Jin Ruoli then explained, "Ancestor, there's something you don't know."
"The ancestor of the Ice God Clan, the ancestor of the Soul Devouring Race, and the ancestor of the Black Tortoise Clan were exceptionally close brothers in their youth."
"Though they came from different races, they traveled and grew together, forging deep bonds of friendship."
"Even after becoming the leading figures of their respective races, they still remained true to their original hearts toward one another."
"But in the end, because of an immensely significant divine artifact, their bond shattered and they turned against each other. The three brothers became three enemies who each wished to kill the others!"
Chu Yun and Pan Fan both revealed curious expressions upon hearing this. The former asked, "What divine artifact could make the three of them turn against each other?"
"A Heaven Ascender!" Jin Ruoli solemnly uttered those three words.
"What?!"
"A Heaven Ascender?!"
Chu Yun and the others were all shocked.
"To be precise, it was part of a Heaven Ascender's corpse."
"Back then, when the three of them had already reached the God Tribulation Realm Peak, they discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization. They entered them and found part of a Heaven Ascender's corpse in the deepest part of the ruins."
"The three then divided the Heaven Ascender's corpse into three portions. The one from the Soul Devouring Race took a palm!"
"The one from the Black Tortoise Clan took an eye."
"As for the ancestor of the Ice God Clan, he took the most crucial item—the Heaven Ascender's heart!"
"That was the Heaven Ascender's Divine Source!"
"After the three each took a portion, the matter had originally remained tightly sealed because they kept their mouths shut."
"But only a hundred years later, the one from the Black Tortoise Clan