Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 784 554: Not Dead?_2

"What the senior said is true. Sister Qingyue's natural talent is extraordinary. Cultivating to the Longevity Realm should not be difficult for her. As long as she finds the right path, it won't be long before Sister Qingyue becomes one of us."

Chen Zhixing recognizes Mo Qingyue's cultivation talent. No matter what, Mo Qingyue is the genuine Saintess of the Celestial Saint Palace. In terms of innate talent, she may not necessarily be second to Chen Zhaosheng, another Chen Family prodigy.

The reason she took more than twenty years to enter the First Realm after breaking through the Peak is that her cultivation path is already occupied by a Taoist Lord, and her daily cultivation practice is drained by the Spirit Realm. Additionally, she has to purify the death qi from the Tao practice she consumed when she broke through the Peak, which slowed down her cultivation progress.

If not for the double burden she bears, Mo Qingyue would likely have reached the Peak Fourth Layer and should be able to achieve the Peak of Third Realm.

Of course, this burden is something most cultivators in the Celestial Profound Realm must bear. In contrast, Chen Zhixing, because of his identity as the Star Monarch Taoist Lord, fortunately escaped having his Tao practice drawn by the Spirit Realm.

As for Chen Zhaosheng.....

Wait, why is Chen Zhaosheng not subjected to the Spirit Realm's extraction of Tao practice?

Chen Zhixing paused for a moment in thought, then began to recall the cultivation technique and path that Chen Zhaosheng practiced.

'It's the Saint King Map. He cultivated in Seasonal Rotation and, according to his statement back then, intends to touch the Celestial Phenomenon to prove the Tao of Longevity with the Celestial Phenomenon Tao... Hmm, this was after I confirmed my cultivation in the Star Monarch Tao. If I hadn't chosen to cultivate the Star Monarch Tao, would he have switched to Starry Tao after mastering Four Symbols Turning Celestial Phenomenon?

This is normal.

After all, the starry sky is included within the Celestial Phenomenon range, although it only covers a certain Star Domain.... Wait, who cultivated the Celestial Phenomenon Tao in the Immortal Imperial Court back then?'

At this moment, Chen Zhixing's thoughts paused; his mind began to rapidly search, and finally the answer he got made him stunned.

Observatory!

During the Immortal Divine Court era, the ones who cultivated the Celestial Phenomenon Tao were the celestial mages from the Observatory. And those mages' leader was a formidable Longevity Realm figure who mastered the Celestial Phenomenon Tao to the Ninth Order!

A prominent figure akin to the Four Expedition Generals and Four Guardian Generals in the Immortal Divine Court era!

In terms of status, he ranked in the top ten within the Immortal Divine Court!

'So, how lucky is Chen Zhaosheng to be noticed by such a prominent figure, yet not get successfully possessed? This... isn't scientific!'

Having experienced how powerful a high-order Longevity Realm could be, Chen Zhixing's expression turned strange. To be honest, he couldn't understand what crafty operation the Celestial Spider Organization implemented back then that led to Chen Zhaosheng failing to be possessed. Logically speaking, even if that prominent figure from the Observatory only had a trace of residual soul left, possessing Chen Zhaosheng should have undoubtedly been successful!

'Unless... this guy isn't dead?'

Suddenly, Chen Zhixing thought up an answer.

The prominent figure from Observatory in the Immortal Divine Court didn't die, causing those who later used their gathered strands of residual soul to possess Chen Zhaosheng, resulting in failure!

The possibility is high!

'Then another question arises: it's been over twenty thousand years since the Divine Court was destroyed. If the prominent figure from Observatory isn't dead, how did he live for over twenty thousand years? I don't recall having such a figure hidden in the Celestial Profound Realm. Even if there was, he couldn't possibly hide from the ears and eyes of the Three Great Sacred Lands... So, did the prominent figure leave the Celestial Profound?'

Thinking this, Chen Zhixing couldn't help but blink.

He realized this was highly possible!

