"A shed shell?"
Ye Kong looked at the Xuanhuang Great Emperor, confusion written across his face.
The Xuanhuang Great Emperor smiled. "After I became a Great Emperor, I obtained a special Cultivation Technique. As I practiced it, I could undergo Metamorphosis again and again. Each time I shed my old form, I gained another ten thousand years of life!"
"Each time you shed your old form, you gained ten thousand years?"
Ye Kong was utterly stunned. Even an Elixir of Immortality could extend a Great Emperor powerhouse's life by only around twenty thousand years at most. Yet with this special Cultivation Technique, the Xuanhuang Great Emperor could gain ten thousand years from a single Metamorphosis.
The Xuanhuang Great Emperor nodded. "This shell was left behind after my first Metamorphosis. A trace of my consciousness remained in it and lay dormant until several hundred years ago. Not long after this shell awakened, I noticed a Manifestation in the heavens and earth. Later, I discovered that your younger sister had caused it."
"My sister?"
Ye Kong was stunned again. He had never imagined that Ye Qingci's birth had caused a Manifestation in the heavens and earth.
"Yes. When your sister was born, she caused a Manifestation in the heavens and earth. A mysterious power descended to erase her. I fought it with everything I had, but even after exhausting my strength, I couldn't completely stop it. That power injured your sister."
Regret crossed the Xuanhuang Great Emperor's face as he spoke of the past. At last, he looked at Ye Kong and said, "Fortunately, you never gave up on your sister. You found the Nether Flower at the Glazed Sword Sect and healed her completely."
"Ancestor, you knew about that?"
Ye Kong stared at the Xuanhuang Great Emperor in shock.
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