Chapter 1275: Mi Ming, Xu Qing
Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix’s words were like a sharp blade that sliced through all of the fog and confirmed that Xu Qing’s preposterous speculation was actually correct! In this very spot where the first god had been born in the Fourth Star Ring, Young Lord Aurora would attempt godly ascension! It was a level of daring unheard of in either modern times or ancient!
Yet even as the fog dispelled, uncertainties occurred to Xu Qing. He had witnessed cultivators changing their dao to that of the gods, and it was not an easy task.
As his thoughts went wild, Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix could see what was going on.
“There are some things you don’t fully understand,” she said. “Years ago, when my husband first completed his ancient mirror canon, the godbane quietly entered and contaminated it.... It was only a slight contamination that my father was able to contain with his canon of secrets. However, he couldn’t completely eradicate it. That was why the Immortal Paragon ultimately chose to seal my husband in the Aurora Immortal Palace!
“The Immortal Paragon lost his son, so when it came to dealing with his grandson, he acted selfishly for the first time ever. He didn’t want to go through another loss. Therefore, he left inside my husband this trace of... a godspark.”
When Xu Qing heard that, he immediately understood why Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix had said that only Immortal Lord Aurora or his son could accomplish this task! It was because... the higher the cultivation base of a cultivator, the more difficult it would become to change the course of one’s life. For example, Empress Summer Departure had only been an Imperial Sovereign, yet even still, had required multiple ceremonies.
Young Lord Aurora had a peak Summer Immortal cultivation base. For him to change his dao would require an almost infinitely difficult ceremony. And yet, the infinite... now had a solid foundation. And that foundation was this location. The primeval motherworld!
This was where the Fourth Star Ring’s first god had been born, and it met all the requirements. The personhood available... was sufficient!
However... though the requirements were met and the personhood was sufficient, there was still one more thing that would be required for a peak Summer Immortal to change daos. And that was a godspark! It was said that a single spark could set a prairie on fire, and the godspark... was exactly like that!
Of course, an ordinary spark wouldn’t be enough. That was why no other cultivator could do such a thing. But Immortal Lord Aurora and his son were different!
The Immortal Paragon of the Fifth Star Ring had been infected by the godbane thanks to the God Paragon. After that, he was contaminated. That was the power that was unleashed when the God Paragon’s godhood was shattered. It became a boundless godly might that formed a curse. Not even someone on the level of the Immortal Paragon was strong enough to get rid of it. It stayed behind as a sealing mark. The Immortal Paragon eventually figured out a way to get rid of the mark by passing it down through his descendants until it was eventually gone.
Immortal Lord Aurora lived a life of grief and pain. And he... didn’t want his son to experience the same thing, so he ended his own life. He succeeded by raising Young Lord Aurora in a sealed environment. However, though it was technically a success, it wasn’t a complete success, considering what happened afterward.