Chapter 645 — The Primordial Creation Ring
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The First Ancestor Human Emperor stared, eyes wide with astonishment. After a moment he said in praise, "This divine weapon of Divine Man Chixi is a creation divine weapon, and the runes upon it are inconceivably complex. If I wished to break them, it would cost me great effort — and yet you have thought up so simple a way to undo them. You have not only an Overlord Body, but an incomparably clever Overlord brain. Still, there is no need for such trouble. Let him undo the seals."
Shen Mu shook his head, greatly alarmed. "We cannot! The gods and demons of the Chiming Era were fierce and battle-hardened, and from Divine Man Chixi's conduct, this man will stop at nothing. If the gods and demons of the Chiming Era are unsealed and restored to their true bodies, I fear it will be utter ruin for Jingping! The enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend — he may be an enemy as well! There is no chance he will join hands with us, so we must destroy..."
"There is no longer any need. You look at this from the standpoint of race; I look at it from the standpoint of the Dao and divine abilities."
The First Ancestor Human Emperor showed a trace of pity and shook his head. "Three hundred and fifty thousand years. Chixi surely never imagined that the gods and demons of his era, after three hundred and fifty thousand years of transformation, no longer hold the primal spirits they once did; their souls are no longer the souls of old."
Shen Mu was stunned for a moment. He put away the small mirrors, but kept the great mirror formed from the sword pellet. "You mean the primal spirits of these sea beasts and great fish can no longer be changed back?"
The First Ancestor Human Emperor nodded. "It has been dragged out too long; their primal spirits and souls have all been twisted. The Chiming Era's attainments in soul and primal spirit were likely not high — not the equal of the Kaihuang Era. They forcibly used creation divine abilities to alter the bodily structure of gods and demons and the structure of their primal spirits and souls. Had they changed back then, they might still have awakened. But after three hundred and fifty thousand years, with souls and primal spirits warped for so long, there are likely very few primal spirits or souls left that can awaken. Whoever gave them this counsel surely meant them no good."
Shen Mu was deeply shaken. "You mean the one who gave that counsel back then did it deliberately, so that once the gods and demons of the Chiming Era became sea beasts and sea monsters, they could never return?"
The First Ancestor Human Emperor nodded gently. "It is possible that this person had long since thrown in with the Heavenly Court, and so set a trap for the gods and demons of the Chiming Era."
Shen Mu shivered several times. "No wonder the village headman and Blind Grandpa say I am too simple, not cunning enough. I truly am too simple."
The wheels turned without cease, countless rune-marks flashing out swiftly, and upon the sea beasts, great fish, sea monsters, and sea trees more seals appeared; the seals kept coming undone, and their bodies too began to change without cease.
When the wheels slowly came to rest, throughout this magnificent undersea divine city lay gods and demons by the score, all stark naked — three-headed, six-armed, their bodies branded with the patterns unique to the Chiming Era.
Their bodies were incomparably powerful, the mightiest bodies for battle!
Yet these gods and demons lay on the ground, writhing without cease, as though they were still great fish or sea monsters; some rose to their feet, six arms spread, as though they were still sea trees.
Shen Mu also saw one god-demon of the Chiming Era wiggling its toes against the ground — it must have returned to human form from the state of a jellyfish and still fancied it had tentacles. It blinked its eyes madly, as though trying to glow like a jellyfish.
"Awake! My clansmen! I have returned!"