Secret Buyer

Chapter 598 - 358: The Secret of the One and Only

This alone makes five bodies.

If plus the Celestial Emperor Celestial Position that hasn’t been unified, then there are six bodies!

He quickly asked:

"Dare I ask Fellow Daoist Donghuang, what are the benefits of creating a treasure through this reverse forging?"

Eastern Emperor Head smiled and replied:

"The benefits are immense, the marvels of multiple bodies fuse into one treasure, and this treasure is also your Life Treasure, the grand dao you cultivate naturally augments your true self."

Zhang Fusheng was momentarily stunned, confused, he said:

"But originally, all my dao bodies are interconnected, what the incarnations know, my true self also knows..."

Eastern Emperor Head’s smile carried a hint of profoundness:

"Wrong, wrong."

"Fellow Daoist Fusheng, when did I say that this reverse forging of multiple bodies into one must be entirely composed of your own incarnations and dao bodies?"

Zhang Fusheng was first stunned, then suddenly realized, with wide eyes he said:

"Fellow Daoist Donghuang means... those four divine corpses can also be used as fuel for forging my treasure?"

"Of course."

Eastern Emperor Head replied with a smile:

"However, there’s a prerequisite—like constructing a building where the foundation is most crucial, your foundation when forging the treasure must also be your own self."

"In other words, the reverse forging of twelve bodies into one requires at least six to be your own incarnations, dao bodies, otherwise there may be unexpected outcomes, like the guest overwhelming the host."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fusheng was even more delighted, he laughed and said:

"Perfect, I happen to have exactly six incarnations and dao bodies."

After a pause, he clicked his tongue:

"Unfortunately, there are only four divine corpses; I still lack two to achieve perfection."

Eastern Emperor Head suggested:

"Why rush to achieve perfection? Lacking these two bodies means that your Life Treasure’s upper limit is undetermined."

"That’s also a reason."

Zhang Fusheng cupped his hands, his expression becoming solemn:

"I ask Fellow Daoist Donghuang to teach me the method of reverse forging."

"It’s not so much teaching, not so much teaching!"

Eastern Emperor Head laughed heartily, then spoke profound words, immortal flowers fell, golden springs flowed,

The harmonious sound echoed within the endless primordial chaos, Zhang Fusheng immersed himself, becoming gradually entranced.

With each strand of dao sound and profound words he heard,

His understanding of the dao and the marvelous dao deepened and became more substantial,

This method of reverse forging, after all, originated from some historical version of the ’Twelve Progenitor Witches’ and ’Pangu Daoist’,

Most of its profound mysteries were related to [Primordial Celestial Venerable],

While another part of the mystery came from Eastern Emperor’s own understanding, and still another part came from the Twelve Progenitor Witches’ insight....

You must know, among the Twelve Progenitor Witches, although most are not outstanding, there are two truly significant figures.

One is Zhu Jiuyin, the god of Zhong Mountain, who occupies the Nine Netherworld, belonging to the topmost level of Daluo, with one foot in the ranks of the Supreme ones,

According to Eastern Emperor, Zhu Jiuyin once took the role of the one who opened the heavens in a historical version—

In that version of history, Zhu Jiuyin almost took the final step to become Supreme, but unfortunately failed to achieve it.

Not only did he lose the position of the one who opens the heavens, but also the position of the Master of the Nine Netherworld,

Yet even so, Zhu Jiuyin remained incredibly strong.

The other significant figure among the Twelve Progenitor Witches is of course [Houtu].

Emperor Houtu Earth Deity, alongside the Celestial Emperor, is honored as [Heaven and Houtu]....a truly Supreme one!

"In fact."

Eastern Emperor Head sighed after delivering the profound sounds and marvelous technique:

"In fact, Fellow Daoist Houtu became a Supreme one in that version of history, fundamentally due to this reverse forging technique."

Zhang Fusheng absorbed the great mysteries, and asked softly:

"Oh? Please, fellow daoist, dispel my doubts."

Eastern Emperor Head laughed:

"To prevent Pangu Daoist from being taken by me, and to avoid his own eternal downfall from the Realm of Perfection,

Primordial Celestial Venerable joined with Taiqing and Lingbao, sparing no cost, forcibly elevated Fellow Daoist Houtu to the [Supreme Fruit Position], thus thwarting my plan."

After a moment, Eastern Emperor Head lamented:

"One can only say Primordial Celestial Venerable was too decisive, if not, when my scheme succeeded, the Three Pristine Ones would never have such prosperity as today."

Zhang Fusheng had a sudden realization and sighed inwardly, indeed, the birth of each Supreme is truly a matter of celestial timing, human cooperation, lacking neither.

Truly the result of ’when fate has arrived’.

As with Emperor Houtu Earth Deity, had Primordial Celestial Venerable not selected her to become Pangu’s descendant, had Eastern Emperor not constructed the reverse forging method,

had the Three Pristine Ones chosen to support Zhu Jiuyin or the other progenitor witches...

there would have been no later [Emperor Houtu Earth Deity].

And all of this,

is merely one of countless versions of history, one of countless games.

In other words, countless historical changes and games have produced merely this handful of Supremes...

Zhang Fusheng suddenly had a flash of insight, and asked:

"Fellow Daoist Donghuang, dare I ask, how many original Supreme ones were there?"

"At the beginning?"

Eastern Emperor Head smiled:

"One."

"Who is it?" Zhang Fusheng asked in astonishment.

Eastern Emperor paused, seemingly in reminiscence, and lightly sighed:

"You should be quite familiar... it’s the root of the technique you cultivate, Primordial Celestial Venerate of Fuli, or one could say Primordial Daoist Venerate of Fuli."

Zhang Fusheng was taken aback.

Lost in thought for a while, he continued to ask:

"Where is that Primordial Daoist Venerate of Fuli now? And why so many Supremes emerged later?"

Eastern Emperor Head clicked his tongue:

"To this day, it’s still a mystery, but the commonly accepted explanation among the Supremes is that Primordial Celestial Venerable of Fuli encountered an accident attempting to surpass the Supreme Domain and step into [Transcendence], [Dao Fruit Position]."

Zhang Fusheng pricked up his ears, quietly listening to this great secret.