Immortal Clan...
As one of the hegemonic races of the multiverse, its essence was actually extraordinarily special. This was something the Fifth Generations did not know, for they had searched through every surviving record of the multiverse from that era without finding any mention of it.
Whether that was because the Immortal Clan Supreme had been one of the Five Ultimates and too powerful, for some other reason, or because the records had been deliberately erased, was impossible to determine after so very long.
But the Immortal Clan was extremely special. It was neither a naturally formed and evolved race nor one created by another advanced civilization. It had been born during the greatest war in the multiverse before the Ark Era, yet all information concerning its birth had been erased. Not even the other Ultimates could know it.
Its essence...
Undying and indestructible, eternal life and enduring sight—this was the Immortal Clan's greatest secret!
Every member of the Immortal Clan, whether a newly born infant or an elderly member on the verge of death, was undying and indestructible in essence.
That sounded contradictory, but once one understood the Immortal Clan's essence, there was a reasonable explanation for such immortality. The reason was... every Immortal Clan member was both one and many, both an individual and a collective.
From the moment the Immortal Clan was born, the essence of every Immortal Clan member would return to one upon death, then divide and evolve from that one, ultimately becoming every individual of the Immortal Clan once more. Their memories, consciousnesses, and even personalities would all be contained within that unity.
That was the secret behind the Immortal Clan's undying, indestructible nature and eternal life.
It was precisely because of this unique essence that, although the Immortal Clan had only been born