Li Qingxian nodded. "It is a pity you cannot go. That Myriad Phenomena Diagram is no ordinary realm. It is a stretch of land from the Ancient Death Realm, refined into a treasure by some unknown master. It contains not only treasures, but all things under heaven. Some ancient extraordinary figures were neither fully dead nor fully alive, their Fate Stars enduring, and exceedingly precious Fate Stars were even born within it."
"This is the first I have heard that Fate Stars can endure as well?"
"Some Heavenly Fate Stars are one of a kind throughout eternity. Ancient extraordinary figures locked them into their crippled remains, trying to use their Fate Molds to reincarnate and be reborn, which prevented certain Heavenly Fate Stars from being passed down. The Fate-Seeking Sect and Ancient Inquiry Sect often search for these ancient Fate Stars, free them, and return them to the world to enter the normal cycle of reincarnation." Li Qingxian said.
Jing Guan exclaimed, "So that is how it is. Those legendary Ancient Devilfolk are them?"
Li Qingxian nodded. "You call them Ancient Devilfolk; we call them ancient extraordinary figures, or Ancient Fate Corpses. They are already dead, but their lingering obsessions remain, as does some of their power. They forcibly bind their Fate Stars, and through various accidents, eventually awaken and become mindless Demonic Beasts. In ancient times, these Ancient Fate Corpses were all formidable overlords of their regions. Upper Rank was merely the baseline; they were often First Rank or even Beyond-Rank. Once something goes wrong, it becomes a great calamity. I have heard that both the Devil Sect and the Evil Sects are connected to Ancient Fate Corpses."
Everyone lightly shook their heads. None of them knew.
Jing Guan coughed softly and said, "I once heard an old Upper