"Huang?"
Hearing that name, Qiu Yan felt a wave of unfamiliarity. His several bodies had undergone much and seen much, yet he had never heard this name before. But now that it reached his ears, it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, bringing with it intense Karma!
"That's right." As the long-haired deity spoke, he narrowed his eyes slightly. "Before the Primordial World ascended in rank, Huang was formed from the thoughts of the people of that land toward the sun. He was among the earliest Ancient Gods, only to be shot down by the Human Path in the end—the very war you witnessed before!"
"The Primordial World ascending in rank..." Qiu Yan's heart stirred. "Could that also be one origin of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?"
"We Ancient Gods are born from the thoughts of living beings, yet we also uphold the creations of heaven and earth. We are the most direct manifestation of Heavenly Might and the principles of the starry sky, forging the Ancient God Core, and thus we do not easily perish or collapse. But what truly bears our power is, in fact, the Divine Body!" The long-haired deity seemed to have let go of something. Raising a hand, he pointed toward that colossal body.
"Though this is a scene derived from the spiritual core, within this warped realm of time and space, it is no different from the true Divine Body. Do you know why the bodies of Ancient Gods are so enormous? The reason is that we Ancient Gods are the root of Life Cultivation. So-called cultivators originally imitated deities. Life cultivators cultivate life and strengthen the flesh; their ultimate goal is to approach the bodies of Ancient Gods. And since Ancient Gods uphold the principles of heaven and earth, corresponding heaven and