The Poison Venerable Bing He spoke of was the Calamity Poison Body cultivator Yao Tianhuo had known.
Nothing could appear out of thin air. It was like the many bizarre laws out there—such as laws forbidding people from violating lizards or having relations with their own dogs. Countless cases had occurred before such laws had to be enacted.
The sealing secret art Yao Tianhuo had created specifically for the Calamity Poison Body naturally came from relevant experience. Otherwise, he would never have studied the exceedingly rare Calamity Poison Body for no reason.
"I actually have some impression of that Poison Venerable. I encountered her while traveling the continent back then. As far as I know, she was the only person in nearly ten thousand years to cultivate the Calamity Poison Body to the Dou Zun Peak, just one step away from Dou Saint." Pei Xuan spoke from within Jiang Lin.
At the same time, Lan Hong outside said, "Reaching the Dou Zun Peak already counts as being exceptionally blessed by heaven. The Dou Qi Continent's only legend regarding the Calamity Poison Body dates back ten thousand years, since modern understanding of the Calamity Poison Body mostly originated from that Calamity Saint, who cultivated it to the Dou Saint realm and achieved a fully matured poison body."
Jiang Lin pieced together their information before saying, "So all the legends of a Calamity Poison Body reaching the Dou Saint realm refer to that Calamity Saint? And after the Calamity Saint, no later bearer of the Calamity Poison Body ever managed to break through to Dou Saint, correct?"
"Mm, that's more or less it." Lan Hong nodded.
"Is it that difficult for the Calamity Poison Body to break through to Dou Saint?" Xiao Yi Xian, dressed in white and purple gauze, suddenly asked