"Kekekeke!"
The menacing and deep voice laughed mockingly. "You truly underestimate Original Sin, and you belittle it as well. Let me tell you this: there are at least twenty Children of Original Sin who have fused with Original Sin True Blood."
A single stone stirred up a thousand ripples.
If the words of the handsome youth earlier had shocked, horrified, and left everyone struggling to believe, then the revelation from this menacing and deep voice at this moment went beyond mere shock, horror, and disbelief. It was suffocating.
Yes.
Suffocating.
Everyone felt it.
Whether it was the hundreds of Original Sin Dharmakayas in the distance, Qingmu Old Immortal, Huli Great Immortal, the Ancestral Patriarchs hidden in the void's shadows, or Da Xing the Mad Monk—all beings present felt as if struck by lightning upon hearing the menacing and deep voice declare that there were at least twenty Children of Original Sin in the world. Their minds went blank.
Not to mention them, even Gu Qingfeng, who had no interest in the True Lord of Original Sin and never concerned himself with such matters, felt his scalp tingle upon hearing this news.
More than twenty Children of Original Sin?
What kind of concept was that?
Were there that many drops of Original Sin True Blood in the world?
When the Dao-less era first opened in the Desolate Ancient Era, rumors said some had obtained Original Sin True Blood, but exactly how many had seized it remained unknown.
Moreover, most of those who had fused with Original Sin True Blood back then had been utterly annihilated, leaving behind only a wisp of undying consciousness or demonic thought—like the Evil Asura of Avici Hell, or those who roamed from the highest heavens to the deepest underworld. Even beings like Qiongqi, who reincarnated and were reborn as humans, had only fused with the True Blood after their rebirth.
Perhaps when the Dao-less era opened, some had seized Original Sin True Blood but did not fuse with it, instead preserving it.
The drop of Original Sin True Blood Gu Qingfeng fused with was exactly like that.
He had also heard Da Xing the Mad Monk say that the preserved drops of Original Sin True Blood were definitely more than one. Da Xing knew of five or six drops, and Gu Qingfeng had thought that was perhaps the extent of it, maybe seven or eight at most.
But he never expected this damnable menacing and deep voice to claim there were at least twenty Children of Original Sin who had fused with True Blood.
"Kekekeke...
That's just what this Old Ancestor knows. This Old Ancestor dares to guarantee that the number of Children of Original Sin in this world is definitely more than twenty. Perhaps even more... kekekeke..." The menacing and deep voice sounded again. Gu Qingfeng asked, "Is this bastard telling the truth, or is he deliberately exaggerating? Are there really that many drops of Original Sin True Blood in all of history?"
Beside him, Da Xing the Mad Monk glanced at Gu Qingfeng, opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.
It wasn't that he didn't want to answer the question, but he himself didn't know.
After all, he hadn't experienced the Dao-less era and didn't know exactly how many drops of Original Sin True Blood had appeared back then, nor how many had been preserved.
"There are so many Children of Original Sin in all of history?"
The other party's words clearly also horrified the handsome youth. He furrowed his brows, as if finding it hard to believe, and asked, "Is what you say true?"
"Kekekeke, of course it's true!"
"To my knowledge, back in the Desolate Ancient Era, almost without exception, the Children of Original Sin who fused with True Blood were utterly annihilated. So, does that mean the more than twenty Children of Original Sin you speak of all fused with the True Blood after the Desolate Ancient Era?"
"Kekekeke!
Indeed, the Children of Original Sin who fused with True Blood back in the Desolate Ancient Era were all annihilated, leaving behind only a wisp of consciousness or demonic thought carrying their spiritual will. Even you, Qiongqi, reincarnated and only fused with the True Blood later. Isn't that what this Old Ancestor said?"
The handsome youth nodded.
He had indeed only fused with the True Blood later.
"However..." The voice shifted its tone. "Back in the Desolate Ancient Era, not all who seized Original Sin True Blood fused it into themselves. Some beings preserved it instead... kekekeke..." The handsome youth continued his inquiry: "Exactly how many beings seized Original Sin True Blood when the Dao-less era opened? And how many drops of True Blood were preserved?"
"Kekekeke..." After a bout of laughter, the menacing and deep voice responded, "No one can answer that question. Not to mention you have now forgotten your past life memories as Qiongqi; even if you awakened those memories, you might not know the answer."
Silence.
The handsome youth fell silent.
Everyone fell silent.
They were all wondering whether what this mysterious figure said was true or false.
If it was false, what was his purpose? Was it just to exaggerate and create chaos?
What good would a chaotic situation do for him?
If it was true...
Then who were these more than twenty Children of Original Sin?
Besides Black Mountain Old Monster and Ancestor Qingdeng, plus that obscure Ancestor Liao E, who else could be a Child of Original Sin who had fused with True Blood?
No one knew.
For so many years, no one had ever seen them. If not for the handsome youth revealing it this time, no one would even have known that Black Mountain Old Monster and Ancestor Qingdeng had also fused with True Blood.
At that moment.
Huli Great Immortal roared loudly, "You dog bastard!
Stop spewing this exaggerated, twisted bullshit here!
Although this venerable one was sealed in the Guixu for countless ages, I haven't been idle since emerging in the Present Era! If there really were more than twenty Children of Original Sin, it's impossible that this venerable one hasn't seen a single one!"
"Kekekeke!
Huli Great Immortal, you haven't seen them, which only proves you lack the capability."
"Dog bastard!"
Huli Great Immortal shouted furiously, "Have the guts to show yourself!"
"Kekekeke!"
After a bout of laughter, the other party said, "Huli Great Immortal, you've truly regressed the longer you live. Sealed in the Guixu for so many years, your mental state has returned to its origin, you've found your Id... however...
Finding your Id and returning to your innate nature isn't necessarily a form of transcendence. Perhaps the shackles of fate upon you have only grown heavier... kekekeke...
One has to admit, the Guixu is truly terrifying!"
"You..." The menacing and deep voice was like a sharp dagger stabbing into Huli Great Immortal's heart, causing his face to change color repeatedly. He wanted to curse angrily, but the words died on his lips.
Though he didn't want to, he had to admit the other spoke the truth.
It wasn't that Huli Great Immortal didn't know.
On the contrary.
He understood better than anyone.
In the past.
He too had always believed the legends were true.
The legends said that only by transcending the self could one find the Id, and only by transcending the Id could one find the True Self. Only by finding the True Self could one break free from the shackles of fate.
Initially, upon discovering he had transcended his self and found his Id, Huli Great Immortal had been elated for a while, thinking the so-called Guixu was nothing special—not only had it failed to erase him, but it had even allowed him to find his Id.
Only later did he gradually come to understand that finding this so-called Id was not the shore of liberation, but a deeper sea of suffering.
He even began to think that finding the Id was not a form of transcendence at all. Just as the menacing and deep voice had said, after finding the Id and returning to one's innate nature, perhaps the shackles of fate upon one's body only grew heavier.