In the wilderness, a stone statue sat cross-legged in the void, its Dharma Power flowing from a source stretching back through the ages.
By all rights, Li Ling should never have been able to wield such power so adeptly in so short a time, yet it had undeniably happened.
The Nether King Palace Master had no choice but to suspect that it was related to the earlier River of Time.
Li Ling had not acquired his Earth Immortal Rank only recently, but tens of thousands of years ago—or even at the dawn of the current era.
This was a method of the Great Dao that reversed cause and effect. After the Ages Incense flowed backward through the ages, it had brought his Spirit Resonance back with it.
"No, that isn't right. Even true peak Spirit Transformation cultivators like us cannot travel freely through space and time like this. He only has a divided Primordial Spirit here. How could he possibly do it?
"Besides, to preserve the purity of his Incense Ancestor Origin, he has already severed his avatar rather than incorporating it into his true body's Dao Fruit.
"This is probably the result of using Myriad Incenses Illusory Form to mimic the Stone Buddha."
Although even the memories of Qi Xue's existence had been erased, becoming indistinct in the minds of all living beings, information and consciousness were relatively easy to influence in the first place.
At that moment, the Nether King Palace Master had thought of another explanation.
Li Ling's Innate Divine Ability possessed a special variation: manifesting Incense Essences. After acquiring Yan Buyong's Thousand-Face Illusion Art, he had developed his transformation ability to the point where it approached the origin itself. His Myriad Wonders Incense Transformation Art had long since advanced into a Greater Divine Ability as well.