"Life planet?"
Zuoshanke, still wearing Blood Cloud Palace Master's appearance, leaned forward slightly. His gaze passed through the Blood Cloud Palace and fell upon the planet. His consciousness swept over the entire world in an instant, discovering Qi Tian's Stone Statue Body, which was radiating the Universal Sanskrit Sound.
"The power of faith? This is a secret technique at the level of will. Has a new Will Secret Technique appeared in the Primal Universe?"
Zuoshanke sensed the Sanskrit sounds radiating from Qi Tian's Stone Statue Body with surprise. The faint sensation that came from his soul was the power of a Will Secret Technique.
Such techniques were nothing unusual on the Origin Continent, but they were extremely rare in the Primal Universe. It was as if the Origin Will of the Original Universe deliberately avoided their creation.
"The last time a Will Secret Technique appeared in the Primal Universe was when that kid Yuan Zu of the Human Race created one."
"He was only at True God Level, yet possessed the will of an Eternal True God. In the Primal Universe, relying on scraps of information about Will Secret Techniques from the Universe Ocean, he created a True God Level Will Secret Technique and enslaved soulless Machine Race Universe Masters on the level of will."
"He really was a genius. What a pity the Primal Universe's restrictions held him back. Otherwise, that kid might have created a Void True God or even an Eternal True God Level Will Secret Technique."
"But this Special Lifeform currently being nurtured should only have an Innate Secret Technique related to will. It's unique and impossible to pass on."
Zuoshanke watched Qi Tian breaking through the Stone Statue Body with a new flesh-and-blood form. He sensed the aura of a newly born Special Lifeform coming from Qi Tian's new body.
"Since the Primal Universe wants to avoid the emergence of Will Secret Techniques, why is it nurturing a Special Lifeform like this?"
Curious, Zuoshanke carefully sensed the other lifeforms on the planet. He discovered that there were more than ten thousand humans there who shared the same ancestry as the Special Lifeform being nurtured, and he was even more puzzled.
"How can there be so many low-level lifeforms with the same ancestry? No, that's not right. These are clearly all humans."
Curious, Zuoshanke performed a space-time rewind. Time began rapidly flowing backward throughout the surrounding area.
It was like watching a movie in reverse, only at an incredible speed. Everything seemed illusory.
Within the illusory flow of time, he saw a hidden space-time fluctuation on the planet from several decades earlier. The initial, indistinct stone statue in human form had passed through space and appeared on this life planet.
Next, he saw Qi Tian rescue Jin Shi, then grant Golden Liquid to transform Jin Shi and the other two. He saw the Gold Soul Clan gradually transformed as a whole, and the name "Buddha Lord" spread among the other humans on the planet.
As Zuoshanke watched Qi Tian's transformed statue spread its faith, he also saw Qi Tian's will and consciousness grow stronger throughout that time, while the statue's blurred features gradually became clear.
Now, Qi Tian's Stone Statue had fully taken on a human appearance and was about to give birth to a flesh-and-blood body.
"Interesting..." Zuoshanke studied Qi Tian, who had yet to finish being born. "His original soul is human. No wonder the Origin Will of the Original Universe descended with a warning just now."
"Since the Origin Will of the Original Universe took such an attitude, there must be some secret behind this."
"My current identity is 'Blood Cloud Palace Master,' and my secret realm lair already has many Special Lifeforms. I might as well take in another one and observe him."
"Besides, the Origin Will of the Original Universe has always targeted me. Now there's another being it'll have to worry about. Having it split its attention is a good thing for me."
A smile appeared beneath Zuoshanke's mask, but he didn't interfere any further. Though he was somewhat interested in Qi Tian's birth, his ultimate goal was more important than studying him.
He flipped a hand and took out a small Supreme Treasure tower, but after a moment's thought, put it away again.
"Blood Cloud Palace Master will be the identity of my third disciple in the future, and one day he'll wield the Star Tower. Since this one will serve under my third disciple, I'll give him some Sealing Stars that came with the Star Tower."
At a thought from Zuoshanke, nine black spheres appeared outside the main hall of the Blood Cloud Palace. They were Sealing Stars.
The nine Sealing Stars rolled slowly. Each was the size of an ordinary planet, and they gave off a faintly unsettling aura as they revolved steadily outside the main hall.
Zuoshanke raised a hand and arranged the nine Sealing Stars in a circle. A golden line, dozens of kilometers wide, appeared and threaded through them.
The golden line was covered in secret runes as well, radiating pressure from the soul and possessing the ability to protect it.
When the line connected the first and last stars, secret runes appeared across the massive golden thread, truly forging the nine Sealing Stars into one and greatly increasing their power.
In just a few minutes, a mighty treasure—a beaded chain forged from nine Sealing Stars—was complete.
An immense, heavy pressure was suppressed within the Blood Cloud Palace and concealed inside it, its power held in check.
To keep outsiders from recognizing the Sealing Stars as part of the Star Tower, he plated them with gold and carved secret runes that hid their aura.
After completing the chain, Zuoshanke imprinted a trace of consciousness inside it. Once Qi Tian claimed it, he would see the image of "Blood Cloud Palace Master" within.
That consciousness also carried the coordinates of Gu Ke Secret Realm, the lair where Blood Cloud Palace Master usually stayed.
In truth, Zuoshanke had his own reasons for doing this. Back when he was creating the Yan God Race, he had studied many different kinds of lifeforms.
Most were ordinary races of the universe, but quite a few were Special Lifeforms.
As he nurtured and created new life, he watched the universe's lifeforms he used in his research live from birth to death, time and again. Gradually, he began to feel compassion for them.
So, while researching new lifeforms in the Earthling lineage and traveling through the universe to find all kinds of life, he had also rescued group after group of Special Lifeforms.
The tragedy of these seemingly rare and powerful Special Lifeforms was that they were too weak.
Especially when facing peak races like the Human Race, Monster Race, and Bug Race, they were utterly insignificant.
Because of their high life levels and powerful Innate Secret Techniques, they attracted the attention of countless races across the universe, one after another, who tried to enslave or possess them!
Without a powerful protector, a group of Special Lifeforms would soon be torn apart and devoured by the greed of countless races across the universe!
"All right. A mighty treasure that can protect his soul should help him through some of the calamities he'll face."
"Besides, he's human. With the Human Race to help him, he has a good chance of rising to prominence. Perhaps one day he'll become a capable general for my future third disciple."
As Zuoshanke considered this, he collected the beaded chain forged from the nine giant Sealing Stars outside the Blood Cloud Palace, shrinking it into a golden bracelet.
He glanced at Qi Tian, who was still shedding his Stone Statue Body and was about to be born, then tossed the golden bracelet toward him.
The moment it left his hand, the bracelet pierced through space and appeared beside the statue. With its pressure concealed, it looked no different from an ordinary bracelet.
Qi Tian didn't notice it, however. All his consciousness was now immersed in his new body.
The three—Jin Shi and the others—were kneeling before Qi Tian's Stone Statue Body, welcoming the arrival of "Buddha Lord." They were prostrate on the altar, foreheads pressed to the stone floor, and didn't look up. They hadn't noticed the bracelet appearing either.
After sending the bracelet, Zuoshanke closed his eyes and leaned back against the Blood-Colored Throne. At the same time, the black mist swirling around the Blood Cloud Palace across a radius of a hundred billion kilometers lifted the palace and carried it away, making it vanish in an instant.
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