C1593 Why Was She so Longlived?

Within the heart of the Cold Domain Bear, the Bloodline Crystal Chain associated with its lifespan brimmed with a rich life essence, even more concentrated and pure than the blood of the Chaos Roc. Yet, there was no Bloodline Crystal Chain within the bear's heart containing the true essence of life. Instead, the section linked to its lifespan appeared to have been fortified by this life essence.

Threads of life essence intertwined with several slender Crystal Chains in a corner of the Cold Domain Bear's heart, a sight Yu Yuan observed with utmost clarity. He then attempted to sense it through his Yang God...

In a trance, he managed to retrieve a memory from the distant Origin Blood Continent, emanating from a mysterious entity hidden deep underground. Astonishingly, this memory was connected to the Cold Domain Bear!

Many years prior, after the departure of the Titan spinosaurus and before the discovery of the Yang Meridian, a group of bears had reached the Origin Blood Continent. These bears, fond of frigid lands and attuned to the secrets of extreme cold, were not drawn by the subterranean treasures of the continent. They were seeking the ultimate chill of the cosmos.

This clan of bears harnessed the extreme cold to undergo a metamorphosis and advance their bloodlines. Their leader, while traversing the Dim Starfield, sensed an overwhelming Frost Energy deep within the Origin Blood Continent, causing even it to shudder.

Compelled by this discovery, the leader guided the Snow Bear Clan across vast distances to settle on the Origin Blood Continent. Upon arrival, they delved into the depths, eventually encountering the most intense cold currents.

The weaker Snow Bears shattered into icy fragments upon contact with the cold stream. The clan leader, however, managed to endure and began drawing in the cold to fortify its formidable body. The intense chill enveloping the subterranean enigma also carried traces of life essence, which the leader, along with the cold, assimilated into its body.

Even this faint whisper of life essence yielded tremendous benefits for the Snow Bear Clan's leader. Alien beasts that thrive in the harshest cold typically enjoy extended lifespans. By absorbing the cold and life essence from the depths of the Origin Blood Continent, the leader had effectively ingested an immense quantity of Chaos Roc blood. As a result, it was destined to live an extraordinarily long life.

The life force that the Cold Domain Bear acquired wasn't deliberately crafted by the enigmatic entity beneath the earth. That entity remained in a perpetual slumber, shrouded in intense cold, which caused some of its life essence to seep out and be absorbed by the bear, leading to a dramatic surge in its life force.

Yet, the Cold Domain Bear lacked a new Bloodline Crystal Chain within its body, which meant it was still mortal.

One fateful day, the Origin Blood Continent plummeted into the subterranean depths.

Almost instantly, the weaker members of the Cold Domain Bear Clan perished.

Only the mightiest of the bears, grievously wounded, managed to flee for its life—much like the Chaos Roc.

For countless years afterward, it wandered the various Freezing Lands, unable to return to the Dim Starfield, forever cut off from the Origin Blood Continent.

Even the Chaos Roc, a Starry Behemoth, had to keep its distance after the Yang God claimed the Origin Blood Continent and nurtured the Blood Devil Clan.

As merely an alien beast of the heavens, its evolutionary ceiling was capped at the Ninth Level; no alien beast had yet reached the Tenth Level.

The Blood Devils, forged by the Yang God, quickly saw the rise of a Great Demon God among them, making the bear's return even more unthinkable.

Unlike the Chaos Roc, the bear's heart did not contain a new Bloodline Crystal Chain connected to the essence of life.

As it drew in Frost Energy and faint life force, the entity remained asleep, never truly bestowing its favor or the profound mysteries of life upon the bear.

It could only live slightly longer, but without any secrets tied to the essence of life, it held little value.

Neither the Yang God nor the Demon Phoenix would concern themselves with its survival, nor would they scour the lands in search of it.

Thus, its plight was far less dire than that of the Chaos Roc.

"So that's how it is," Yu Yuan murmured, understanding the secret to the bear's longevity. He squinted and took a closer look at the bear's heart, noting the intricate web of veins that carried the True Meaning of Ice, replete with wondrous intricacies.

Regrettably...

It seemed that all alien beasts from beyond the vast expanse were incapable of surmounting the Tenth Level's heavenly divide.

The Ninth Level was the pinnacle for them.

The Cold Domain Bear was truly remarkable, capable of drawing Frost Energy from the deepest recesses of the Origin Blood Continent, the most frigid place in the world. This clearly demonstrated its exceptional nature.

However, since it couldn't ascend to the Tenth Level and transform into a Dragon God akin to the Frost Dragon, its bloodline was unable to undergo a fundamental breakthrough and metamorphosis.

