Cherished By Seven Sisters Novel
Chapter 823

Chapter 823 Durance Vile

Here we go again. Something that happened twenty years ago, and the mention of Mount Jacaster,Emrys asked, “What exactly is Mount Jacaster, and why was it closed off?”

This issue had been troubling him for quite some time. When Emrys successfully caught Athospreviously, he had asked the latter about it. However, the silly old man’s response was frivolous andvague.

Emrys had no choice but to ask Ameera.

Ameera responded, “Mount Jacaster serves as a portal. The cultivators there are incredibly powerful.Its original location is right in the heart of Mount Kushburn. However, something inexplicable happenedover twenty years ago. Mount Jacaster mysteriously vanished, severing all connections between ourworld and that of the cultivators. The barrier of the absolute–phase Golden Elixir Stage appeared atthat time. No. To be more precise, it wasn’t a barrier, but rather a restriction.”

“A restriction?” Emrys asked in surprise. “What does that mean?”

With a complex expression, Ameera said, “If it were merely a barrier, the result would be that cultivatorscouldn’t break through from the Golden Elixir Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage. However, from what Iunderstand, the actual situation is far more complicated than that. One of the old seniors at CloudmistAcademy had already reached the Nascent Soul Stage in his cultivation before Mount Jacaster’sclosure. However, after Mount Jacaster was sealed, his cultivation level fell to the absolute–phase ofthe Golden Elixir Stage.”

After Emrys heard that, his expression instantly faltered. The closure of Mount Jacaster even led to adecrease in those people’s cultivation levels. Indeed, this should not be referred to as a barrier butrather a restriction. This restriction limits the stage of cultivators in this world to the Golden Elixir Stage.No one can break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

In the past, Emrys heard his master, Athos, say that the most powerful stage in the world was theGolden Elixir Stage. At that time, Emrys thought that the Nascent Soul Stage could not be achieveddue to the scarcity of spirit energy.

Looking back now, that wasn’t quite the case.

The root cause of all that wasn’t due to the issue with spirit energy. Instead, it was the restriction thatemerged after the closure of Mount Jacaster.

But why did this happen? Emrys was truly baffled.

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Chapter 823 Durance Vile

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At that moment, Ameera spoke again. “The elders of Mount Kushburn, those who have reached theabsolute–phase of the Golden Elixir Stage, have been in seclusion. They are deeply engrossed inunraveling the mystery of the disappearance of Mount Jacaster and in figuring out how to break thedurance vile.”

Originally, they didn’t cross Mount Jacaster in time. As a result, once Mount Jacaster was scaled, itsuppressed those cultivators who had surpassed the Golden Elixir Stage, reducing their cultivation

base back to the Golden Elixir Stage. Moreover, that suppression lasted for more than twenty years.Emrys figured those elders must be utterly frustrated.

Ameera paused for a moment, then suddenly voiced a startling conclusion. “After the investigations ofthose old seniors, they think it’s highly likely that Mount Jacaster didn’t close naturally. Instead, itappears to be due to human intervention.”

“Human intervention?” Emrys was shocked.

A look of disbelief washed over Ameera’s face as well, her expression serious as she confirmed, “Yes.It’s due to human intervention. Moreover, that durance vile seems to be a deliberate humanintervention too!”

Gasp!

Upon hearing these words, Emrys finally couldn’t help but gasp. Mount Jacaster is a pathway to thecultivation realm. It’s one thing for it to be closed off, but Ameera is even telling me that even thatstrange durance vile is said to be due to human intervention. How could anyone possibly believe sucha thing?

Emrys was stunned for quite a while before he managed to gather his thoughts. He asked, “What kindof entity could possess such terrifying power to restrict an entire world?”

“A friar!” Ameera spoke without hesitation, her voice filled with unwavering certainty. “I once read in anancient text that among the many magics of friars, there exists a powerful supernatural power, EclipseArtistry, that is capable of achieving this feat.”

A friar? A supernatural power, Eclipse Artistry? For some unknown reason, Emrys suddenly thought ofsomeone. Cassius.

Once upon a time, while Athos was assisting Emrys in unraveling the mysteries surrounding him, hehad let slip a piece of information. There was a pivotal character in that grand scheme of things knownas Cassius.