Chapter 206: Xiahong Feng (Part 2)
"Just do your best," the Second Prince said, "However, I do have an idea."
"What is it?" Lin Yue asked in confusion.
"You can find a helper first," the Second Prince replied.
Lin Yue paused slightly, puzzled, and asked, "A helper? At this time, who can help me?"
It was not that he was arrogant.
The current situation was challenging even for someone of his strength, and the proving stage experts within Great Yong couldn't come out. Who else could help him?
At the very least, it would take a strong Divine Son level to barely assist him.
And even then, their impact would be very minimal.
"Human Ancestor."
The Second Prince smiled and uttered a name that surprised him.
"Human Ancestor?" Lin Yue exclaimed in shock.
"You're still carrying the Eternal Darkness Reincarnation Coffin, aren't you?" the Second Prince asked.
"I am," Lin Yue nodded.
This time, within the Divine Palace of Yanfu's Lord, he advanced the Ultimate Path to perfection, which actually only took three hundred years. Later, he spent another eight hundred years to refine a perfect Taichu Divine Body.
To fulfill the Ultimate Path, one must integrate various paths in the world into one, transforming quantity into quality, so all paths become effortlessly accessible, creating many paths from one.
Normally, it might take thousands of years, and he only achieved such speed by leveraging the twelvefold thought speed in the Eternal Darkness Reincarnation Coffin.
However...
The remnant soul of the Human Ancestor inside the coffin was all that remained; how could it help him?
"The remnants of the Human Ancestor should almost be gathered, right?" the Second Prince asked with a smile.
Lin Yue nodded slightly, but said helplessly, "Yet the part of the remnant soul after the Human Ancestor's transcendence has always been missing."
"I know where it is," the Second Prince smiled.
"Second Brother knows?" Lin Yue's eyes brightened, "Why didn't you tell me before, Second Brother?"
The Second Prince shook his head, "Telling you earlier would have been useless; back then, you weren't capable enough to obtain the Human Ancestor's remnant soul, and now that the Demon Clan's powers are concentrated in Great Yong, you have the opportunity."
"Could it be in the Demon Country?" Lin Yue couldn't help asking.
"Yes."
The Second Prince nodded.
Lin Yue asked in confusion, "How could the remnants of the Human Ancestor be in the Demon Country?"
"This remnant soul from the proving stage, though lacking the independent consciousness of the main soul, has strong spirituality and instinctively seeks a suitable physical body for preservation."
The Second Prince sighed, "After his physical body was destroyed, and his divine soul shattered, the most spiritually inclined remnant soul couldn't find his body, so it naturally looked for the Human Ancestor's body. After the Great Yu Imperial Family was destroyed, the corpse left by the reincarnated Human Ancestor was taken by the Demon Clan."
"What?" Lin Yue was stunned as he listened.
What did this mean?
After the destruction of the Human Ancestor's body, did the most spiritually inclined remnant soul independently find the Human Ancestor's body?
The conflicting words from the Second Prince made him realize there was something he misunderstood.
Could it be...
The "he" mentioned by the Second Prince was not the Human Ancestor?
The divine soul of the Human Ancestor was in the black jade coffin, and the Crown Prince was the reincarnation of the Human Ancestor, which meant only that the Human Ancestor had split a second primordial spirit, and the main body or the second primordial spirit reincarnated as the Crown Prince.
—That's what he had always thought.
But now it seemed like that might not be the case?
"What is Second Brother saying?"
Lin Yue couldn't help but ask, "He? Who is he? Isn't it the Human Ancestor?"
"Of course, it's the Human Ancestor," the Second Prince glanced at him and said, "Or rather, the Human Ancestor after reincarnation."
"Reincarnation?" Lin Yue couldn't help saying, "Wasn't the Human Ancestor reincarnated into the Crown Prince? But the Human Ancestor in the black jade coffin hasn't reincarnated, right? He does not have memories after reincarnation."
"A person's cognition is composed of memories."
The Second Prince spoke softly, "The Human Ancestor within the Eternal Darkness Reincarnation Coffin has the majority of memories only from his time as Human Ancestor, so...he perceives himself as Human Ancestor. But if he obtains the memory after proving the path, it would be different."
Lin Yue was a bit confused.
But he noticed the phrase 'majority of memories' from the Second Prince.
Because the Human Ancestor had said...
Within the Human Ancestor's memory, there were some differences in the martial arts aspect; his martial arts were more perfect, and the paths he mastered transformed into parts of the Ultimate Path.
Over the years, the Human Ancestor has also never understood why this is the case.
"Could it be that the Human Ancestor didn't just reincarnate as the Crown Prince? Did the Second Primordial Spirit or the main body also reincarnate as someone else?"
Lin Yue pondered and asked.
