Superhumans of the Dome City-Chapter 1404 - 15: Family Mission_3

The Qin Clan’s courtyard was spacious enough, and Yiji Hall was happy to provide the reinforcements with dedicated offices, but the picky Shiyu Ling politely declined the generosity of the bigwigs and rented the top floor suite of a luxurious hotel as a temporary base. The spacious room was now clearly divided into three areas: Qiluo filled the bedroom with a bunch of high-tech equipment, Alandia’s projection occupied the tea room with a heap of white tools, and Shiyu Ling domineeringly took over the entire living room, decorating it with a magic mirror, divination array, and haunted paintings like a witch’s residence straight out of a fairy tale.

Qin Qianbai slipped in from the window and replied, "I have no objections. Everyone says the Qin Clan is like a giant dragon."

"Right? But the Qin Clan, no matter how powerful now, was just mortal back then. I heard from Mr. Qin that your family’s uniqueness traces back to receiving blood from the Emperor Central Spirit." Shiyu Ling sat cross-legged, "But I’ve never heard of the Red Emperor’s family possessing longevity. In my memory, the fate of successive emperors was almost the same, stepping down when they should, dying when it was time."

Qiluo, sitting on the sofa, took a breath: "You’re from Zero Island, but Qin Qianbai and I are from the Empire. Could you please refrain from making such alarmingly subtle metaphors in the Imperial Capital—"

"With someone at the ultimate state and another at the peak of the Creation Realm here, what are you afraid of?" Shiyu Ling waved nonchalantly, "Let’s get to the conclusion, I suspect the blood transmission is a massive symbolic skill, and the Emperor Central Spirit willingly abandoned immortality two thousand years ago to gift it to the Qin Clan."

"Why would the emperor do that?" Qin Qianbai asked, "The Empire isn’t a country; the Emperor Central Spirit wouldn’t need to sacrifice himself."

The former King Morton devoted himself to his country, giving his life because the small Albion Island sealed the power of three Eternal Kings, forcing him to exhaust all means to ensure national peace. But the Yong Guang Empire only sealed the Fan Ding Realm of the Order King; that shouldn’t be enough to make the founder of the Impermanence Skill, who could tear a giant dragon with his bare hands, sacrifice so much.

"When thinking reaches a dead end, it’s worthwhile to change the perspective, trying to reverse the means and the purpose."

Alandia walked into the living room with a hot coffee, sat beside Qiluo, and with permission, picked her up and placed her on her lap.

Qiluo’s head fell into Gongsun Ce’s favorite spot, and she meekly raised her hand: "Um... before deep reasoning, could you explain why you picked me up..."

"To relieve stress, you’re very comfortable to hold." Alandia pinched her belly.

"I’ve been demoted from a pet to a cushion!" Qiluo rubbed her head vigorously, and Qin Qianbai looked on with envy.

"No, you’ve been upgraded from a TV remote to a cushion." Shiyu Ling grinned mischievously, "Detective, do you have any thoughts?"

"The birth of the Qin Clan in the Imperial Capital is a means; losing immortality was the Emperor Central Spirit’s goal." Alandia said.

"You think he didn’t want to live anymore?" Shiyu Ling frowned, "Why? Immortality! The eternal dream countless people have pursued for two thousand years, and he just gave it up so casually?"

"This wasn’t the Emperor Central Spirit’s first attempt; think of the Constant Law of the King Infinite and the Impermanence Skill we practice. If the Emperor Central Spirit really was the creator of the Impermanence Skill, then he dismantled a technique inherently achieving eternity into an easier entry-level, but only retaining the aggressive aspect of dragon slaying." Alandia pointed out, "I have a third piece of evidence, do you remember the ’Mystery of Unification’ from the Imperial Academy Supervisor?"

"No one can read that piece of glass..." Qiluo said weakly.

After Gongsun Ce entered virtual history, those who stayed in the Divine Capital gathered intelligence to assist him, including the mysterious ’Mystery of Unification’. Qiluo thought it looked just like a scratched piece of glass. Indeed, the scratches contained an astonishing amount of information, but the person who recorded them used a "cipher" that only they knew. Without a corresponding reference text or decryption rules, even someone as clever as Gongsun Ce couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

"We have decrypting materials; the Empire’s greatest minds spent two thousand years on that piece of glass, providing 40% of the reference material for decoding the information." Alandia said, "The remaining 60% of the material includes 20% from Yan Qi, 20% from Qin Ming, 13% from Situ Yi, and 7% from Liu Zhongwu. I deduced with the True World using their notes and reached an intuitive conclusion..."

A bright light flashed in Alandia’s hand, forming a sphere composed of countless tiny runes.

Shiyu Ling stared wide-eyed, "Unification Skill?"

"You recognize it?" Qin Qianbai asked.

"Of course! I used it in February to possess the Colored Glaze Dragon, and when Shiyu Genmi went insane, this is what he used too..." Shiyu Ling drew a sharp breath, "I thought Shiyu Genmi constructed this from scratch... Is this his refinement? Did he get the prototype from Situ Yi?"

Alandia nodded, "The conclusion is correct; the Imperial Academy Supervisor’s legacy over two thousand years was finally completed in Shiyu Genmi’s hands. I believe the Unification Skill has two effects: the unification of body and mind, and the unification between differing mental forms. The former is reflected in you and Shiyu Genmi possessing the giant dragon; the latter is embodied in Yan Qi’s Free Immortal Mandala..."

Qin Qianbai suddenly looked up, "No, that’s not right."

Alandia cast a curious glance, and Qin Qianbai grasped her flash of insight, "It’s not just the giant dragon... The former manifestation should be something else... it’s Qin Ming! Qin Ming simultaneously reached the peak of the Creation Realm and the ultimate state; he completed the unification of body and mind!"

"Oh my god..." Shiyu Ling groaned, "Why are there so many monsters in your Qin Clan... Could you persuade your uncle not to cause trouble? If he really comes, I doubt you’d stand a chance against him!"

"More terrifying than the Qin Clan is the Emperor Central Spirit of back then." Alandia said, "If our speculation is true, then the Emperor Central Spirit grasped the complete Constant Law, the immortality of the giant dragon, and the original Unification Skill. His power might even surpass that of the Eternal Kings; he’s the strongest person in the world."