If it were not for greed, cultivators who had managed to acquire some benefits could easily have stayed far away. But now, having heard that the gate in the center of the palace had opened, not a single person backed down—even those with low cultivation, and even though they were currently in soul form. Those with high cultivation thought only of seizing the supreme treasures within, while those with low cultivation hoped to scavenge whatever they could. As for their fellow cultivators who had died miserably, they were far beyond consideration.
Cultivators defy the heavens. Once they set foot on this path, they must be prepared to lose their lives at any moment.
At the very moment when the ancient gates finally swung wide open, nearly all of the several hundred survivors had arrived. They crowded forward impatiently, completely failing to assess the situation inside.
Chapter 753