Thus, seven or eight hundred epochs ago, Yuan Yan used the Myriad Dao Primordial Gourd to sever his Obsession Corpse, Yuan Jie used the Chaos Gourd to sever his Obsession Corpse, Yuan Lun used the Treasure-Nurturing Gourd to sever his Obsession Corpse, and Yuan Ling used the Spirit-Absorbing Gourd to sever his Obsession Corpse.
When the Obsession Corpse Dao Bodies of Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling took form, they were merely at Taiyi Golden Immortal Perfection. Everything had to begin anew.
They did not continue along the paths of Yuan Yan and the other three. Instead, they opened new paths, separately developing the Dao of pills, formations, artifacts, and talismans.
Their choice to follow these four paths was Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling's idea. Once they had grown strong enough, the four intended to hand some of their affairs over to them.
As Yuan Yan and the other three severed their corpses using Innate Gourds, the Myriad Dao Primordial Gourd, Chaos Gourd, Treasure-Nurturing Gourd, and Spirit-Absorbing Gourd did not vanish completely, but their grades fell. The Myriad Dao Primordial Gourd dropped to a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, while the other three Innate Gourds fell all the way to Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Fortunately, these four Innate Spiritual Treasures still remained. If nourished by a Primordial Golden Immortal for several hundred epochs, they could recover their Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure rank.
Moreover, because Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling had used Innate Gourds to sever their corpses, their Obsession Corpse Dao Bodies were exceptionally compatible with the corresponding Innate Gourds.
Yuan Yan and the other three thus handed the corresponding Innate Gourds to their Obsession Corpses to nurture.
After severing their Obsession Corpses, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling