"No, he's merely a member of the Chi You Clan, with the Chi You Clan's bloodline. How could he withstand the power within our bloodline?"
"Fool! Would someone who passed the test be ordinary?"
"If he really can reach the Other Shore with his physical body and retrieve what the Main Lord needs, we'll have rendered a great service. What's wrong with taking a risk?"
The brain lords began arguing over this point.
In truth, whether they were these enormous brain lords or small mental bodies like Nine Five Two Seven, they all represented the Chaos Ancient God itself. The Chaos Ancient God's main consciousness had long since fallen into slumber, and these splintered mental bodies were what kept this mindscape functioning.
The brain lords communicated through consciousness at tremendous speed. Their argument ended in just one hundredth of a breath.
Through a vote, they quickly reached a consensus. Most of the brain lords decided to take the risk!
Their orders then passed outward through that halo...
The flesh, skin, tendons, and meridians within this immense Chaos Ancient God's corpse had long since rotted away, but most of its blood marrow remained hidden inside its sturdy bones.
Even the most powerful exiles could not break through those bones, so naturally, no one could extract the Chaos Ancient God's blood marrow.
Once the brain lords issued their orders, the blood marrow in the Sixth Rib—the Chi You Clan's Chi Spirit Bone Tower—began to circulate slowly...
Every bone tower was a sanctuary for the exiles.
The cracks within the bone towers had been left there long ago, not carved out by the exiles. The exiles lacked that ability.
For instance, the cracks in the Chi Spirit Bone Tower were concentrated near its base, so the Chi You Clan lived at the bottom