Chapter 1274: Peel the Skin Off!
Peel the skin off! Xu Qing had experienced a lot of things in life, and had witnessed all sorts of freakish and gruish things. But the words he had just heard still struck him to the core with astonishment. His eyes shone. What style....
After all, this was the primeval motherworld of the Fourth Star Ring. To ‘peel the skin’ of an entire planet like that sounded like something absolutely incredible and extremely daring.
But then Xu Qing looked around and realized something seemed off. Over the past month, Xu Qing had been under the impression that all the resistance he had met was the will of the planet. But now he realized it seemed strange that there were no guardians here. The only thing here were the corpses and the sourcefiends.
“Based on my understanding,” Xu Qing said, “this place is extremely important to the Fourth Star Ring. So why...?”
Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix smiled. “First of all, it’s not possible to stay on this planet for long. It constantly absorbs ringsource. Also, it’s a very mysterious place that few people understand. Normally speaking, you can’t even get here. Though it exists, the reality is that it behaves more like a memory. In other words, it exists in the memories of the gods. Of course, that’s just how we describe it using the language of cultivators. The gods perceive things differently. Thēy emphasize what happens to the true name.
“Most importantly, you’re only seeing the present. According to the Immortal Paragon, the Fourth Star Ring’s primeval motherworld... has already died dozens of times. It’s happened for various reasons, both intentional and accidental.
“But no matter how it’s destroyed, the foundation of the gods isn’t affected. And that’s because... it always reappears, undamaged. And the resurrections it carries out will resume exactly in the manner they were going on before the destruction.
“To some extent, you can say... that as long as gods exist in the Fourth Star Ring, this planet will never disappear. And that’s why the place doesn’t have any sort of guardian. It doesn’t need one.”
Xu Qing looked again at Young Lord Aurora walking toward the canyon. “In that case... what’s the point of peeling the skin off?”
A complicated look appeared in the eyes of Spirit Phoenix. Looking at Young Lord Aurora, she sighed. “Your big brother wants to do something that his father was originally supposed to do. It’s something unprecedented that only the two of them can accomplish.”
As her words drifted out, Young Lord Aurora entered the valley. The moment he did, he performed a very strange and complicated hand sign that involved bending and twisting his fingers in a bizarre way. As he performed the hand sign, a very ancient will seemed to build up. Ripples flowed through the sky, and rumbling sounds filled the air.
Xu Qing’s immediate reaction was to try to memorize the hand sign.