<h4>Chapter 504: Of a Common Origin</h4>


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    Vige Chief felt as though he had been struck by lightning and stood dumbfounded in front of the stone tablet. Legend of the overlord body? From forty thousand years ago?


    Wasn’t overlord body something he made up to fool Qin Mu and the people in the vige?


    Could this world truly have an overlord body?


    ‘No, no! There must some mistake here! Maybe the overlord body from forty thousand years ago isn’t the same as the overlord body I exined!’


    His heart was flustered, and all kinds of thoughts flooded him. However, Vige Chief was Vige Chief, so he soon cleared his mind. ‘Maybe there’s truly an overlord body in this world, which is a kind of spirit body. Since it was too strong, it was called overlord body by others. This kind of overlord body would bepletely different from the overlord body that I made up!’


    Heposed himself and looked at the stone tablet.


    The inscriptions were written using the writings of the dragon race so Vige Chief could only ask First Ancestor for help. “What’s written here? The writings of the dragon race are profound and hard to understand, and I’ve not learned them before.”


    First Ancestor was very easy to talk to and said, “What’s written is that before High Emperor fell, Bai Family of the dragon race had met a youth who called himself the overlord body. He was talented in many fields and could do what others couldn’t. He was unmatched among his peers. He had a luminous charm and his talent was matchless. No matter if it was sword skills or divine arts, they surpassed High Emperor Era by leaps and bounds.


    “Thus, they asked him what was overlord body. The youth then exined that overlord body was matchless. Before the spirit embryo awakened, it would look like a mortal body. But once it was awakened, it gained supreme power and topped his own generation while also possessing exceptional aptitude.”


    The corners of Vige Chief’s eyes twitched. Qin Mu was different from the other spirit bodies because he wasn’t a spirit body at all. The Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure of a spirit body was awakened at the start yet Qin Mu’s Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure had been shut!


    The Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure of an ordinary person was also shut, so they couldn’t cultivate.


    On the other hand, under the lies of Vige Chief and the aid of the vigers, Qin Mu had actually opened the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure that couldn’t be opened. From then on, he improved at a godly speed and showed rapid progress!


    This kind of situation was actually very simr to what was written on the stone tablet!


    ‘It must be a coincidence!’


    Vige Chiefposed himself and listened once more to what First Ancestor was saying.


    “…overlord body cultivates, it surpasses other spirit bodies by a huge margin. Itsprehension is outstanding, understanding everything straight away and able toprehend by analogy, deducing many things from one case. The overlord body is matchless, but there are still enemies in this world, the things known as pseudo overlord bodies.”


    Vige Chief shook his head and blurted out, “What?”


    “What’s written on it says that even though the overlord body is matchless, there is still pseudo overlord bodies that are its enemies,” First Ancestor exined patiently. “It’s written that overlord body and pseudo overlord bodies fight over fate, having a connection between them. Pseudo overlord bodies will fight overlord body to seize its fate, making themselves into the true overlord body.


    “How weird, why is there such a marvelous physique? I’m ashamed to say this, but when I heard about this overlord body in the past, I had only treated it as a legend. Never had I expected that legend to be real.”


    Vige Chief’s mind was blown, but after a moment, he came back to his senses and stuttered, “Fir-First Ancestor, you have heard about the legend of the overlord body before?”


    First Ancestor nodded. “I’ve heard once before, but I’ve never seen the overlord body. I only treated it as a legend.” His expression became weird. “There actually exists such a fresh and outstanding overlord body.”


    Vige Chief was silent. He suddenly felt that the surrounding world had be preposterous and variegated.


    Could the overlord body that he had made up really exist? On top of that, could it be exactly the same as the lie he used to contain Qin Mu!


    Wasn’t this too inconceivable?


    Back then, to cate the vigers, he had said the first lie about Qin Mu being an overlord body. Over the years, he had to add to that lie to cover up himself, and he had created the full system of overlord body.


    Yet somehow the stone tablet’s description of the overlord body was exactly the same as his overlord body system. He had used those same words to lie to others. But now when reading about it on the stone tablet, he was starting to believe it himself.


    The stone tablet was right in front of him, so he had no choice but to believe.


    Yet Vige Chief was still struggling. He thought of the crux and hurriedly asked, “If there was really an Overlord Body, why would High Emperor Era still be wiped out?”


