Upon returning to the surface of the River of Forgetfulness, Darren flew alongside the river.
There was a powerful force ahead of him that shook the river. He could see how the river was on the verge of collapsing from the attacks on its restrictions.
Darren flew over and saw the dark aura around Barnes. The monkey had pushed his strength to the limit.
Ahead, Barnes was struggling to get through the fourth layer of restriction.
Soon, he fell to the ground with his stick in hand. It was evident that he was getting frustrated. "Alright. I give up," he said.
"What's wrong?" Darren was smiling when he asked.
"This restriction is too powerful. I can't seem to break it no matter what I do."
The River of Forgetfulness had eighteen layers of restriction. Darren had discovered that the immortal was beyond the twelfth layer, which meant she was even more powerful than Barnes. After all, he couldn't even get pass the fourth layer.
Now, Darren's strength had grown considerably the past years. But even if he used all his strength, he could break through the fourth layer at most.
Knowing this, he spread his spiritual sense to search for any signs of the ancient senior holy warriors.
"Why are there a hundred thousand senior holy warriors from the ancient times preserved here?" Darren muttered.
"What senior holy warriors? Those aren't just senior holy warriors. You can see how they have been sealed so securely," Barnes pointed out.
Darren unleashed his spiritual sense again. It was then that he detected something unusual.
The stone-like figures at the bottom of the river had some strange rule powers suppressing them.
"Are they all half-step emperors?" Darren was surprised by this revelation.
"In the ancient times, most were tribulation holy warriors. They shouldn't be at the level of half-step emperors," Barnes explained, yawning.
"So what kind of realm do you think they are in?" Darren asked.
"They're at least at the peak of a six-tribulation senior holy warrior. Some may even be seven-tribulation senior holy warriors." Barnes then soared up in the air. His deep, dark eyes swept far and wide.
Darren frowned and remained silent.
"They sound dangerous enough to become a threat to humanity if ever they get out of the River of Forgetfulness. In fact, they may be as dangerous as the first fiend ancestor." At this, the Water Kylin started to get anxious.
There were a hundred thousand of them. If all of them were six-tribulation senior holy warriors, their combined powers would be enough to destroy the whole world. To make it worse, some might even be seven-tribulation senior holy warriors.
As they couldn't get through the fourth layer of restriction, Darren and his companions began to concentrate on their cultivations there.
However, Darren could not calm down because he could not help but imagine what the Godly City that the witcher ancestor mentioned was like.
"Darren, you must leave the River of Forgetfulness at once."
The witcher ancestor's voice suddenly came to Darren's mind one day.
"Why?" Darren could sense something was wrong upon hearing the witcher ancestor's tone.
"A crisis is coming. The immortal has left here."
"Immortal? What turmoil will she cause?"
Darren didn't understand what the witcher ancestor was talking about. The immortal had long been out of his small world. She could have caused trouble anytime she wanted. And yet, the witcher ancestor was claiming that a turmoil was coming now.
"There is something you don't understand. No outsider wants to be in this world. All of them long to go back to the Primitive Wilderness. There's only one way to return and that is to get the World Essence. They can only acquire this by destroying this world," the witcher ancestor explained.
"The World Essence?"
"Each mortal world has its own World Essence. It's the only way to get to the Primitive Wilderness."
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