The Ancient Gods' Whisper-Chapter 1073 - 501: Act as Soon as You Think of It (Part 2)
Yet the Candle Light Law exercised by the Saints carried a strange implication, as if it were not one single entity.
The Saints led them through the Divine Path, and the massive gates of the ancient castle swung open with a thunderous roar.
The castle resembled a mother nest harboring a malignant offspring, its interior space complex and intricate, with walls seemingly built from obsidian that exuded strange and eerie patterns, pulsating like blood vessels.
A pitch-black statue stood in the darkness, bowing its head to survey the multitude below.
"You’ve arrived."
The Ye Dao Saint knelt beneath the statue, an ancient Tang Blade placed before him.
The Saint Tian Shu was also kneeling there, quietly wiping a weapon case holding a sniper rifle, and calmly said, "In a sense, you could say you are lucky. After the Bai Ze Clan’s clone escaped, we lost the ability to create Pseudo Ancestors. However, evolution will not cease, and we are fortunate to be able to merge with the Third Law."
The Saints looked up at the towering statue, showing expressions of devotion.
Gu Jianlin discreetly lifted his eyes for a glance, squinting a bit.
This was the statue of Taiqing.
The Second and Third Saints were stationed here, so the strongest First Saint should be the Protector.
Ah, the Protector of Lord Rhein.
"Lord Rhein is ready."
The Ye Dao and Tian Shu indifferently said, "Go ahead."
The three Saints bowed, leading their teams into the narrow and oppressive corridor.
Gu Jianlin vaguely heard the roaring tide, an unlikely occurrence, as the castle-like tomb should not have an ocean, yet when he passed through the corridor, he witnessed a companion’s nose bleeding.
It dawned upon him, it was mercury poisoning.
Mercury!
It was said that after the Emperor’s death, a vast amount of mercury was poured into his tomb to simulate the flow of rivers and oceans, his coffin floating atop, patrolling his vast conquered lands day and night.
This grand emperor undertook such elaborate measures not for vanity or superstition but to construct a massive Alchemy Matrix to seal the tomb, perhaps not solely to prevent tomb robbers from disturbing his peace, but to protect his body, as he was the Supreme Heavenly Person.
The guardian of the body was precisely the Bai Ze Clan.
Over generations, the bodies of Heavenly Persons might have required special handling, as the Heavenly Destiny Pavilion indeed corroborated.
If all went as usual, the bodies of generations of Heavenly Persons might have been sent to Lishan.
There were two exceptions here.
After the death of Taihua, no body was left behind, dispersing like morning light in the wind.
As a Heavenly Person of the previous generation, Taiqing’s body shouldn’t be housed in the Central Spirit Core Institute.
Truly odd.
Through the pitch-black corridor, a dense fog loomed ahead, with volumes of mercury bubbling like molten lava, and the massive pool crisscrossed with black chains intertwined like a double helix.
In the Mercury Pool, giant culture vessels floated as if antigravity kept them in mid-air.
Rhein sat inside a culture vessel, his body riddled with cables, skin deathly pale.
This scene eerily resembled the original test subject.
He lifted his eyes, pupils igniting a fierce golden blaze, and his cold visage transformed into a monstrous, terrifying mask as Candle Light and You Ying, two Supreme Laws, collided violently, faint roars of terror could be heard.
The Mercury Sea churned fiercely, crimson blood spread in the seawater in a structured manner, evidently forming the Alchemy Matrix.
Gu Jianlin’s pupils contracted intensely.
The embryonic form of this Alchemy Matrix was evidently structured like the Spiritual Gene Map!
Moreover, it belonged to the human Spiritual Gene Spiral!
With a twisting double helix structure that has both a beginning and an end.
Gu Jianlin’s speculations were finally confirmed; the structure of the Spiritual Gene Map was of paramount importance.
