Everyone found it utterly inconceivable. They had heard of body-snatching, of borrowing a corpse to return the soul, even of head transplants—but swapping brains was something they were hearing for the first time.
"What secret does the Ancient World King have that made you resolve to replace his brain?" Ouyang Yudu asked curiously.
"The Ancient World King isn't human," Immortal in the Clouds said slowly.
"You're the one who isn't human!" Xiao Na immediately cursed.
"Don't rush. Let me finish," Immortal in the Clouds said. "I said the Ancient World King isn't human because I discovered that, like me, his brain had fused with an intelligent brain. Only, our methods of fusion were different. His was more mature, more perfect, and..."
"And what?" Xiao Na pressed.
"And what he fused with was a Great Emperor-level intelligent brain," Immortal in the Clouds said, enunciating every word.
"Impossible. There are only six Great Emperor-level intelligent brains in the universe. If one had gone missing, how could no one have noticed?" Lin Shen frowned.
"From the way you speak, you must be from the Star God Palace. What position do you hold? A Great God Official?" Without waiting for Lin Shen to answer, Immortal in the Clouds continued on his own. "Whatever your position, even if you are a Great God Official, you probably have never seen a Great Emperor's true body, have you?"
"What exactly are you trying to say?" Lin Shen already had a faint suspicion, but he still needed Immortal in the Clouds to say it himself before he could be certain.
"Because the Great Emperors left the Star God Palace long ago. After intelligent brain technology matured, they had all already reincarnated as humans. The Ancient World King should be the reincarnated body of one of the six Great