Destiny Female Corpse, Dao Body Forgery

"You damned little girl, how did I tell you just now? Why didn't you stop Little Tian?" Luo Yushan screamed in panic, like someone about to drown.

"What sin did I commit, marrying into your Liu Family and living in fear every day..."

Inside the hall.

"Among the Myriad Worlds, there are countless wondrous Dao Bodies. Dao Bodies are also divided into innate and acquired types. The innate kind condenses a Dao Fetus within the womb. The acquired kind can also be forged through powerful scriptures, secret arts, or peerless Great Dao Divine Medicine." Chu Tianyun explained to Chu Tian.

"So you're saying that after Liu Yun was born, the Liu Family used certain methods to forge her Dao Body?"

Chu Tian frowned even more deeply. "But I heard that when Liu Yun was born, the Great Dao thundered and heaven-shaking phenomena appeared, felt across a million li. Could even such celestial phenomena be forged?

"Even if the phenomena were artificially fabricated, they couldn't possibly fool so many experts throughout the sect, could they?"

There were countless experts within the Sacred Heaven Sect. Among the Emperor Venerables openly known alone were Chu Tianwang and Ye Tianxiong, two supreme powerhouses ranked on the Hengtian Ranking. Not to mention that Jian Kongzhu had also been in the sect at the time.

The Liu Family was merely a second-rate family within the sect. That they could fabricate Great Dao phenomena and deceive the entire sect was truly difficult to believe.

"It was precisely because the Liu Family made this deception so real that our family failed to notice it all these years. Little Tian, see it with your own eyes, and you'll understand everything." Chu Tianyun's expression was grim as he led Chu Tian deeper into the palace.

The palace was enormous. Beneath it, the Liu Family seemed to have excavated a passage leading into an exceedingly long and profound underground tunnel.

"This is..."

Chu Tian suddenly sensed a dense Dao aura spreading toward him. He had felt this very sensation from Chu Tianwang and Ye Tianxiong.

It was this Dao aura that allowed wind and clouds to shift with their moods, even causing celestial phenomena to be affected by their emotions.

Soon, Chu Tian entered an underground cavern and immediately saw the source of that dense Dao aura.

It was a female corpse clad in a white gauze dress, floating silently in midair within the cavern.

Though all life had long left her and her eyes were shut, the heaven-shaking Dao aura she exuded was still enough to horrify anyone.

"An Emperor Corpse." Chu Tian's expression changed, and the words slipped out.

Emperor Venerables were the most exalted beings in the Myriad Worlds, invincible as they roamed the world. Even among some Top Sects of the present Hengtian Continent, there might not be a single Emperor Venerable.

The Sacred Heaven Sect had two Emperor Venerables in the current generation, even directly suppressing the most ancient sacred land, the Cihang Sacred Sect. It was praised by outsiders as the number one sect of Hengtian Continent.

The corpses of such experts contained Dao Principles, remaining imperishable through the ages and holding immense power.

Beneath the Liu Family, there was actually the corpse of a female Emperor Venerable hidden away, and no one had discovered it. It was utterly shocking.

"She was far more than an ordinary Emperor Venerable. She was an Emperor Venerable whose Innate Dao Body had reached Great Accomplishment. She was a sect master of the Cihang Sacred Sect who vanished a hundred thousand years ago, known as the Destiny Dao Venerable."

With a solemn expression, Chu Tianyun told Chu Tian in detail everything he had learned about the matter.

After learning the truth behind it all, Chu Tian was immensely astonished. There were actually things hidden within this that had not been described in the original plot at all.

It turned out that the root of everything was Chu Tianwang marrying Jian Kongzhu, a divine maiden of the Outer Realm Divine Clan.

The two Founding Families of the Sacred Heaven Sect had a longstanding custom: the Family Head—namely, the principal wives of the current sect master and vice sect master—could only be chosen from within the sect, in order to unite the many families within it, share benefits, and stabilize the situation.

The Family Heads of the Chu Family and Ye Family throughout the generations had not never sought women from other factions, but those women could only become concubines.

Yet Chu Tianwang broke this custom. Not only did he marry Jian Kongzhu as his principal wife, he did not even take a concubine from within the sect.

This breach of tradition provoked widespread dissatisfaction among the major families within the sect.

After Chu Tian was born, he possessed the Chaos Demon God Body, and his talent shook the world. This further aroused the Ye Family's intense wariness and caused a stir among the sect's many top families.

After all, Chu Tian's bloodline had no connection whatsoever to the families within the sect. If he became sect master in the future, he would very likely harm their interests.

That was also why Chu Tianwang had been so eager to find a little girl worthy of his newborn son and arrange a childhood betrothal, thereby calming the many doubts and resentments within the sect.

The Liu Family, a rapidly rising second-rate family within the sect, saw this opportunity. Its current Family Head, Liu Zheng, happened to have a wife about to give birth.

And so Liu Yun appeared out of nowhere.

"Liu Yun also possesses an Innate Physique. At birth, she held a breath of innate qi in her mouth, resembling an Innate Dao Body, but the gap between them was as vast as heaven and earth."

Chu Tianyun's face darkened. "That bastard Liu Zheng released the aura of the Destiny Dao Venerable's corpse. The birth of an Innate Dao Body at Great Accomplishment naturally triggered vast phenomena between heaven and earth. Then, using a secret art, he extracted the Dao Principles from within the Destiny Dao Venerable and refined them into the newly born Liu Yun.

"The dense Dao Principles actually deceived everyone in our Chu Family at the time, including your mother.

"All these years, Liu Zheng has continued secretly infusing innate Dao Principles into Liu Yun's body, deceiving our entire clan.

"At the same time, the Liu Family used our Chu Family's power and influence to make a fortune, reaping countless sect resources.

"Your father wasn't unaware of it, but because of Liu Yun, he had always turned a blind eye. We couldn't make a move either.

"But the Liu Family also knew in secret that they were courting death, that the truth would be exposed sooner or later. So they actually extended an olive branch to the Ye Family in secret, drawing closer to them in hopes that the Ye Family could protect them after they were exposed.

"The Liu Family's higher-ups were not unaware of Ju'er's background, but they tacitly allowed it for this very reason.

"Liu Zheng even secretly ordered his people to gather evidence of our family's crimes, intending to turn the tables against our Chu Family at a critical moment.

"If this matter got out, our family would likely become one of Hengtian Continent's greatest laughingstocks. Our standing within the sect would also be affected and severely shaken."

Chu Tianyun's expression was incomparably grim, his killing intent surging. "Originally, your Third Uncle only intended to use this matter to warn the Liu Family and make them restrain themselves. After all, the things they did were tacitly regarded within the sect as having been instructed by our family behind the scenes. They were smearing our family's name.

"But who would have thought that the Liu Family would resist so fiercely? They refused to let the Law Enforcement Hall search the place and even killed several Law Enforcement Hall disciples. In a fit of rage, your Third Uncle led people in and forced his way all the way here, where we discovered this cavern. Afterward, the Liu Family Ancestor personally made a move, trying to kill your Third Uncle to silence me.

"But that old thing has already been killed by your Third Uncle. This matter has now blown up completely."

With that, Chu Tianyun smiled helplessly. "Your juniors' duty should have been to focus on cultivation, but this matter involves Little Tian's childhood betrothal and carries great implications. Your Third Uncle had no choice but to call you here to discuss it."