CHAPTER 210: CHAPTER 210

The dark golden bell, the Chaos Clock, suddenly expanded its golden light, enveloping the three with an ethereal glow.

The ominous blood-red beam shot from the stone tablet struck the Chaos Clock but was instantly repelled, harmlessly bouncing away.

Yet the Chaos Clock remained perfectly still, unshaken.

This was the true power of the artifact!

Ethan slipped the Chaos Clock back into his storage ring once the stone tablet fell silent again.

"Wow! What kind of spiritual weapon is this clock of yours? It’s incredibly powerful!" Cecilia Emberveil’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

"That’s a bunch of nonsense you speak," Ethan said dismissively.

He raised his hand and promptly sealed Cecilia Emberveil’s mouth.

In an instant, her attempts to open her mouth were thwarted as if stitched shut by invisible threads.

She twitched and fidgeted anxiously but could not utter a single word.

Even Chrome Silkrain’s patience wore thin.

"Cecilia Emberveil, you are a senior, so stop acting like a child," he chastised coldly.

"Do you realize that if you do anything wrong again, not only you all of us will die?"

Ethan grabbed her roughly by the neck.

"This is your final warning. If you yell or resist again, I will destroy your cultivation. And when we leave this place, I’ll sell you to a brothel where the fiercest men will teach you how to be quiet!"

His tone was fierce, dripping with promise.

"Understand? Blink once if you do."

Fear etched across her features, Cecilia nodded rapidly.

No power-hungry woman wanted their fate to be sold in a brothel.

A sly grin crept across Chrome Silkrain’s face.

"Sir. Aether, no need to send her to a brothel. Just toss her to me. I’ll treat her exceptionally well."

Chrome’s tastes were known—music, brothels, and sampling countless courtesans.

Ethan threw a sharp glance at Chrome, whose grin immediately faltered.

Otherwise, if not for needing the blood power of all three, Ethan would have long ago ended someone as troublesome as Cecilia.

Ethan strode toward the stone tablet, opening his Heaven-piercing Mind Eyes wide as he studied the ancient glyphs closely.

Among the moss-covered pillars around them and the cracked marble floor—but notably, the stone tablet remained pristine.

These were no ordinary markings.

Through his keen eyes, Ethan saw the glyphs shimmer with hidden golden light, imbued with a mysterious, almost sacred, aura.

"I’ve read countless ancient tomes and studied many ancient languages from long-lost eras and foreign races," Ethan mused silently.

"Yet these records elude all my understanding. Could it be this ruin predates even the ’Ancient Era’ in our history?"

He recalled Onyx Orchid’s teachings on the history of the cultivation world.

The great eras fell in sequence: Old Century → End of the Dharma Era → Twilight of the Gods → New Era (the Ancient Era) → Ancient Era → Present Day.

Before the Ancient Era lay the legendary Twilight of the Gods.

"Perhaps this stone tablet dates from the Twilight of the Gods Era, or the End of the Dharma Era, or even back to the Old Century," Ethan guessed thoughtfully.

He activated his system and summoned Alicia.

"Alicia, can you translate the text on this stone tablet?"

[Hello, Sir, Alicia 2.0 at your service.]

[Scanning stone tablet now.]

[Scan complete. Analyzing text.]

[Analysis successful!]

[Preparing translation... please wait a moment.]

The voice echoed softly in Ethan’s mind.

"It can actually translate!" Ethan’s eyes widened in astonishment.

Apparently, this system had uses beyond simple publishing.

[The tablet is incomplete; parts of the text are missing.]

[Only relatively intact portions can be translated.]

[’The sun, the moon, and stars are for my use.’]

[’This is a method of body refinement.’]

"Body refinement?!" Ethan’s surprise deepened.

[’The method of body refinement is transmitted to you, Sir.’]

Suddenly, Alicia materialized into a glowing figure and circled Ethan gracefully twice.

With a wave of her palm, swirling blue words streamed toward Ethan’s forehead.

Boom!

A faint buzzing filled his ears.

[’The heavens and earth first opened, and the world was in chaos.

A fire dragon held the fire spirit to illuminate the heaven’s gate.

When the eyes opened, it was day, and when the eyes closed, it was night.

The innate god Heavenly Queen should appears in the Nine Emperors Dao Body, gathering the power of sun, moon, and stars, turning her hands.

She becomes a cloud and covered the rain with her hands!’]

[’Nine Emperors Dao Body: One of the supreme holy bodies.

The innate god Heavenly Queen should manifest.

Though innate, if you possess the bloodline of the Heavenly Queen or the Divine fetus of the sun and moon, combined with the methods I created, you can cultivate the perfect Nine Emperors Dao Body.’]

[’The Nine Emperors Dao Body connects to the stars, absorbs sun and moon essence, tempers the body, and cultivates nine stars in the body.

The perfect Nine Emperors Dao Body grants supreme power!’]

The voice faded as system-transmitted cultivation methods were etched richly into Ethan’s memory.

When he opened his eyes again, they shone with deep awe and disbelief.

One of the supreme holy bodies—the Nine Emperors Dao Body—was not just an innate treasure but could be cultivated.

This revelation was monumental.

Every Ancient spiritual body or Ancient holy body known so far was innate, impossible to acquire through cultivation alone.

Yet here was a cultivation method for a supreme holy body, inscribed on this ancient tablet.

And it’s the Supreme Holy Body, which sounds even more awesome than the Ancient Holy Body and should easily transcend the Ancient Holy body!

However, requirements existed.

Cultivators needed either the bloodline of the Heavenly Queen or the "Divine fetus of the sun and moon" to cultivate it.

Ethan knew he was surely not descended from the Heavenly Queen’s line.

Thus, his hopes rested on the mysterious "Divine fetus of the sun and moon."

"The Divine Fetus of the Sun and Moon... it sounds deeply tied to Sun Moon Lake itself. Perhaps it lies within these ruins," Ethan pondered silently.

"Mr. Aether, what’s wrong with you?" Eunice’s voice broke through his reverie.

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