Rising from Ruin, Reviving from Oblivion

"Since ancient times, many Great Emperors have had Mortal Bodies."

"Not just the Imperial Ancestor. No one ever said the Divine Land Emperor or the Chaotic Ancient Emperor had any special constitution either."

A Ji Family elder sighed. "Sacred Bodies and Divine Bodies have an advantage on the path of cultivation, but when it comes to attaining the Dao, constitutions are useless. You can only rely on yourself."

"You needn't even reach that point. Once you enter the Great Saint Realm, most constitutions and bloodlines cease to matter most. Who among those who reach that stage is ordinary? Every one of them has something exceptional!"

Ji Haoyue and Ye Fan felt a jolt of respect. They understood that the Ji Family elder was offering them guidance: a powerful constitution was not everything.

As Lin Xian listened to the elder recount the past, he noticed that among the Human Race's Great Emperors the elder listed as possible Mortal Bodies, one name was missing.

"Was Emperor Hengyu not a Mortal Body?"

Lin Xian asked out of curiosity.

"Legend says Emperor Hengyu was a Mortal Body too." The elder considered for a moment, then said slowly, "But his bloodline was rather unusual. He seems to have had ties to the Great Strength Bull Demon Tribe."

"The Great Strength Bull Demon Tribe." Lin Xian suddenly recalled the legend that the Flame Emperor was a bull-headed man, how the Hengyu Furnace had carried God King Taixu toward the tribe's Ancestral Star after the Dark Turmoil, and the tales of the Human Desire Path Patriarch. It all clicked. He clapped his hands. "Well, that explains it. That explains it."

They sat discussing the Dao, talking of constitutions and the great kings of old. Inevitably, the conversation turned to Great Emperors and Mortal Bodies.

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