For example, Alvitr's "Capricorn Palace: Golden Holy Armor" had been transformed into a divine artifact only after being infused with the divine blood from one of those "divine bodies."
She called the process of turning divine blood from solid into liquid "activation."
But being able to "activate" it meant that the "divine blood" had not died. Its blood cells had merely been "frozen"; its life energy had not truly dissipated. Even after all these thousands upon thousands of years, it was still "alive."
By that same logic, that "divine body" was likely like its blood—merely "frozen," rather than completely "dead."
When Dark poured Aura onto the ice sculpture of that "Valkyrie" and sensed that faint pulse of life, it further confirmed that deduction.
—Those "divine bodies" really had not died!
However, a complete life consisted of three parts: soul, flesh, and consciousness.
Without a soul and consciousness, it was merely an "alive" shell.
And since it was only a shell, it could naturally be easily Parasitized and controlled by the consciousness fragment of that temple.
—Everything now made sense. But new questions had arisen as well.
First, had all the "divine bodies" been reduced to only the physical component of life, or were only a few of them like that?
Second, what exactly was the connection between the ice statues and the "divine bodies"?
If "divine bodies" were shells for the souls and consciousness of gods, then could those ice statues be shells for the "divine bodies"?
On the surface, this seemed somewhat close to the truth. But upon closer scrutiny, the reasoning did not actually hold up.
So what exactly was the truth?
What secret events had once occurred within the Snow Mountain Goddess Temple, ultimately causing so many "divine bodies" to be frozen here?
Dark could not help