On one hand, it's known that the Three Great Sacred Lands destroyed the Immortal Divine Court, and yet, during this period, only the Immortal Divine Emperor who practiced Primordial Tao was confirmed dead, with his True Spirit led into the Spirit Realm... After which, no one stated whether the Longevity Realm figures of the Immortal Divine Court were all dead!

'No, wrong, should not say all dead. Precisely speaking, when the Immortal Divine Court was destroyed, not many people should've died! Perhaps it was just a few key figures!

That's indeed what Chen Zhixing thought. Even nowadays, the Three Great Sacred Lands were only part of the Immortal Divine Court back then!

The Three Great Sacred Lands managed to stabilize the human race's situation in the Celestial Profound Realm quickly after the Divine Court's demise, without giving the Demon Race a chance to counterattack, because they inherited most of the Immortal Divine Court's strength!

'Put in another way, the battle to destroy the Divine Court didn't really cause significant damage to the human race? Uh... perhaps just a few factions within the Divine Court removed that Emperor Venerable and maybe even his confidants... wouldn't they have killed few confidants, then after removing the Emperor Venerable, everyone sat back at the table to divide the territories and interests?'

The more Chen Zhixing thought about it, the more he felt this might be the real truth!

After all, only the Immortal Emperor Venerable touched the taboo, everyone else, even the Emperor's confidants, didn't necessarily have a reason to die. On the other hand, those confidants might have come from the Three Great Sacred Lands... after killing the Emperor, would the Three Great Sacred Lands kill their own?

'Therefore, the most likely scenario is that after killing the Emperor, the Three Great Sacred Lands rapidly stabilized the situation, and after properly dividing the territories, they exiled those most loyal to the Emperor Venerable outside the Celestial Profound Realm. And now, some of these exiled individuals haven't died, even advancing in cultivation, leading to their longevity... So when the Celestial Spider Organization later wanted to 'resurrect' certain individuals, it led to failure?'

Chen Zhixing smacked his lips, feeling this might be the true reality.

Compared to the idea that Chen Zhaosheng's Spiritual Soul was so strong from childhood that he could compete with Longevity Realm giants, only the notion that the 'resurrected' individuals hadn't died originally fits the possibility of a resurrection failure.

If they hadn't died, who did the Celestial Spider intend to resurrect?

'Uh, if I recall correctly, the Celestial Spider Organization aimed to resurrect four individuals among the top ten in the Imperial Court hierarchy: the Grandmaster, the General of the North, the Observatory Master possessing Chen Zhaosheng, and the Emperor Venerable himself?

Then what about the others?

Chen Zhixing blinked and then rolled his eyes with a sense of disgust.

Isn't this absurd!!!

Out of the top ten strongmen of the Immortal Divine Court, only four were targeted for resurrection by the Celestial Spider, one of them being the Emperor Venerable, and another with a high possibility of not being dead being the Observatory Master?

Wait!

It seems even that Emperor Venerable wasn't successfully resurrected?

Thinking about this, Chen Zhixing was stunned too.

Apparently, this is indeed the case.

Although it is publicly stated that Yimiao devoured part of the Chaos Body essence, essence is... Chen Zhixing himself has a Chaos Body! The essence of Chaos Body, he is extremely familiar with!

'Even in my current realm, wanting to incubate a Chaos Ancient Beast would only cost about one-third of my origin. For that Emperor Venerable in the Twelfth Order back then... at most, it would consume about one percent? Even a few percent of the origin?'

Chen Zhixing felt this is absurd!

Yet his thinking logically kept indicating that the Emperor Venerable might not be dead, and he just casually found an excuse to fake his death and then left the Celestial Profound Realm!!!

In other words, among the top ten strongmen, only two can be confirmed dead, plus one exiled and another that escaped.... This at most counts as a severe injury, but has little relation to actual destruction!

'To hell with the Divine Court's destruction! This absurdity! A victory celebrated for twenty thousand years, resulting in an Emperor Venerable not wanting to deal with the mess anymore, finding a random excuse to flee, then the Three Great Sacred Lands, realizing this truth, became angry from embarrassment and got rid of two 'traitors' whose stance didn't align....'