Its bloodline's grade confined it, preventing any further achievements and leaving it stranded at this plateau.

It must have been aware of this limitation, right?

It realized that its kind, the snow bears, would never break through the ultimate barrier of their bloodline. That's why it went to great lengths to produce an offspring that carried its lineage.

Was it harboring hopes that one day, this child might ascend to the Tenth Level?

Yu Yuan pondered this deeply.

Through his interactions with the subterranean beings of the Origin Blood Continent, he had witnessed the departure of the Titan spinosaurus. Reflecting on his first memory from his time in the Great Swamp...

The ultimate fire enveloped the soul.

The ultimate ice encased the blood.

Prior to his encounter with the Chaos Roc, the Titan spinosaurus, shaped by blood, carried the essence of life as it perished in the vast expanse.

Beneath the surface of that vast expanse, at the core of the Geocentric Fire, lay the ultimate representation of the soul.

The Titan spinosaurus, acting as an emissary and perishing there, became a part of the vast expanse, causing a collision between blood and soul. This allowed the humans of the vast expanse to break through to the Primordial Spirit and achieve immortality.

As a result, the Demons and Nagas of the vast expanse shattered the Ninth Level ceiling of the alien beasts and ascended to the Tenth Level.

"If it could break through the bloodline barrier of the alien beasts and reach the Tenth Level..."

This thought transformed Yu Yuan's gaze toward the Cold Domain Bear into one of intrigue.

He suddenly realized that, perhaps eons ago, he had harbored a similar aspiration.

Could it be that in his first life, tens of thousands of years prior, he had formed a bond with the Cold Domain Bear, already entertaining this very notion?

Did he wish to leverage the Cold Domain Bear's power to delve into the mysteries beneath the Origin Blood Continent and transcend the ultimate cold?

Such was the potency of the ultimate frost energy that it could shatter even the slightest wisp of conscious thought.

Therefore, it is the Geocentric Fire that envelops the "soul" within the Boundless Underground, not the most extreme cold. This ultimate cold seems capable of suppressing and restraining entities related to the soul, such as the Frost Dragon on the Dragon Slash Platform, which once prevented the Ghost Wizard Sect from raising its head and summoning the supreme Primordial Spirit. The deaths of Youyu and Xuanli were due to these two supreme members of the Ghost Wizard Sect being naturally overpowered by the Frost Dragon.

Yet, the extreme cold of the Origin Blood Continent surpasses that of the Frost Dragon—it represents the true pinnacle of coldness in this world. Even in my first life, with all my profound soul-related abilities, I could only traverse the Geocentric Fire in my pure soul form, unable to cross that ultimate chill. If I couldn't, then surely even a stronger being like the Great Demon God Beilstein would also find it insurmountable?

Thus, even if Beilstein could defeat the Blood Devil Clan and his fellow Demon Gods, he would still be unable to reach the treasures beneath the Origin Blood Continent. Perhaps the Great Demon God Beilstein might make it to the Boundless Underground and even cross the Geocentric Fire. However, with the presence of the Yin Veins, the Demon Phoenix, and other supreme beings there, his journey would likely be fraught with difficulty...

A myriad of tumultuous thoughts collided in Yu Yuan's mind, triggering a cascade of memories and considerations. "Is Taishi alright?" Fong Zhong, having arrived from the Boundless Underground, recounted the recent significant events to Yu Yuan in detail before turning to inquire about the Green Incubus and the state of affairs in the Plover Realm.

Upon hearing Taishi's name, Yu Yuan snapped back to reality and asked, "How is he doing?" "He's fine, just a bit... disheartened," the Green Incubus, with his ghastly, fanged visage, sighed. "We've lost the crucial item. Initially full of anticipation for the new Boundless Underground initiative, the allied races have begun to lose faith in us, questioning our capabilities."

Yu Yuan's brow furrowed. A critical component of the new Boundless Underground project was the necessity of a mature Spinosaurus. However, with the Demon Phoenix having seized the Spinosaurus hatchling, the entire plan was now on the brink of collapse.

Bound to the Divine Soul Sect, various clans that wanted to establish a new vast realm and have a hand in it now had to reconsider their plans, as the young Spinosaurus was no longer under the sect's control.

Inside the Dragon Slash Platform, there was another Titan Spinosaurus, a secret known by very few, and Yu Yuan's greatest secret at that.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

At the Cold Abyss Entrance, a colorful aurora shimmered, heralding the emergence of a spatial anomaly.

The voice of Zhong Chichen, my senior brother, wafted through the air, its origin uncertain.

"My dear junior brother, your woman has ventured into the Dark Domain, and that puts me in quite the predicament."

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