Free Web NovelChapter 1362: Chapter 695: The Secret of Immortality
"What exactly is the method of immortality?"
Liang Yuan inquired of the other party.
He heard Jinpeng say, "When life’s level crosses into another stage, your consciousness can be stored within your bloodline and inherited in the blood of your descendants."
"When the next flood arrives, and Spiritual Power revives, those creatures possessing your bloodline begin to awaken and cultivate, actively activating your bloodline, then your consciousness may awaken among them."
"Once a bloodline descendant awakens your consciousness, you can seize their body and live a second life." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
"Although this method is brutal, it indeed allows you to regenerate and escape the torment of Time."
Liang Yuan listened to Jinpeng’s words, deeply shocked in his heart.
"Bloodline..."
He let his thoughts wander; this Jinpeng before him was obviously not from the modern era.
What he referred to as bloodline, in strict terms, ought to be genes.
Genes can be inherited and passed down to future generations.
If they could truly embed their consciousness into genes, then indeed, it could be inherited by the next generation.
Before the flood apocalypse arrives, the Superpower Energy remains dormant, their consciousness still asleep.
Once the flood apocalypse strikes, Superpower Energy revives.
Creatures begin self-evolution, activating various genes within their body.
Thus, while activating these genes, the mental consciousness of Jinpeng and other ancient superpower users gets activated.
Liang Yuan consequently thought of Yang Mei!
Back then, when Yang Mei awakened her superpower, the mental consciousness of the Ice Goddess suddenly emerged.
Luckily, he was present to suppress this consciousness with special means.
"Wait!"
"Ice Goddess! Ling Yurong!"
Liang Yuan jolted with shock, suddenly realizing the connection between the two.
Previously, he didn’t know that the so-called method of immortality relies on genetic inheritance.
So he hadn’t linked the two together.
But hearing Jinpeng’s account of the ancient superpower users’ method of immortality, he became abruptly alert.
"Could Ling Yurong be the Ice Goddess!"
He suddenly recalled, the first time Ling Yurong saw him, she issued an angered query.
Liang Yuan was perplexed at the time, how could she say ’it’s you’ when they had never met.
Now thinking carefully, likely nine out of ten, Ling Yurong is the Ice Goddess!
The method of immortality she referred to should be the same as Jinpeng’s, realized through genetic inheritance.
Only Sister Mei was unlucky, awakening her gene, even accidentally activating her consciousness!
Luckily Sister Mei is pregnant, recently delaying cultivation, who knows if continuing cultivation will strengthen Ling Yurong’s genetic consciousness.
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately looked at Jinpeng and asked, "Then won’t the descendants become vessels? Is there no way for them to resist?"
Jinpeng’s voice came, sighing, "How could there be no way? In fact, this method of immortality has quite a few drawbacks."
"The first being the success rate of body snatching."
"Although our consciousness passes through bloodline inheritance to descendants, seemingly just waiting for Spiritual Energy Revival and we can awaken."
"But if the spiritual consciousness of the descendant, serving as vessel, is strong enough, powerful enough, there is actually a way to forcibly obliterate our consciousness residing within the bloodline."
"But that doesn’t matter; embedding our consciousness into the bloodline allows it to spread and be inherited by different descendants."
"If this one doesn’t work, there will always be one that does."
"Among countless descendants, finding one who can awaken our consciousness counts as success."
"And once we successfully awaken, we can retrieve the split mind from their body to naturally enhance our cultivation rapidly."
"Therefore, this method of immortality was mainstream in my era, used by many."
Liang Yuan’s face turned somber; at this moment, he thoroughly understood the principles of this so-called method of immortality.
And he also understood that Ling Yurong indeed harbored ill intentions towards him.
Recognizing him clearly yet pretending otherwise.
Inviting him to deal with past adversaries was false; likely, scheming against him and capturing Yang Mei was true!
Thinking of capturing Yang Mei, Liang Yuan was shocked.
"Not good, I’ve been away from Yangshan for so long, if Ling Yurong found out, might she not go to Yangshan to ambush and kidnap Sister Mei?"
With this thought, Liang Yuan couldn’t sit still.
He immediately stood up, grabbed Jinpeng’s corpse, and quickly rushed towards the heart chamber.
Jinpeng was puzzled but dared not resist.
While dashing forward, Liang Yuan asked, "Previously you said this corpse wasn’t yours, what did you mean?"
Jinpeng hastily said, "I thrived in ancient times, after the catastrophic flood we sought self-preservation, only resorting to the method of immortality, choosing reincarnation to await fortune."
"Later, with great powers like Yao and Shun leading humanity’s rise, I could have awakened in this lifetime, but unexpectedly, the owner of this body was an immensely fierce figure."
"When he awakened as the chosen one, evolving into a water demon with human body and serpent tail, he sealed my consciousness deep in the genes; he didn’t destroy me, merely trapping me within."
"I could discern his intentions, desiring to lure my other awakened descendants to him using this strand of my mind."
"Of course, I wouldn’t fall for it, simply sealing myself again, descending into slumber."
"Only unexpectedly, upon waking again, it’s already this time."
Liang Yuan was startled; Jinpeng spoke lightly, yet the span of time he bridged was remarkably vast.
From ancient times to now, perhaps enduring over five thousand years of history.
Liang Yuan couldn’t help asking, "Who is the owner of this corpse? What is his name?"
"Yin Yu."
Liang Yuan furrowed his brow slightly, recalling historical myths, seemingly unheard of such a figure.
