties of the Heart Demon Empowerment Technique." Zhao Sheng smirked, his gaze falling on the White Bone Mountain in the center of the city, muttering to himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, he quietly transformed into a wisp of ghostly shadow, instantly appearing at one corner of the White Bone Altar at the top of the mountain.

The person presiding over this round of empowerment ceremony was an elderly man with yellow hair draping over his shoulders and a kindly face.

This man was named Sha Tongtian, of notable status, being one of the Deputy City Lords of Black King City and a long-term old demon who attained the Nascent Soul many years ago.

Sha Tongtian's expression was incomparably indifferent, seemingly having lost all humanity. He was completely unaware of Zhao Sheng's arrival.

Shortly after, the first person to climb to the top of the mountain appeared, a frail woman.

However, appearances can be deceiving! Although she looked weak, she was the one with the highest cultivation among this group, having reached the Golden Core Realm.

The reason she obediently climbed the Heavenly Ladder was that the White Bone Mountain was too sinister, with a strange Power of Restriction completely suppressing everyone's cultivation.

With the first person reaching the peak, the second, third, and even more people succeeded in climbing to the top one after another, but all were forced to walk to the center of the altar and stand beneath the Skull Divine Statue.

Among the hundreds of cultivators climbing the white bone Heavenly Ladder, only a mere thirty managed to survive and stand beneath the statue. The other failures became food for the Netherworld Ghost Ants.

Zhao Sheng restrained his aura, invisibly standing at the edge of the altar, watching Sha Tongtian's every move with anticipation.

Looking at the heavily injured and lifeless individuals, Sha Tongtian suddenly smiled with a sinister cruelty and spoke in a warm tone, "Listen up, when the empowerment ceremony begins later, if you survive till the end, you will live. Otherwise, there's just the word 'death'!"

The thirty-some survivors shuddered upon hearing this, and their eyes immediately filled with a deep desire to live.

Seeing the group's fighting spirit reignite, Sha Tongtian appeared satisfied and nodded slightly, then turned to face the Skull Divine Statue and began chanting an ancient incantation that no one could understand.

As the incantation spread across the White Bone Altar, Zhao Sheng sensed that various formless Divine Thoughts erupted from Sha Tongtian, instantly merging into the multicolored Treasure Bead embedded in the statue's forehead.

In an instant, the Treasure Bead burst forth with brilliant and dazzling lights, enveloping the entire White Bone Altar and all the survivors beneath the statue.

Zhao Sheng neither dodged nor avoided, immersing himself in this brilliant and dazzling light.

Suddenly, countless people's hysterical laughter and roars inexplicably echoed in his ears, followed by an exceptionally strong and bizarre spiritual fluctuation appearing out of thin air, attempting to forcefully intrude into his Purple Mansion Soul Sea.

But it was forcibly blocked outside the forehead by the Power of Primordial Spirit, unable to shake a Divinity Transformation True Monarch.

Noticing this, Zhao Sheng slightly opened a crevice, allowing the strange Divine Thought to find the gap and invade his Purple Mansion Space.

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