My Salvation Game Became true?!.
Chapter 739 - 427: The Academy for the Entire Ghastly Realm

A deathly stillness pervaded the land, teeming with roaming Mysterious Evils.

Xi Guang, the Demigod, had traveled all the way from the Shattered Sea, having to proceed with extreme caution. This Great Domain had no human super Oasis, as the contamination here was much more severe, with both the number and rank of Mysterious Evils far exceeding those of ordinary domains. Moreover, servants of the Evil God had established strongholds here.

The human Oases in this Great Domain were just fodder; they could never develop, and as time passed, they nearly vanished from existence.

Xi Guang, the Demigod, was extremely low-profile, avoiding every Seven Stars level Mysterious Evil he encountered, refusing to engage them in combat. Even though he was confident he could instantly kill a Seven Stars Mysterious Evil, he was concerned that this Mysterious Evil might have ties to the servants of the Evil God.

He was not here to fight.

He was braving great risks to penetrate deep into this domain, in order to locate a set of Candela ruins recorded in ancient texts.

"It’s just ahead!"

Xi Guang’s tense face finally relaxed slightly as he carefully dispersed his divine sense and quickly led several other demigods onward through the grey mist.

After traveling several dozen miles, the area suddenly opened up.

They were in a vast underground space, with a white tower standing tall, guarding a monumental silver-white structure.

"Correct, this is Candela Empire architectural style!"

Only, the majestic silver-white structure had collapsed significantly.

The standing Pure White Tower was stained with patches of grey-black blemishes.

Time had worn them down, the buildings were in ruins, yet their former glory was still discernible.

The party cautiously stepped into this underground city.

An old scholar, an expert on Candela history, lifted his glasses, which had the functions of scanning, analyzing, and locating, and after a while he spoke, "This is a Light Energy Tower, a standard defense structure from the Candela period, rated as epic. But as long as there is a certain number of Light Energy Towers, with their beams converging, they could easily obliterate a Seven Stars Mysterious Evil... and this is just one of the more common defense structures in Candela, inexpensive to construct."

The old scholar’s face showed fervor.

The other demigods were not as deeply versed in the history of Candela, but they had recently looked through the list of technologies available for exchange in the 404 Trial Realm, which included this very technology.

And it was this technology that the Ancient Moon Dynasty had exchanged for!

After that, some advantageous trades were made, and they purchased the epic technologies that the Scarlet Lotus Empire and the Seven Stars Alliance had exchanged.

The group continued further in, and Xi Guang, the Demigod, summoned forth another Strange Implement, a legendary traveling palace from which emerged a number of experts and scholars deeply versed in history and Candela architecture.

They quickly gathered basic information about the ruins.

"This is also a trial site."

The old scholar paused before explaining, "Not only is there a Light Energy Tower here, but there is also the Pure Sky Defense System... which is to say, the white light screen we saw outside the ruins in the 404 Trial Realm."

"In addition, facing the direction of the entrance, one can faintly make out several combat arenas and some Candela Empire testing rituals."

"Further in, there are places of Ability inheritance, about 18 spots... though not as high in grade as the 404 Secret Realm and mostly damaged."

They were indeed damaged, and quite thoroughly at that.

The Ancient Moon Dynasty had previously excavated some core components of inheritance sites from various Candela ruins and had used these components as foundations to build high-grade inheritance sites.

But in this ruin, larger in scale and boasting a full 18 inheritance sites, they couldn’t find a single undamaged core component, or even one that was partially damaged and could be repaired.

Including the surrounding Light Energy Towers, components of the Pure Sky, and other functional buildings, all were the same.

They had either been destroyed to pieces or corrupted and damaged beyond repair.

"This destruction isn’t due to the ravages of time, nor is it caused by the damage from Mysterious Evils." Mysterious Evils wouldn’t intentionally destroy these lifeless buildings and dead objects, nor could they destroy them completely like this.

It was intelligent beings who did this deliberately!

Realizing this, the expressions of the demigods turned grave, their vigilance resembling startled birds. Only after concluding that the signs of destruction in these ruins were at least ten thousand years old did they slightly relax their severe expressions.

After all, this domain was indeed too dangerous!

Without any treasure found, Xi Guang, the Demigod, was not disappointed. In his past explorations of Candela ruins, he had encountered similar situations. What he sought was history, was secrets.

They continued their search.

With the devices and equipment already damaged, they shifted focus to artifacts, murals, and everything that might contain recorded information, plowing through the entire ruins inside and out.

Indeed, they discovered a considerable amount of historical secrets; compared to inheritance and defense structures, most of these mundane records had been preserved.

The old scholar, leading a host of professionals, painstakingly interpreted and collected data.

They indeed uncovered quite a few brand-new secrets.

Xi Guang, the Demigod, stopped in front of a massive mural, where a figure in a white robe held aloft a torch, seemingly dispersing the darkness ahead.

"This painting is...?"

"It speaks of an academy called Spark, from the time of its founding," explained the old scholar.

He expressed his astonishment, "This academy named Spark is quite extraordinary. It was founded only at the end of the Candela Empire period, but in merely a bit over a hundred years, it nurtured hundreds of Seven Awareness demigods.