Chapter 71: Supreme System
A hush lingered in the shattered silence of the Seven-Statue Temple.
Kaal stood motionless, his breath shallow, as the echoes of Kilvish Arthur’s final words thundered across his mind like storms crashing against cliffs. Revelation after revelation had unspooled like a divine tapestry unraveling at the edges. The Elysian Planet was no mere world. It was a grave. A rotting celestial corpse of a long-dead True Immortal, whose fading Qi had birthed cultivation itself.
And at the heart of this cosmic tomb was the Origin Core, a treasure the entire Upper Realm sought.
A treasure that now lived inside him.
Kaal’s fists clenched at his sides. He shut his eyes, diving deep into himself, sinking into the vast sea of his own consciousness.
Within the ocean of thought stirred. His Sea of Consciousness glowed softly as a serene but vast space, laced with flickering lights and the current of Qi. At its core floated a crystalline orb, pulsing gently with a steady rhythm, its energy deep and ancient. It radiated an overwhelming aura, one that whispered of eternity and death.
And in its center, a single drop of blood.
Alive. Vibrant. Beating with his heart.
The Origin Core.
"So it means that..." Kaal whispered, awe thick in his throat. "The Origin Core that the Upper Realm is desperately hunting... It’s fused with me."
He felt the weight of the truth press down on him like a mountain. The puzzle pieces fit now. Raven’s mysterious edge. His uncanny survival. Had Raven once held it? Or was he merely a vessel to pass it on?