Liang Yuan asked again, "Which dynasty was he from?"
"Uh, it should be the Shang Dynasty, I think. When I awoke, I didn’t get much information before he noticed me."
"I think it’s a dynasty called Shang, but I can’t really remember clearly."
Liang Yuan’s heart shook, the Shang Dynasty, surnamed Yin!
Could it be they matched up!
Liang Yuan had never thought this skeleton could actually come from the Yin Shang period. This dynasty is scarcely recorded even in historical books, only a few phrases passed down in various documents.
However, archaeologists have discovered quite a lot of bronzeware, speculating it comes from that era.
Especially the famous Sanxingdui archaeological site, which seems to be a famous Shang-Zhou ruin.
Liang Yuan suddenly remembered a piece of news he saw before the apocalypse.
It was reported that Sanxingdui had another major discovery, where archaeologists excavated a ’Top Venerable Snake Body Copper Statue.’
Liang Yuan couldn’t help but look again at the skeleton in his hand, human body with a snake tail. It really seemed to have a bit of that era’s vibe.
"In ancient times, priests wouldn’t carve statues out of thin air."
"In that era, most of the time, sculptures were built based on their totemic beliefs."
"Since there were statues of priests with human heads and snake bodies in the Shang-Zhou period, it can be inferred that such beings might really have existed at that time."
Liang Yuan suspected, during the Shang Dynasty, superpower users might have still been active in front of the world, which is why those statues exist.
But these things are unverifiable now; they’re too far away.
This isn’t Liang Yuan’s concern now.
At this moment, he flew back rapidly, returning to the chamber area.
Everyone had almost finished tidying up, with a small amount of golden blood crystal remaining in the chamber.
Liang Yuan urged everyone, "Folks, speed up, I have urgent matters and need to leave."
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly increased their speed of transportation.
Jiang Ziyin walked over and asked, "Did something happen?"
Liang Yuan looked serious, slightly nodding, "There’s something happening over at Yangshan."
Seeing he didn’t say much more, Jiang Ziyin realized it might be confidential, so she wisely didn’t ask further but quickly turned to urge everyone to speed up.
This time, Liang Yuan asked Jin Peng again, "Jin Peng, have you ever heard of Ling Yurong?"
"Ling Yurong?"
Jin Peng was taken aback, then said, "That name sounds familiar..."
Liang Yuan said, "She is called the Ice Goddess, residing in the Dark Ice Palace of the North Sea, and claims to be the Lord of the Frozen Sea."
"Lord of the Frozen Sea! It’s her!"
Jin Peng immediately exclaimed in shock, then asked, "Has she woken up too?"
"Do you know her?"
"Of course, I know her. She was also an ancient chosen one because she was endowed with a human body and a fish tail, possessing freezing powers, and could live underwater. During the great flood apocalypse, she had many followers."
"Many chosen ones believed she was favored by the heavens, and her abilities suited living amidst the flood."
"Even after the flood apocalypse, she could still live well underwater."
"How do you know her? Is she still alive?"
Jin Peng continued, talking to herself, "No, she must still be alive. Someone as ancient as me is still living; how could someone as powerful as she be dead?"
"Did she also choose the way of immortality? Did you meet her somewhere?"
Liang Yuan was shaken to the core, it turned out Ling Yurong was indeed a renowned superpower user from ancient times.
He took a deep breath, increasingly unable to understand this world.
The flood apocalypse, which was thought to be a doomsday catastrophe, now had ancient superpower users emerging.
They even created a method for the spirit to remain eternal, capable of parasitizing descendants and living a second life through genetic inheritance of spiritual consciousness.
He couldn’t help but worry if all awakened superpower users now had traces of those ancient superpower users in their genes?
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but ask Jin Peng.
Hearing this, Jin Peng shook his head with a smile and sighed, "How is that possible? The first requirement of the path to immortality is an extremely high level of spiritual realm."
"Just this point alone stumps many chosen ones. Those who can cultivate their spirit to attain an undying level are very rare."
"Moreover, this method of immortality is a secret not widely passed on, not many people know of it."
"With the flood apocalypse and Spiritual Energy Revival, all life forms have the chance to awaken, to ascend and become the chosen of the heavens."
"Those who are selected and possessed by ancient chosen are, in the end, the minority."
Hearing this, Liang Yuan let out a sigh of relief.
This way, not everyone would necessarily face this situation.
He thought of himself as a superpower user, but indeed he had not felt any other spiritual consciousness presence within him from awakening to now.
Strictly speaking, when Liang Yuan awakened his [Evolution] superpower, he did sense some images.
But those images passed quickly without special significance.
Instead, it was during the formation of the Ice Attribute Genetic Species that he sensed many images, leaving a deep impression on him.
This is what he needs to be vigilant about.
Fortunately, the Ice Attribute Genetic Species was only simulated by the Hundred-Change Demon Ape Genetic Species and not a real Ice Attribute Genetic Species.
Therefore, he wouldn’t truly be affected by the gene information within the Ice Attribute Genetic Species.
"Moreover, my Hundred-Change Demon Ape Genetic Species was drawn from the system, not extracted from the blood of other organisms."
"Products from the system, there are absolutely no safety concerns."
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
His superpower should have no hidden dangers.
It seems that the one he should really worry about is Yang Mei.
Thinking of this, he looked toward the already hollowed-out chamber and immediately said, "Everyone, pack up, let’s enter the Sumeru Space right away, we’re heading back immediately!"
