"Death Body?"
"Undying Body?"
Xu Xiaoshou was briefly stunned before quickly recalling what Five Declines of Heaven and Man had once told him about his understanding of Night Owl's constitution.
Someone possessing a Death Body must have undergone countless attempts to break through and become an Undying Body.
Even if those attempts required experiencing "death"! Yet, back then within the Space-Time Golden Talisman, Night Owl's constitution had lost to the Decaying Body, which meant her attempt had failed.
Five Declines of Heaven and Man had said...
Wait!
Xu Xiaoshou suddenly remembered something else.
At the time, Five Declines of Heaven and Man did not seem to have said that much.
He had merely casually raised a question. The subsequent thoughts regarding Night Owl's constitution had been deduced by Xu Xiaoshou himself, following along Five Declines of Heaven and Man's train of thought.
Five Declines of Heaven and Man had concealed something!
"He never explicitly said that Night Owl's 'Death Body' had failed to break through and was completely unqualified to advance into an 'Undying Body.'"
"He merely misled me, then hid his true objective."
"So what was he thinking when he asked Night Owl that question now?"
"He wanted to... abandon the 'Decaying Body' and possess a half-finished 'Undying Body'?"
Xu Xiaoshou quietly waited.
Night Owl, controlled by the Three Aversions Eye, answered Five Declines of Heaven and Man's question after only a brief pause.
"I have... died... eight times. I still lack... one... opportunity..."
Xu Xiaoshou shuddered.
So an Undying Body required dying nine times?
Night Owl was only one final step away?
Five Declines of Heaven and Man spoke swiftly, continuing his questions. "Do you think this is your opportunity now?"
"No..."
"Then when will it be?"
"When I reach... Netherworld Ghost City... when my soul dissolves..."
Netherworld