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Chapter 752: Ancient Secrets, Tales of Immortals and Spirits
Chapter 752: Ancient Secrets, Tales of Immortals and Spirits
"Really, it's that efficient?"
Qin Muye compared the average data. With a large number of Spirit Masters switching to the Spirit Refinement Stream, the overall energy level of the Spirit Mastery Realm decreased by 0.1%. The number was small, but in the context of the entire Spirit Mastery Realm, it was a significant change.
"Yet, the Spirit Emperor didn't notice it. That seems strange," Qin Muye couldn't help but fall silent for a moment. Logically, a 9th-rank Spirit Emperor should have immediately sensed something was amiss.
After all, as the world's energy level decreased, issues would arise for him, especially since his four 9th-rank spirit beasts owed their power to the Spirit Mastery Realm. He should have been the most sensitive to such changes.
"Is it because the overall reduction was too gradual for him to notice?"
Qin Muye wasn't entirely sure what was happening. After all, he couldn't possibly monitor the Spirit Emperor.
However, he wasn't without information. He discovered the origin of the black eye in his possession.
He owed this to the Commander of the Blue Cloak Guard, who, under the guise of an investigation, had taken action against many major families. This gave him the information he needed.
In recent times, many major families had been exterminated, and the Blue Cloak Guard was the one who carried out these actions. However, anyone with clear eyes could see that the Spirit Emperor was using this opportunity to eliminate threats and gather resources.
The upheaval caused by dealing with these major families was significant, and Qin Muye naturally followed the situation to gather a lot of intelligence.
"The Demon's eyes, they seem a bit like the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Realm."
Qin Muye couldn't help but comment. Although the Three Teachings were the orthodox in the Xuanzhen Realm, it didn't mean that all cultivation techniques and spells were legitimate. There were still many practices similar to dark arts and demon techniques.
"So, a cultivator from the Xuanzhen Realm must have accidentally come to the Spirit Mastery Realm long ago, but he was killed."
"But why did his eyes turn into spirit beasts? That's problematic."
"Another question is how one of his eyes returned to the Xuanzhen Realm. Actually, the black eye didn't return to the Xuanzhen Realm; it accidentally arrived in another world, was colonized, and later returned through Huang Bi."
"No wonder the other side thought this Spirit Refinement technique was a legacy of the so-called Demon."
Qin Muye wasn't surprised that the cultivators of the Xuanzhen Realm were called Demons. It was like the victors always embellished their stories.
As for how the conflict started, it was clear now. The Spirit Masters coveted the cultivation techniques of the cultivators, which allowed them to possess great power without relying on spirit beasts, and even the ability to fly and teleport.
However, it had been too long ago. Qin Muye estimated it must have been at least tens of thousands of years ago.
To be honest, it was quite a feat for the Blue Cloak Guard to find this ancient text.
Despite the fragmented information, he managed to piece together an answer.
"Thus, this black eye wasn't a signal sent from the Spirit Mastery Realm to the Xuanzhen Realm. Instead, it was a coordinate location sent by a disciple of the Three Teachings in the Xuanzhen Realm to the Three Teachings. If the Spirit Mastery Realm's world coordinates were captured by the Three Teachings, there would definitely be a battle between the two realms."
"If the Xuanzhen Realm wins, it would be as if they avenged him."
"Alright, no wonder it was so easy to reach the Xuanzhen Realm. It makes sense now."
Qin Muye quickly pieced together the sequence of events. The two realms had been at odds for a long time.
"However, there are still many questions. How did the disciple of the Xuanzhen Realm's Three Teachings arrive in the Spirit Mastery Realm, and why did his eyes turn into spirit beasts containing world coordinate signals?"
These questions were crucial, but Qin Muye couldn't find the answers.
The time was too distant. Although he had the Origin of the Cosmic Dao, even with it, he couldn't trace back tens or hundreds of thousands of years. He would have to burn everything he had to even have a chance to return to that time.
But why would he do that? To sacrifice his life for someone else's cause was not worth it at all.
In the Bizarre Universe, he could trace back time because the cost was paid by the Bizarre Universe's information sea. If he had to pay the cost himself, and it wasn't his own business, with no benefit, there was no point. Why would he seek his own demise?
If he really did that, even his conceptual self wouldn't be able to save him. He would die completely, without a trace.
"The Demon's matter can be set aside. First, I need to find the white eye. It seems the two realms are indeed connected."
Qin Muye muttered to himself.
This thing was really hard to find, as the black and white eyes had very little connection between them.
The black eye contained coordinates for two different worlds, while the white eye must have had another purpose and did not belong to another set of coordinates.
If it were also a coordinate signal, Qin Muye would have found it long ago.
"This so-called Great Demon must be an 8th-rank Da Luo Jin Xian; otherwise, he wouldn't have the strength."
"Hmm? This means that the Spirit Mastery Realm's development time is actually not very long. When that cultivator arrived in the Spirit Mastery Realm, there were no 9th-rank Huanyuan Da Luo Jin Xian, only up to 8th-rank?"
"That doesn't seem right; the timeline is off."
Qin Muye was quite surprised. He quickly retested the time ratio between the two worlds and discovered something extremely alarming.
The time ratio between the two worlds was gradually getting closer, meaning the original 1:1.2 ratio was now decreasing.
If it weren't for the precision to several decimal places, Qin Muye wouldn't have noticed the issue.
"So, if the two worlds are farther apart, the time ratio would be greater???"
"This is really..."
Qin Muye was at a loss for words. The term "time traveler" had left him with more questions than answers.
"Even the cultivator might not be a time traveler but rather a legitimate cultivator from before the two worlds separated."
The cultivators of the Xuanzhen Realm were indeed much more advanced than the Spirit Masters.
"So, how did the Spirit Mastery Realm change? Was it due to the lack of something?"
"Forget it, these aren't things I should be concerned with. Even if something was missing in the past, it has since been recovered and developed into a unique civilization."
He didn't want to delve too deeply into these matters, as they were too ancient and impossible to verify.
However, a peculiar thought suddenly crossed his mind. The Heavenly Dao had said that the Three Teachings' patriarchs were created by It during the creation of the world and had grown step by step.
But there was a problem: Was the creation of the world before or after the separation of the two worlds? If it was before, the Heavenly Dao should have known about the Spirit Mastery Realm, which would be a contradiction.
If it was after, then the creation of the world might refer to the separation of the two worlds, with the Heavenly Dao being split into two parts.
Most of it remained in the Xuanzhen Realm, while a smaller part was in the Spirit Mastery Realm, becoming the Covenant.
"There is a possibility for this, but where did the original beings go?"
"Theoretically, they shouldn't have died."
"Hisss~"
Suddenly, Qin Muye realized something. Was the Heavenly Dao too human-like?
"Is there a possibility that the current Heavenly Dao is the result of the original beings merging with the Heavenly Dao, making It so anthropomorphic rather than a completely impartial Heavenly Dao?"
"This situation seems familiar." Qin Muye couldn't help but think of the Cosmic Will of the Bizarre Universe. Was it born naturally or created by the GROX Empire?
If it was created by the GROX Empire, then the Cosmic Core wasn't just a prison but a nursery.
Unfortunately, the Bizarre Universe was gone, and Qin Muye had no way to investigate why. After all, he had consumed it, and even if he cut himself open, he wouldn't find the answers.
"I need to complete the mission and leave as soon as possible; things are getting bigger and bigger." Qin Muye originally thought that the two worlds' mutual influence was already significant, but he had uncovered even more secrets.
This left him unsure of what to do next.
"The black eye can't be kept in the Spirit Mastery Realm's laboratory; it might cause an accident."
"Placing it in the Xuanzhen Realm might lure out the white eye."
After so many years, he still didn't know how the white eye had been passed down, managing to even deceive him.
Leaving this thing out in the open made him uneasy. He needed to keep it under his control, or at least in the hands of the Supreme Dao, and once he was done with his research, he could pass it off to them, using it to divert the problem away from himself.
"I need to turn the situation to my advantage; I need to have some leverage."
(End of Chapter)
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