The origins of the Exquisite Monster Emperor were exceedingly unusual. He was not a creature of flesh and blood; his true body was a stone that had birthed spiritual intelligence and cultivated itself.
In some respects, his true body's nature was actually closer to the spirits of grass and trees.
When he had first gained spiritual intelligence, he had wanted to become a living being. That was why he later studied living beings and mastered methods of cultivating blood vitality.
Yet he had never truly become a creature of flesh and blood.
This was also why the Linglong Return-to-Truth Art he had created had never been passed down in the Monster Realm.
There were many things about flesh-and-blood life that he did not truly understand.
This eventually gave rise to the Monster Realm's strange state of affairs and led to the "laziness" of its myriad beings.
For a "stone," going without food or drink and sitting in stillness for a thousand years posed no problem at all.
For spirits of grass and trees, silently growing, absorbing nourishment, and awaiting the proper time was likewise no problem.
But how could creatures of flesh and blood remain still?
Now that spirits of grass and trees in the Monster Realm had gained intelligence, this grand Great Dao phenomenon naturally fed back to the Monster Emperor.
The Exquisite Monster Emperor instantly comprehended many things.
It was as though he had "awakened intelligence" for a second time, understanding certain Heavenly Mandates behind the workings of heaven and earth.
More importantly, the life force fed back by those spirits of grass and trees circulated through his body, yet it was not Blood Vitality Power.
These two powers, different in nature yet both forms of "vitality," opened the door to True Body Power for the Exquisite Monster