    “It’s not written.” First Ancestor looked over with sorrow and said in a depressed voice, “In the face of the billowing wind, the power of one person is too insignificant. Hehe, so what if he was the overlord body? Wouldn’t he still be unable to quell the disturbance in the universe and reinstate peace to the bright world? This overlord body may have been killed before he even grew up.


    “Or maybe his fate had been seized by a pseudo overlord body, or he could have abandon himself to despair at being powerless during the end of High Emperor Era, hiding somewhere full of remorse and bing a tortoise like me. There are simply too many possibilities. A person is simply too minute in the face of history…”


    He seemed to be talking about his own circumstances when talking about the overlord body from forty thousand years ago. When he finished, he sighed and didn’t speak anymore.


    Vige Chief examined the stone tablet from both sides before growing excited. He took out some ink and paper to record the writings on the stone tablet.


    First Ancestor raised his eyebrows, and Vige Chief smiled and said, “I’m going to write down these things and bring them back for the other human emperors to see. The true overlord body, there is really an overlord body. I’ve taken a true overlord body as my disciple for the human emperor position… Look at this stone tablet, it will definitely make me happy!”


    First Ancestor examined him with astonishment before continuing on his way. “ording to the stone tablet, High Emperor Sanctuary was wiped out after High Emperor Era ended. I can’t help being worried about Carefree Vige, too.”


    Vige Chief immediately caught up to him and asked, “What First Ancestor mean is…”


    “I’m worried about Carefree Vige,” First Ancestor said solemnly. “I haven’t gotten any news of Carefree Vige for a long time. Even though it had sent messages a few times and passed down Founding Emperor’s orders, I’m suspecting that it’s no longer the dauntless, go-getter Founding Emperor from before. Carefree, carefree, hehe. He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby! They’ve been staying too long in Carefree Vige! I was against building it back then and wanted to fight to the end!”


    Vige Chief muttered irresolutely to himself before asking, “So the purpose of First Ancestor was to find the people of Founding Emperor Era? High Emperor Era has been gone for way too long, so it’s impossible for any survivors to havested till now.”


    “No! There are still people alive!” First Emperor looked around. “This High Emperor Sanctuary had gathered the survivors of High Emperor Era and gone through numerous years of development. Their power wasn’t small and wouldn’t be any inferior to that of the current Carefree Vige. This ce waster invaded by enemies, and I found from the scattered records from the ruin outside that there were people who escaped alive to create another hometown. I wanted to find them to ally them with Carefree Vige so maybe we could do something big!”


    Vige Chief was solemn for a moment. “If the most flourishing period of Founding Emperor Era couldn’t overthrow the heaven, then even if you find the former subordinates of Founding Emperor, your chances will be far inferior to those of the flourishing period. If you didn’t find them to ally together during your strongest, what’s the use of finding them now?”


    First Ancestor expression grew pained, and he said astringently, “I know! But I also know that if they continue to hide in Carefree Vige and not do anything, there will be no hope forever! I need to do something, be busy. If I stay quiet, my thoughts run wild. I see myrades dying in front of me, I see the disaster wiping out all the people, I see people struggling in a terrifying ce like hell. I need to do something…”


    He was insistent and full of his obsession. However, Vige Chief understood his feelings and sentiments. “I’ll go with you.”


    When Qin Mu came to the residence of the past cult masters of Heavenly Saint Cult in Fengdu, he looked around and saw numerous ghost messengers and ghost servants hurrying about.


    Compared to the impoverished past human emperors of Hall of Human Emperors, this ce was much more bustling with ghostsing and going. The pces were also extraordinary imposing, making it obvious that the past cult masters of Heavenly Saint Cult received the offerings of Heavenly Saint Cult. They weren’t like the past human emperors of Hall of Human Emperors who because of the sparse number of people had no one to sweep their tombs and were all poverty-stricken.


    Only First Ancestor, whose corporeal body was petrified and stood in Little Jade Capital, still received some offerings from time to time, so there were some rations at his home, enough to give material assistance to Second Ancestor, Third Ancestor, and the rest.


    The pces of Heavenly Saint Cult stod in row upon row with zed tiles and vermillion rafters. They were richly ornamented and hadyers of towers and pavilions. Between pces were various formations of long corridors as passageways to connect the pces together. Numerous imps carried all kinds of bouquets and fruit tes all the time. The whole ce was bustling with activity.


