Chapter 507 — The Legend of the Tempered Body
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The Second Ancestral Master put away Between Life and Death; the great river, the long bridge, and the painted boat all rushed with a swish into his sleeve. Shen Mu at once changed from a body of flesh and blood into a clothed skeleton. Having asked the way to where the successive Cult Masters of the Nether Demon Cult resided, he begged leave of the Human Emperors, then descended into the city and walked off in that direction.
The Second Ancestral Master and the other Human Emperors of every age descended into the Five Yang Divine Hall. They looked at one another, then looked away again.
"Is there such a mortal body? I don't believe it!"
Human Emperor Qi Kang let out a breath of turbid air and shook his head. "Beat me to death and I still won't believe it!"
"Nor do I."
Human Emperor Lan Po wore a look of disbelief. "The Human Emperors of every age have all been stubborn as mules. Not one of us was willing to learn from our master; every one of us insisted on walking his own path. So much so that our line of the Human Emperor Hall has no single supreme art passed down in order—every one of us had to come up with his own! Different cultivation methods, different divine abilities—who could ever learn our methods and abilities? That would be truly bizarre!"
"But he learned them, and it did not take him long. In the short time we spent teaching him on the river, he learned them, and used them with ease, as exquisitely as though he had spent a hundred years of bitter effort."
The Second Ancestral Master sighed. "I suspect he really is an Overlord Body. Young Su may have been right by accident. This child he never thought much of since childhood truly is a unique Overlord Body."
The others were doubtful. Human Emperor Qi Kang ventured, "Do you think it's possible that Su boy is deliberately fooling us? He clearly knows that Shen boy is a true Overlord Body, and deliberately said he was lying to him—but in fact he was lying to us, to make us lose face?"
"That's possible!"
Human Emperor Yishan slapped his thigh with a sudden crack. "That's exactly your style, boy! He's your disciple, so he must be the same style—he'd lie a man to death and never pay for it!"
Human Emperor Qi Kang clenched his fists until they popped and sneered, "That boy has gone to look for the First Ancestral Master. When he comes back, just watch how I deal with him!"
"Watch how we deal with him!" The others all sneered in unison.
And at that moment, deep in the Desolate Ruins, secret realm after secret realm gave off a dim glow in the darkness. Li Zheng drifted and floated, passed through an ancient ruin, and came to another wondrous world. After walking a long while, he finally smiled.
Before him lay a cluster of ancient, timeworn buildings, with an antique charm and an exotic air that this age no longer possessed.
He searched for a while, and at last found the person he sought.
That person stood before a stone stele beside a palace, reading the inscription.
"What is the First Ancestral Master looking at?" Li Zheng asked curiously.
"This is the last relic of the Supreme Emperor Era. After the Heavenly Court of the Supreme Emperor Era fell, its remnants fled here and rebuilt the Supreme Emperor Divine Realm. This place was their land of no sorrow—only in the end it fell as well. I am searching for their history."
The First Ancestral Master did not turn his head. "The records they left are too few, but I still found this."
Li Zheng was slightly startled and looked at the stele. "What does the stele record?"
"The legend of the Overlord Body from forty thousand years ago!"