Fat Daoist cultivated the Heaven-Burning Art, while the master of this secret realm had become renowned across the world for cultivating the Burning Earth Chapter—yet he had unexpectedly turned out to be merely one of Fat Daoist's soul fragments!
If what he said was true, then Bald Bird's fate was also clear. Back then, he had obtained four of the chapters, only to be blasted to death while fighting over the Burning Water Chapter. Yet he had not truly died. Instead, only his soul had been shattered, leaving behind only his true body containing the Burning Fire Chapter. The other chapters had scattered across various lands along with his soul fragments. One of those fragments, which possessed the Burning Wood Chapter, had even been found by the master of the Immortal Palace and cast into the Heavenly Court.
Chen Fan's case could be explained as well. Back then, he had self-detonated his cultivation, yet his soul had not dispersed. Instead, it had crossed through time to several centuries later. Most likely, it was because he had cultivated only the Burning Qi Chapter.
"This is an eternal road to immortality..." Chen Fan murmured softly, savoring Fat Daoist's words as the shock in his heart deepened.
Perhaps very few people truly knew this secret. Even Bald Bird, who had cultivated four chapters, did not know of it. Or perhaps cultivators could not be completely reborn after all, and some had truly fallen in the end. Otherwise, it was impossible that so many years had passed without so many people ever hearing of this secret.
He recalled Fat Daoist's portrait. That painting was truly ancient, yet after countless years, he was still alive. Perhaps he had truly attained eternal immortality!
But why had Fat Daoist called this a road of no return? Chen