Sikong Jing explained it bit by bit.
The Quasi-Emperor Punishment Mountain Beast before them was merely a legacy spirit image it had left behind while still alive.
As for what had happened to its true body after the Imperial Legacy Battlefield was lost, this legacy spirit image knew absolutely nothing.
To put it bluntly, the Quasi-Emperor Punishment Mountain Beast was likewise merely a pre-programmed, lifeless thing.
And in this world, Quasi-Emperor demon beasts certainly still existed. They were all imprisoned within the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison... they could not even directly pass any legacy on to Sikong Jing.
Sikong Jing could only comprehend their power on his own.
If they directly passed their power on to Sikong Jing, the Five Heavenly Emperors would likely sense it at once.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison was a demon beast prison created by the Five Heavenly Emperors. The Five Heavenly Emperors knew perfectly well which demon beasts were inside. The moment the beasts' legacy power emerged, the Five Heavenly Emperors could naturally trace its aura and find Sikong Jing.
Therefore, Sikong Jing could only comprehend it himself...
Then find demon beasts possessing their bloodlines and imprint it into them, thus forging something that belonged to Sikong Jing himself.
Listening, the Quasi-Emperor Punishment Mountain Beast stared blankly at Sikong Jing.
Then it closed its eyes deeply and replied in a low voice, "Though I am now only a legacy spirit image, I can sense that my true body was killed. Green Leaf... killed me."
The moment those words fell, Sikong Jing's eyes widened and his fists clenched fiercely. It had actually been the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor who killed the Quasi-Emperor Punishment Mountain Beast.
Of course, the Quasi-Emperor Punishment Mountain Beast's legacy spirit image only knew who had killed it. It knew