The Puppet That Erased Its Self

Lü Yinlin looked at Duan Rong and continued, "This Divine Soul Technique of the Heart-Devouring Seed was a self-created art derived by the founding patriarch from the secret methods of the Garbha Sutra."

"This art may be called the very robe and bowl of our Taiyi Sect. I, too, received this art from the previous generation's patriarch."

"The Garbha Sutras in Chu Wushang's and Gu Daoling's hands do not contain this art. The scroll I gave you was the very one personally passed down to me by the previous patriarch."

At this, Duan Rong's brow twitched.

He naturally already knew that Chu Wushang's so-called complete Garbha Sutra did not contain the Divine Soul Technique of the Heart-Devouring Seed. But he had not expected this art to carry such enormous significance. That beast-hide secret manual of the complete Garbha Sutra in his possession was actually Taiyi Sect's robe and bowl inheritance.

In truth, Taiyi Sect's robe and bowl inheritance had been passed down for tens of thousands of years.

This so-called robe and bowl inheritance was, in truth, more symbolic than anything else. The original inheritance had consisted of two tokens. One was that beast-hide secret manual containing the Divine Soul Technique of the Heart-Devouring Seed, while the other was the God Slaying Whip that had been lost while in Xiao Qiwu's hands.

It was merely that the God Slaying Whip had later been damaged many times and was once rendered useless. In the sect's later succession, it was removed from the robe and bowl inheritance.

The God Slaying Whip's final restoration had been carried out after Lü Yinlin became Old Ancestor. Though it had barely been repaired, the item had become as tasteless as chicken ribs, retaining only commemorative value. What was more, it had already been lost.

Yet now,