Zuoshanke's Investigation

"A life-bearing planet?"

Zuoshanke maintained the appearance of the Blood Cloud Palace Master, his body leaning slightly forward. His gaze pierced through the Blood Cloud Palace to land upon the planet below, his consciousness sweeping across the entire world in an instant, where he discovered the Qi Tian Stone Statue Body radiating the Universal Sanskrit Sound.

"The power of faith? This is a secret technique of the will. Has a new will-based secret technique appeared in the Primal Universe?"

Zuoshanke felt the Sanskrit Sound emanating from the Qi Tian Stone Statue Body with surprise and suspicion; that faint sensation transmitted directly from the soul was precisely the power of a will-based secret technique.

Such techniques were not rare on the Origin Continent, but they were extremely uncommon within the Primal Universe, as if the Primal Universe's origin will intentionally avoided the birth of such arts.

"The last time a will-based secret technique appeared in the Primal Universe, it must have been that brat, Yuan Zu of the Human Race."

"A mere True God-level kid, yet possessing the will of an Eternal True God. Relying on fragmented information about will-based secret techniques from the Universe Ocean, he created a True God-level will technique in the environment of the Primal Universe, using it to enslave the soul-less Universe Masters of the Machine Race at the level of the will."

"He was a genius, indeed. It is a pity that he was restricted by the Primal Universe; otherwise, that kid might have been able to create a Void True God or even an Eternal True God-level will technique."

"However, this special lifeform currently gestating should only possess an innate talent technique related to the will, a unique existence that cannot be spread."

Zuoshanke observed Qi Tian, who was breaking through his stone statue form with a new body of flesh and blood, and sensed the aura of a newborn special lifeform emanating from Qi Tian's new physique.

"Since the Primal Universe wants to avoid the emergence of will-based secret techniques, why would it gestate such a special lifeform?"

Curious, Zuoshanke carefully sensed the other lifeforms on the planet and discovered that there were tens of thousands of humans on the planet with the same bloodline as the special lifeform currently gestating, which left him somewhat bewildered.

"How can there be so many low-level homologous lifeforms? No, that's not right; these are clearly all humans."

Full of curiosity, Zuoshanke performed a space-time reversal, and the time within a certain range around him began to rapidly rewind.

It was like watching a movie played in reverse, and at an extremely high speed, everything appearing as if it were an illusion.

Within the illusory space-time, he saw mysterious space-time fluctuations appear on the planet decades ago, and the initial, blurry humanoid stone statue passing through space to appear on this life-bearing planet.

Then came the scene of Qi Tian saving Jin Shi, the scene of him bestowing the Golden Liquid to transform the three of them, and the scene of him gradually transforming the entire Gold Soul Clan and spreading the name of the "Buddha Lord" to the other humans on the planet.

As Zuoshanke watched the stone statue transformed by Qi Tian spread faith, he also saw that Qi Tian's will and consciousness were constantly strengthening during this period, and the blurry image of the stone statue was gradually becoming clear.

Until now, the Qi Tian stone statue had completely taken on a human appearance and was about to gestate a body of flesh and blood.

"Interesting..." Zuoshanke looked at Qi Tian, who had not yet fully gestated. "The original soul is actually human. No wonder the Primal Universe's origin will descended with an attitude of warning just now."

"Since the Primal Universe's origin will holds such an attitude, there must be some secret."

"My current identity is the 'Blood Cloud Palace Master,' and my lair in the secret realm holds many special lifeforms. I might as well take in one more; it happens to be a good opportunity to observe."

"Besides, this Primal Universe origin will has always been targeting me. Now that an existence that also makes it uneasy has been born, helping me divert some of its attention is a good thing."

A smile appeared on the face beneath Zuoshanke's mask, but he did not interfere too much. Although he was somewhat interested in Qi Tian's birth, his ultimate goal was more important than studying this.