    Qin Mu sighed ruefully. The people here had also be ghosts, but the treatment was much different.


    He went to one pce and raised his head up to look. The ce was called Hall of Zu Yang, so he thought, ‘Could this be the pce hall of Cult Master Zu Yang?’


    Cut Master Zu Yang was the Heavenly Saint Cult Master before Li Tianxing. Qin Mu didn’t know much about his past achievements, just that Saint Arrival Mountain had a Hall of Zu Yang. Never did he expect that there would be one in Fengdu as well.


    In front of the hall was a young person carving a guardian lion with a chisel. Beside him, some imps were picking up shattered rocks.


    Qin Mu was about to enter the hall when that youth asked, “What are you here for?”


    Qin Mu smiled and said, “I’m here to find Cult Master Zu Yang.”


    The youth examined him up and down before cing down his hammer and chisel. Beside him, an imp lifted a jade te to take them. Another imp fetched a jade basin for him to wash his hands while another imp offered a towel.


    The youth cleaned his hands and asked in astonishment, “You have never seen Cult Master Zu Yang before?”


    “You are Cult Master Zu Yang?” Qin Mu asked in astonishment.


    The youth nodded with a smile. “I am. I see you are all bones so you should still be alive. But what’s weird is that you aren’t Li Tianxing. He was my disciple so I wouldn’t forget him. You are the next cult master?” His interest was roused and he asked excitedly, “You got rid of Li Tianxing?”


    Qin Mu hurriedly shook his head and said, “Cult Master Li’s soul has already scattered. He risked his life against Xing An, but he didn’t manage to defeat him. Even though I couldn’t stand Cult Master Li’s character, he still knew how to repent right before he died, it was truly admi—”


    “His soul scattered? Wonderful!” Cult Master Zu Yang pped with augh. “Wonderful death! During myter years, I didn’t want to give up the position so that brat took advantage of me when I was cultivating Nine Wither Nine Thrive Mystery Technique and challenged me while my qi and blood had withered. He heavily injured me and seized the position of the cult master! I was severely injured, but when my life came to an end, that scoundrel still came to shed crocodile tears in front of my grave…”


    Qin Mu was bbergasted. After a moment, he asked, “May I ask where is Heavenly Saint Patriarch?”


    “Who is Heavenly Saint Patriarch?”


    Cult Master Zu Yang was stunned for a moment before he came to realization. “You are talking about my little senior uncle, right? During theter years of my grand-master, he took in a disciple. My little senior uncle had never been the cult master before and he was even younger than me. After I beat my master to death, he actually med me so wanted to get rid of him too.


    “However, I was afraid of the people in the cultining so I gave him an idle appointment to be the Heavenly Saint Cult Patriarch, sending him far far away… Master, over here! The little cult master of our Heavenly Saint Cult is here to visit us!”


    A ck-robed man walked out of the pce from the side. He also had a handsome appearance and looked thirty-forty years old. He had a majestic appearance and was extraordinarily handsome. When he heard the words, he came over and asked in astonishment, “Little cult master? Our Heavenly Saint Cult has changed another cult master? How did you die?”


    Cult Master Zu Yang smiled., “Little cult master hasn’t died yet. Look, he is in a skeleton form. He’s here to find your junior brother, which is my little senior uncle.”


    The ck-robed man walked over and examined Qin Mu. He smiled then. “You are indeed not dead. Have you taken in a disciple?”


    Qin Mu immediately greeted him and said, “Greetings Cult Master Yu Lian. I have yet to take in a disciple.”


    “Don’t take in a disciple so soon. The sooner you take one in, the sooner you will die. Look, I was assassinated by my good disciple.” Cult Master Yu Lian turned around and showed sword in the back of his chest. He then repeated his warning with good intentions. “Look, this sword was stabbed there by my good disciple.”


    Cult Master Zu Yang was pleased with himself and said with a smile, “Master, you still have the face to carry that sword? What did you say when you assassinated grand-mistress?”


    Cult Master Yu Lian chuckled with a pleased expression. “Your grand-mistress wanted to pass down the position to little junior brother, so if I didn’t assassinate her, how could I have be the cult master sacred teacher? How would you then have been able to assassinate me to be cult master? That’s right, who did little cult master assassinate to be the cult master sacred teacher?”