"Lord Rhein’s Spiritual Gene Structure is undergoing changes, and currently, he’s at his most vulnerable state. Once he surpasses the seven-day integration period, he can completely merge with the power of the Third Law. Of course, Rhein might also rampage at that moment, in which case Lord Bai Jin would have to intervene personally." A man clad in protective gear, clutching a research journal, observed the man’s condition in the vessel, while researchers behind him analyzed data on tablets.
"Let’s hope, as Dr. Zhou said."
Lord Bai Jin, hands clasped behind his back, gazed at the eldest son within the vessel, nodded slightly, and said, "I do hope Rhein can simultaneously master the Heavenly Personification and Primordial Return, so he won’t fear Qing and Chi."
He turned and said, "Tianji, guard him well." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
A hoarse voice echoed in the darkness, "Understood."
In a shadowy corner, a man donning an eerie black hood, concealed within a black cowl, the robe swaying like a demon’s tendrils, cradling a dangerous cold weapon within, be it a knife or sword was uncertain.
This was First Saint Tianji, one of the most peculiar and mysterious figures.
"Lord Bai Jin need not worry."
Dr. Zhou smiled faintly, "The Spiritual Gene Map used by Qing and Chi represents the Ancient Supreme, essentially a Mobius Ring in popular understanding. The mere human body cannot support the structure symbolizing infinity. Didn’t Gu Ci’an face issues during his final days back then? This path is impractical."
Lord Bai Jin lifted his eyes, inquiring, "Are you a hundred percent certain that Gu Ci’an’s anomalies before his death, truly stemmed from the collapse of the Spiritual Gene Structure and not some other reason?"
Dr. Zhou laughed, "Of course, I am an expert in this field, Professor Cheng is far inferior to me, as he was just a pawn in my plan. Had it not been for your approval back then, he might not have participated in this project."
Bai Jin paused for a moment, murmuring, "If Gu Ci’an truly survives, it proves our research is inferior, mere crude imitation. Fortunately, that man truly died, hence affirming what we possess is absolute truth. What unsettles me is the Qilin and Skylark."
"If I err, Skylark is Supreme Level."
He paused, "Neither is Qilin a Primordial; he’s also a Supreme Level vessel."
Dr. Zhou chuckled, "You need not worry, as long as we unlock that ultimate secret, beings like Skylark and Qilin cannot rise, not even awaiting the day they encounter issues."
Bai Jin envisioned lengthy aspirations, sighing profoundly, "May it be so."
The Saints bowed to him and slightly lifted their hands to signal their subordinates to prepare for action.
The Alchemy Matrix had reached a crucial juncture, requiring more materials to stabilize this grand rite.
Beyond the Mercury Pool, three enormous altars were set up, where Demon Hunters operated the Alchemy Matrix using the most ancient ritual sacrifices, using their own lively blood as offerings. They extracted bone daggers from their attache cases to inscribe spells onto their bodies or ingested ashes from burning ancient tree roots, chanting ancient ballads.
Naturally, Gu Jianlin wouldn’t follow suit, having already employed Virtualization to detach from the team, wandering ghostlike within the colossal castle, with the Lock of Nonexistence coiled around his right wrist, masking his aura.
It must be said, the Joker’s Mythical Weapon was indeed handy.
Using it since his debut, he could write a novel of two million words.
Lord Bai Jin and the others’ conversation roused him.
The Spiritual Gene Map of the Mobius Ring symbolizes infinity, its origin was the Ancient Supreme!
It’s entirely reasonable that the Ancient Supreme symbolizes infinity.
Rhein’s experiment very likely used Old Gu’s genetic samples, but altered them.
Both silver and gold as well.
Therefore, they didn’t encounter issues.
However, Rhein might not be so fortunate.
For Rhein encountered someone.
Gu Jianlin.
Gu Jianlin certainly wouldn’t watch him successfully integrate the Third Law.
Since he was already here, he had to cause some disruption.
"Back in the Peak City battle, after Lu Shu’s Ancestor plundered my spirituality, the structure of the Third Law collapsed on the spot. If I were to blend my genes into this experiment, what would happen?"
Gu Jianlin’s eyes lit up at the thought of this possibility.
Thus said, so done!
