It was common for the graves of powerful cultivators or prodigies with special physiques to turn up empty, their remains taken by the Underworld.
No one knew how they did it, or when. For all this time, no one had objected.
After all, what if the dead truly could return through reincarnation?
However faint, it was a hope.
The father of one such prodigy had also joined the Dao Origin Divine Hall. He decided to bury his son in the Dao Origin Heroic Spirit Tomb, only to discover that his son's remains were gone.
"At the End of Reincarnation, all shall come to an end. The Underworld is the final home of all living beings."
Only those words and a few eerie apparitions remained, lingering in the prodigy's tomb.
There was no doubt this was the Underworld's work.
The father did not believe for a moment that the Underworld could revive his son through reincarnation. Still less did he want his son's body to fall into its hands, leaving him no grave to visit.
So he tentatively reported the matter to the Divine Hall's higher-ups. After all, even the Forbidden Zones had to show them some respect.
He was willing to give up every merit he had earned in exchange for his son's body, so it could be laid to rest in the Hall of Heroic Spirits.
In life, his son had admired the Dao Origin Great Emperor more than anyone.
When Jiang Yun received the news, he and Ye Fan were planting a Bodhi Seed on Immortal Mountain. They had just erased a wisp of Shakyamuni's divine consciousness from it.
The smile slowly faded from Jiang Yun's face as he read the message.
"Cousin, if I wanted to create a complete world, what do you think it still lacks?"