In this world ravaged by the Mana ecology, once a Devourer Beast absorbed someone's life essence, it became nourishment for the Mana Flower and was gradually broken down. No one knew what the Mana Flower did with the life essence after taking it.
Even if the life essence was recovered after being absorbed by a Mana Flower, a great deal of it would be lost. And once it was lost, the essence would be incomplete. At that point, even if they used the old world's 3D-printing technology to create a new body, all they would get in the end was a living corpse. There was a real-life example of this in Dragonbone Village.
That was why the integrity of one's life essence—in other words, one's "soul"—was so important!
And that was exactly why Dragonbone Village had the Blessing Pool!
Because it could preserve life essence, it meant that death was no longer the end. It could protect the souls of fallen warriors from being taken by the Mana Flower, turning them instead into golden motes of light within the Blessing Pool, where they could wait for technology to reunite them with their loved ones.
Today, the Blessing Pool would host an entirely new kind of birth ceremony. For the first time, the "reunion" that had existed only in the beautiful dreams of Dragonbone Village's residents—in other words, "resurrection"—would become possible!
Yes, possible. Whether it would actually work remained to be seen.
After all, there had been a major mishap during the resurrection ritual for Elder Xia and Bai Yuekui. Elder Xia's wife—the mother of the sisters Xia Dou and Xia Hua—had ended up a living corpse!
So, for this second "birth" ceremony, every Dragonbone Village resident who had come to take part or watch, including Bai Yuekui and Elder Xia,