The Second Prince shook his head and said, "No, the Human Ancestor only reincarnated as the Crown Prince. He is just a Martial Artist; where would he have learned the Second Primordial Spirit Cultivation Method?"
Lin Yue was slightly taken aback.
Indeed.
The Human Ancestor is obsessed with Martial Arts and only understands the martial way. Meanwhile, the Second Primordial Spirit Cultivation Method requires proficiency in the spiritual realm to be successfully cultivated, so it's quite normal for the Human Ancestor not to learn it.
"Then what is it..." Lin Yue asked doubtfully.
The Second Prince replied, "The Human Ancestor did not understand the Second Primordial Spirit Cultivation Method, but after reincarnating as the Crown Prince, he pondered for a thousand years and eventually learned it."
"A thousand years?" Lin Yue suddenly had a guess in his heart and asked, "Has the Crown Prince remained the Crown Prince all these years?"
"Yes."
The Second Prince said, "The Divine Emperor was unwilling to favor our Human Clan too much, so my royal brother asked the Divine Emperor for help to transform him into a 'Child of Heaven's Path.'
Lin Yue listened silently.
During the time he had known the Master of Yanfu, he had also learned many secrets from Ancient Times.
The Child of Heaven's Path is a unique group from Ancient Times, created only by Divine-level gods.
The strong clans of Ancient Times sought the help of the Divine Master to protect their tribe by transforming the most revered being within the tribe into the Child of Heaven's Path. The Child of Heaven's Path could control the heavenly path of a region to thus protect the tribe.
Only those who have proven themselves and are acknowledged by the clan's will have the qualification to be favored by the heavenly path, becoming the Child of Heaven's Path.
The Child of Heaven's Path can wield the power of the heavenly path, and as long as the tribe's fortune isn't too weak, it can at least suppress the Son of God, among other incredible divine skills sufficient to protect the tribe.
The Crown Prince, being the reincarnation of the Human Ancestor, undoubtedly has this qualification.
But...
The Child of Heaven's Path also has a flaw; as the connection with the heavenly path deepens, the soul gradually aligns with the heavenly path, becoming indifferent and emotionless.
"The royal brother has an exceptional Dao Heart. During this thousand-year period, although influenced by the heavenly path, he instead gradually split out another self, through which he cultivated the Second Primordial Spirit Cultivation Method."
The Second Prince sighed and said, "About a hundred years ago, the royal brother had already split out the Second Primordial Spirit. Then he used the heavenly path to deduce the strongest Martial Arts-talented fetus in Great Yong at the time and reincarnated anew."
"Second Brother." Lin Yue couldn't help but look at the Second Prince upon hearing this.
A hundred years ago?
The strongest Martial Arts-talented fetus in Great Yong?
At this moment, a name had already emerged in his mind.
"Seems you have already guessed."
The Second Prince glanced at him, smiled, and said, "Yes, it's your biological father, Xiahong Feng."
Lin Yue silently, slowly inhaled deeply.
He had always been wondering whose reincarnation Xiahong Feng was.
Yet the Human Ancestor was in the Eternal Darkness Reincarnation Coffin, and the Crown Prince was living well, so he never thought it would be the Human Ancestor.
But aside from the Human Ancestor, where else could one find such a terrifying talent?
Only in his twenties, nearly proving and transcending.
And Xiahong Feng was initially just an ordinary Martial Arts genius, but suddenly surged to an unimaginable level within a few years. Clearly, his previous life's memories awakened.
Apart from the Human Ancestor who had reached the Divine Son level, where else could one find such a 'Martial Arts genius'?
"Did the Crown Prince's Second Primordial Spirit reincarnate as Xiahong Feng? Then why does Xiahong Feng believe he is the Human Ancestor?" Lin Yue couldn't help asking.
If he hadn't already talked to the Human Ancestor in the Black Jade Coffin many times, he probably would have been unable to resist asking again now.
"Naturally, it's because he lacks the memories after proving."
The Second Prince shook his head and said, "Can you understand? This is not a memory divided by realms but by time stages. The Human Ancestor reincarnated as the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince's Second Primordial Spirit reincarnated as Xiahong Feng... These are all memories after the Human Ancestor proved himself. But if he only has memories from before proving, he naturally believes himself to be just the Human Ancestor, without knowing he's also the Crown Prince and Xiahong Feng."
Lin Yue was silent for a moment and asked, "What about those different Martial Arts memories?"
"You also cultivate Martial Arts, so you should understand."
The Second Prince softly said, "The supreme realm of Martial Arts, the Divine realm, means Martial Arts have already penetrated the Divine Soul. Even reincarnated, it cannot be forgotten. Even if memory fades, encountering similar Martial Arts will immediately remind one of them."
Lin Yue fell silent again.
He was always wondering where his biological father Xiahong Feng went, why he had such power but never came to find him or meet his mother?
It turns out...
All along, he had been with him from the beginning.