Immediately, he flipped his hand and took out a small treasure tower, but after a moment of thought, he put it away again.

"The Blood Cloud Palace Master is the identity of my future third disciple, who will one day wield the Star Tower. Since he is being taken in under my third disciple, I shall give him some of the Sealing Stars that accompany the Star Tower."

With a thought from Zuoshanke, nine black spheres floated outside the main hall of the Blood Cloud Palace; those were the Sealing Stars.

The nine Sealing Stars were rolling slowly, their size comparable to that of ordinary planets, and they faintly emitted a heart-stopping aura, cycling and rolling slowly outside the main hall at a constant speed.

Zuoshanke raised his hand and waved, arranging the nine Sealing Stars in a circle, and then a golden thread tens of kilometers wide appeared, stringing the nine stars together.

That golden thread was also covered with secret patterns, radiating pressure from the soul and possessing the effect of guarding the soul.

When the golden thread connected the head and tail of the stars, countless secret patterns emerged on the incredibly thick golden thread, truly refining the nine Sealing Stars into one, thereby greatly increasing their power.

In just a few minutes, a heavy treasure bead chain refined from nine Sealing Stars was born.

A powerful, infinitely heavy pressure was suppressed and hidden within by the Blood Cloud Palace, its might restrained.

To prevent outsiders from recognizing these as the Sealing Stars of the Star Tower, he also plated them with a layer of gold and inscribed secret patterns capable of hiding their aura.

After the refinement of the bead chain was completed, Zuoshanke imprinted a strand of consciousness within it; as long as Qi Tian acknowledged it as his master, he would be able to see the image of the "Blood Cloud Palace Master" within.

At the same time, the consciousness also included the coordinates of the "Gu Ke Secret Realm," the lair where the identity of the Blood Cloud Palace Master usually resided.

In fact, doing this was also a bit of Zuoshanke's own selfishness. Back then, in order to create the "Yan God Race" lineage, he had studied many different species of life.

Among them, besides the majority being ordinary races in the universe, there were also many special lifeforms.

While gestating and creating new life himself, watching the cosmic lifeforms he used for research go from birth to death time and time again, he gradually developed a sense of pity.

Therefore, when researching the new life of the "Earthling" lineage, while traveling through the universe looking for various types of life, he would also save groups upon groups 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, the Demon Race, and the Bug Race, they were extremely insignificant.

Because of their extremely high life levels and powerful innate secret techniques, they enticed the billions of races in the universe to take action one after another, either enslaving them or possessing them!

If a group of special lifeforms did not have a powerful protector, they would soon be torn apart and devoured by the greedy, massive billions of races in the universe!

"Very well, a heavy treasure capable of guarding the soul should be enough to help him survive some calamities."

"Moreover, his identity is human. With the help of the human race, his chances of rising are great. Perhaps he will become a capable general for my future third disciple."

Zuoshanke pondered, putting away the bead chain refined from the nine huge Sealing Stars outside the Blood Cloud Palace, shrinking it into a golden bracelet.

Glancing at Qi Tian, who was still shedding his stone statue form and about to be born, Zuoshanke tossed the golden bracelet floating in his hand toward him.

After leaving his hand, the bracelet instantly pierced through space and appeared directly beside the stone statue. With its pressure restrained, it looked no different from an ordinary bracelet.

However, Qi Tian did not notice this scene, as all his consciousness was currently submerged within his new body.

As for the three of Jin Shi, who were kneeling and welcoming the arrival of the "Buddha Lord" before the Qi Tian stone statue, they were currently prostrate on the altar, their foreheads pressed against the stone slabs, and did not look up, thus failing to notice the suddenly appearing bracelet.

After sending out the bracelet, Zuoshanke closed his eyes and leaned back against the blood-colored throne. At the same time, the black mist lingering for hundreds of billions of kilometers around the Blood Cloud Palace "lifted" the palace and vanished from the spot in an instant.