This was an ancient war.
This war had begun at the dawn of heaven and earth, in an age unrecorded by time.
And even today, it still had not ended.
The Giant God Race was still hunting the Heaven Swallowing Race.
Time did not stop, and neither did the pursuit!
This was the fate of the entire Heaven Swallowing Race, and the fate of all martial artists with devouring-type souls.
At this moment, Lin Bai completely understood what the remnant soul of Famous Sword Manor had meant when it told him to go back and carefully look through the genealogy of the Devouring Sword Soul. Then he would understand what kind of fate it truly was.
But at this moment, Lin Bai recalled what the remnant soul of the wooden sword had said—that killing a martial artist with a Devouring Sword Soul could transcend the Mandate of Heaven!
Lin Bai asked curiously, "Master, what does it mean to transcend the Mandate of Heaven?"
Ling Tianzi explained, "A soul represents a martial artist's potential, and souls are divided into grades. Every soul with a grade has a ceiling to its potential!"
"For example, a Yellow Grade Martial Soul finds it difficult to break through the Sky Realm. That is its ceiling!"
"A Profound Grade Martial Soul finds it difficult to break through the Apex Realm. That is its ceiling!"
"As long as graded souls exist, there will be a ceiling!"
"This kind of ceiling is called the Mandate of Heaven's ceiling!"
"But within the Giant God Race, there was once a flower called the 'Other Shore Flower.' After blooming inside a martial artist's body, the Other Shore Flower would merge with the martial soul, causing it to mutate and break through to become a new soul!"
"This was what it meant