Back then, he had not understood why.
Now he knew.
It was because only upon reaching the Saint King Realm would he have the strength to protect his Supreme Bone!
Now, after absorbing innate god and devil qi, this Supreme Bone seemed to have been lit up.
At first, motes of light as tiny as dust emerged from the Supreme Bone.
Then countless lights joined into lines.
Only when Qin Wuyou's divine sense settled on the Supreme Bone did he discover that the lights flashing from it were actually mysterious runes!
"Ah! Could these be the Supreme Bone's origin runes?"
"The ancestor once told me that the moment the origin runes appeared, it would mean my Supreme Bone had awakened."
"To think the God and Devil Tyrant Body Art actually awakened my Supreme Bone!"
Looking at the origin runes emerging from his Supreme Bone, Qin Wuyou was wild with excitement.
In his previous life, his Supreme Bone had never awakened its origin runes, not even by the moment of his death.
Yet now, because he cultivated the God and Devil Tyrant Body Art, the origin runes on his Supreme Bone had actually emerged on their own.
As more and more origin runes appeared on the Supreme Bone, the light in Qin Wuyou's eyes grew ever brighter!
The moment all the origin runes appeared, a powerful secret art suddenly surfaced in Qin Wuyou's mind!
"Hand of Heaven!"
"Ah! This is the Supreme Bone's Innate Divine Ability!"
A supreme talent like the Supreme Bone possessed an Innate Divine Ability.
Some Supreme Bones even possessed a second or third Innate Divine Ability.
The Supreme Bone's power came not only from the tremendous talent it contained, which could increase its bearer's cultivation speed.
Most important of all was its Innate Divine Ability.
The power of that Innate Divine Ability also determined the Supreme Bone's potential and might!
The moment he sensed his Supreme Bone's Innate Divine Ability, Qin Wuyou could not help recalling his conversation with his Emperor-to-be ancestor.
"Ancestor, is the Supreme Bone powerful?"
"Very powerful."
The ancestor said with a warm smile, "Otherwise, how could it deserve the word 'Supreme'?"
"Then why can't I feel how powerful it is?"
Three-year-old Qin Wuyou blinked his large eyes and asked, his face full of confusion.
"That's because you're still little."
Still smiling warmly, the ancestor said gently, "When you grow up, your Supreme Bone will awaken and gain an Innate Divine Ability. Only then will you see the Supreme Bone's true face. Only then will you understand its power."
"An Innate Divine Ability?"
Three-year-old Qin Wuyou blinked his large eyes, which shone as he said, "I know about Innate Divine Abilities. I've read about them in books. But Ancestor, there are so many Innate Divine Abilities. What if my Supreme Bone's Innate Divine Ability is very weak?"
"Hehe, silly boy. The Supreme Bone is a talent blessed by the Heavenly Dao. How could its Innate Divine Ability possibly be weak?"
The Emperor-to-be ancestor chuckled and patiently explained to Qin Wuyou, "As far as I know, only two people have awakened Supreme Bones over the past million years.
"The first awakened his Supreme Bone during that glorious, dazzling golden age a million years ago. He was born in the Age of Dharma Decline, when the world's spiritual energy had dried up and conditions were unsuitable for cultivation. Yet through tremendous perseverance and effort, that bearer of a Supreme Bone climbed toward the summit, step by step.
"Although he ultimately never attained the Dao and became an emperor, he still shone throughout an era, subdued countless prodigies, and became a legend of his generation."
Three-year-old Qin Wuyou listened with fascination, then pressed, "Ancestor, you still haven't told me about his Innate Divine Ability!"
"Don't rush. Let me tell you slowly."
The Emperor-to-be ancestor chuckled and patiently continued, "The second Supreme Bone appeared five hundred thousand years ago. Its bearer fought upon the Boundary Sea, single-handedly suppressing the foreign races from beyond our domain so thoroughly that they could not set one foot into the Boundary Sea.
"Although he ultimately never attained the Dao of a Great Emperor either, he was the hero of that era.
"In an age when the Human Race's talents had withered and no new powerhouses rose to fill the void, he single-handedly guarded the Boundary Sea for a hundred thousand years with his Emperor-to-be Power, winning a hundred thousand golden years of cultivation for our Human Race.
"In the end, he died fighting upon the Boundary Sea. Even after shedding his last drop of blood, his body remained standing, never retreating half a step. With his dead body alone, he held the Boundary Sea for another three thousand years!
"During those three thousand years, none of the foreign races dared set even half a foot into the Boundary Sea.
"Only when his imperial body dissipated did those foreign races learn that this bearer of a Supreme Bone had already been dead for three thousand years."
Three-year-old Qin Wuyou listened with yearning.
Even though he had not yet understood devotion to his race, or what it meant to protect and believe, he was still deeply shaken by this Emperor-to-be who possessed a Supreme Bone.
Only after a long while did he ask again, "Ancestor, you still haven't told me about their Innate Divine Abilities!"
"Hehehe, little one, can't wait any longer?"
The Emperor-to-be ancestor stroked his little head and said with a smile, "The first Supreme Bone's Innate Divine Ability was called Endless Nirvana. It was an Innate Divine Ability that allowed its bearer to undergo nirvana again and again, being reborn from each nirvana stronger than before.
"It was precisely through those repeated transformations of nirvana that the bearer of that Supreme Bone became an Emperor-to-be in the Age of Dharma Decline, when spiritual energy was scarce, and subdued an entire era."
"The second Supreme Bone's bearer awakened an Innate Divine Ability called Ultimate Golden Body! It was an ability that could absorb the power of faith to forge an invincible golden body.
"That was why the bearer of that Supreme Bone spent his entire life guarding the Boundary Sea, receiving the reverence of hundreds of millions of people of the Human Race.
"And the reason his imperial body endured for three thousand years after his death was precisely the faith offered by hundreds of millions of people of the Human Race, which allowed him to remain standing and undying upon the Boundary Sea for three thousand years after his death.
"Even in death, he could guard the Human Race for three thousand years!"
"Endless Nirvana! Ultimate Golden Body!"
Three-year-old Qin Wuyou's eyes filled with curiosity and yearning as he involuntarily asked, "Then Ancestor, what will my Innate Divine Ability be?"
"I don't know."
The ancestor lifted the little boy onto his lap and said with a kindly smile, "What truly determines an ability's strength is never its rank, but the person! Only you can determine what your Innate Divine Ability will become in the future!"
"What determines an ability's strength is never its rank, but the person!"
Qin Wuyou's eyes suddenly lit up.
At once, his comprehension of the Hand of Heaven accelerated greatly.
When he finished comprehending this Innate Divine Ability, Qin Wuyou was stunned by its power.
"Ah! This is a top-tier Innate Divine Ability!"
Even among the many Innate Divine Abilities, top-tier abilities stood among the strongest.
And his Hand of Heaven was not only a top-tier ability, but one with astonishing destructive power.
Once activated, bolstered by the Supreme Bone's countless origin runes, it could unleash terrifying might.
It was even more powerful and astonishing than any means he currently possessed!
"With this Hand of Heaven, I might be able to challenge a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator!"
Qin Wuyou had that confidence.
With his mighty magical power combined with the Hand of Heaven, the powerful ability of his Supreme Bone, he was ninety percent certain he could face a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator.
Even if he could not subdue his opponent, he could still escape unscathed!
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