“Spirit mine?” Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed. He had considered it likely there would be a guardian. And he had even predicted that it could be an Imperial Sovereign. After all, this was most likely the Fifth Star Ring, and he was dealing with someone who could suppress a Flawless God.

But what did come as a surprise was the term used by the guardian to describe this place. Mines were usually places to gather resources. Based on Xu Qing’s understanding, spirit mines usually contained veins of spirit stone. But in this place… the resources were gods. The life force of gods was being absorbed by the living beings of a minor world, filtered of impurities, and then filtered by powerful cultivators….

The resulting spirit energy would be immeasurably pure. Given that perspective, it did seem proper to call this place a spirit mine.

Those other cultivators mentioned some sort of clan. So did this Imperial Sovereign. This place… must be part of a clan. If this clan has an Imperial Sovereign working as the guardian of a mine, then what kind of cultivation base does the clan patriarch have? And what standing does the clan have in the larger world here?

Xu Qing’s eyes were shining. He was now convinced he had made the right decision, and it seemed more likely than ever that he had reached the Fifth Star Ring.