CHAPTER 761: CHAPTER 183 EMPEROR BURIAL CRYSTAL_2

Zhou Yan countered.

"Isn’t that the truth? However, most Cultivators end up quite tragically, without even a burial site, because most Cultivators meet with disintegrating deaths where both spirit and body are annihilated, leaving no chance even to retrieve the body. But Immortality, since it implies undying, naturally means they will not die. Their Souls become entities, and as Soul infants, they crawl out from the tops of their physical heads, and then the body is laid to rest.

The body turns into something like a mummified skeleton and is then placed in a crystal coffin, exiled and transported through all sorts of solitary places."

"This crystal coffin, named ’Emperor Burial Crystal,’ is a type of Ice Soul Stone, but this stone is different—it’s genuinely condensed entirely from Immortal Divinity and serves only to contain the physical body."

"Emperor Burial Crystal?"

Zhou Yan was startled.

"Don’t listen to his nonsense; these are all legends, and his knowledge is limited. He explains everything in great detail, some of which are utterly useless. He’s just trying to impress you, hoping to leave the impression of being knowledgeable. These things have no solid proof, you shouldn’t believe them."

Fang Hong mocked Liu Jin’s approach and advised Zhou Yan not to believe him.

"I say ’Skinny Monkey,’ that’s not fair of you. Although what I’ve mentioned are legends, they’re not entirely false. Our Liu Family’s bloodline is ancient, and these are considered family secrets that ordinary people wouldn’t know! You’re accusing me of spouting nonsense; that’s the biggest insult to me, even worse than calling me ’fatso’!"

Liu Jin retorted angrily.

"I know about the Emperor Burial Crystal too, but that’s really no secret, just remaining in legends. Moreover, the Mechanical Clan has been wiped out and hasn’t reappeared. Besides, even if it’s possible to replicate the immortal’s desiccated body, it wouldn’t be effective; it’s just the body strength of a Ultimate Sword Sovereign and can’t compare to the Immortals. The Mechanical Clan has been stumped by this problem for many years, hence their willingness to wage war against the Jade Fox clan to obtain the Charming Heart, aiming to create an Immortal ’Intelligent Brain,’ generating their own Souls."

"Unfortunately, those who mastered endless computations also ultimately failed. Though their calculations were invincible, able to forecast the trajectories of Heavenly Dao and invade various Star Domain Planes with so-called ’technology,’ they couldn’t calculate the potential of a genius or derive our Fang Family’s Heavenly Mechanism Dao."

Fang Hong stated coldly.

Liu Jin slightly regretted and opened his mouth as if to rebut, but couldn’t say anything.

Zhou Yan remained silent, and after a long while, he sighed in relief; no one knew what he was sighing about.

Concerning the affairs of all Cultivators in the Upper Planes as in the legends, Lei Yan King’s life incarnated had passed through it all.

Jade Fox, Zhou Yan could now confirm, was indeed in Bai Ying’s true lineage, yet not a single person in the Upper Planes was aware!

Within the Sword Burial Ancestor Star lay many secrets, and as a breeding ground, this was incredibly unusual; even Venerable Level experts of the Upper Planes were unaware, which was unreasonable.

And, Lei Yuan Sword God, a mere Sword God, was actually able to produce Emperor Burial Crystal? That was truly bizarre.

Moreover, the Thunderflame Soul Sea was not a Divine-level Expert’s Soul Sea, but rather should be a ’Nine Origin Soul Sea."

Also, the Lonely Sword Peak lineage of Emperor Sword Wuji, the backyard Heavenly Pool.

The Feathered Cold Ice Cave, and the Ancient Tomb Mountain, Netherworld Heavenly Road, and the likes, each perilous location had so much ingenuity and grandeur and was not something a breeding ground would have.

Was it the handiwork of Lei Yan King for the next life, or did Lee Ran play a part? Or perhaps something deeper?

Nine Origin Reincarnation might not be as simple as imagined, and the legend of Sword Burial Ancestor Star—a Sword Dao Venerable’s derivation of Heavenly Destiny—might actually be true.

It’s substantial enough for Hou Yi and Chang’e’s Ghost to live out another life, becoming pawns—this move was huge. The unyielding Souls of Hou Yi and Chang’e were saved by Lee Ran; it seems my brother might have more significant secrets hidden from me—once I’m done here, I will immediately return to Earth to find brother and uncover everything."

"This is a deeply laid plan—no wonder I could shield against the Heavenly Dao on Sword Burial Ancestor Star. It seems the developments of breeding grounds visible to all higher beings like the Jiang family aren’t clear. When Jiang Tianling faced people from Tianji Mountain, his apparent disregard might have been so. And Sword Burial Ancestor Star’s Nine Origin Reincarnation might hold greater fortunes."

"Perhaps, with my current perspective, a further look at the Array Patterns outside Sword Burial Ancestor Star or meeting Lei Yuan Sword God might clarify a huge part of these matters."

Zhou Yan analyzed internally.

With what had transpired on Sword Burial Ancestor Star, explained by Liu Jin and Fang Hong, Zhou Yan touched upon a deeper level of answers.

And this, all of this, seemed like an omen, a hint.

The purpose of the Heavenly Destiny project might have been a warning given to me at this moment.

And the Jiang family, could their original intention in orchestrating ’Three-Life Soul Nourishment’ involve the Mechanical Clan?

Zhou Yan thought of this and shivered; he had an inexplicable intuition that this was the actual truth, and it was immensely frightening.

"If Jiang He... is Mechanical Clan, the real Jiang He might be dead, and this Jiang He a replacement? Or maybe, Jiang He is himself from the Mechanical Clan, the Three-Life Soul Nourishment... Immortal bones..."

Zhou Yan’s heart skipped, and his expression abruptly worsened.

If that was the case, a resurgence of calamity among the Ten Thousand Clans could be foreseen in the near future.

"My voice carries little weight, no one would believe if I spoke out, and I also have no opportunity to speak. These matters are merely my intuitive speculations, not to be taken as truth. I will soon leave this world; these issues are indeed too remote for me... but Qingyan,nonatomic("Holy Daughter"), and Lingqing..."

"Perhaps there’s still time; the Three-Life Soul Nourishment plan seems already to have utterly failed. Thus, their capture of Yanyan, and even Yanyan’s emergence might have been prompted by someone intentionally... but fortunately, this setup has been momentarily disrupted. No wonder some Cultivators were so hysterical. This invisible war, probably at a very high, Immortal level, why should I worry?"

Zhou Yan’s thoughts functioned like a Mechanical Clan’s Intelligent Brain, analyzing issues very accurately and swiftly, so in an instant, he thought a lot, but the next moment, he discarded these thoughts and returned to reality.

The reality is, without having passed Wuji Black Mountain, his life and death uncertain, the road ahead is still fraught with challenges.

(Recommending a friend’s book "Holy Hand Profound Venerable"; give it a look~~)"