Chapter 2157: The True Face of the Immortal Ancestor's Legacy

He knew one thing clearly:

The relationship between the Lu family and Mu State, and Ling Mountain, could probably never return to what it once was.

From now on, only Cang Yan could protect Bailie.

All Lu family members present today could only cling tightly to the Nine Nether Great Emperor, with no second path left to walk.

……

After the clansmen withdrew and the shrine doors were tightly shut, the blood demon transformed from his cloak into a red shadow, strolling around inside the shrine:

"What exactly is that gold snake biting a ring?"

He Lingchuan lowered his eyes slightly: "The Lu family's heirloom."

"Fools still think, even now, that this is merely an immortal's relic!" the blood demon burst into laughter—of course, those outside the shrine couldn't hear—"I'm not so easily fooled!"

What exactly is the Lu ancestors' relic? How could it possess such immense power, capable of scheming against the Nine Nether Great Emperor? It and the Soul-Capturing Mirror were both dying of curiosity, holding back until now to ask.

"Divine Spark."

Even the blood demon gasped: "This is the Divine Spark?!"

It had seen much, but this thing truly exceeded its understanding.

The Divine Spark is not of this world, but belongs to extraterritorial heavenly demons.

It is the source of heavenly demon power—ordinary heavenly demons are not even worthy to possess it!

"It is the Fate Divine Spark, a supreme treasure even ordinary heavenly demons cannot master." He Lingchuan emphasized, "And it is a complete, intact Fate Divine Spark!"

That's why he had struck him so unexpectedly earlier.

The ghost could guess: the Lu family's immortal ancestor's relic turned out to be the Divine Spark of an ancient heavenly demon! Never seen such a scheme against descendants.

"The Lu family producing a 'Child of Fate' is due to this object. As long as within its influence, the Lu family may produce a Child of Fate within three to five generations. But Lu Zhensheng, that unworthy descendant, used it to harm people. This thing even immortals and demons dare not touch lightly—mortals who encounter it will surely die!"

Before, he had never understood how the Lu family could guarantee a Child of Fate would be born within their own clan, not stray to branch lines, not be stolen by others.

It turns out the Child of Fate is manufactured!

That ring fragment had been influencing the Lu family members, enabling the possibility of a Child of Fate's birth; branch lines, distant from the Lu ancestral shrine and the fragment, after several generations naturally no longer produced a Child of Fate.

As a main-line member, Lu Xiaoyun was born in the Lu mansion and had been influenced by this fragment since childhood. If her son He Lingchuan were to have descendants in a distant foreign land, they would no longer be affected by the ring fragment, and thus no Child of Fate would appear in later generations.

He Lingchuan summoned the Gold Snake Biting Ring, letting it float in midair: "Perhaps the Lu family's immortal ancestor died young because of it."

This thing's destructive power is too great—if the Lu family's immortal ancestor had not been a true immortal, he likely would have suffered irreversible harm back then.

The blood demon also secretly rejoiced—earlier it had sensed danger and avoided touching this fragment, and now it seems that was the right choice.

"Wasn't it originally just a fragment? How is it complete now?"

"I filled it in." He Lingchuan took credit for the work of the Great Vast Pot, "Other fragments just happened to be with me, so I patched it up incidentally."

Before, he had suspected that the Fate Divine Spark of Luotu Heaven had been seized or copied by the Great Vast Pot, and today it appears to be true.

Once the Fate Divine Spark is made whole, its power naturally cannot be compared to the fragments before. Moreover, the Lu family's previously tested Children of Fate, as long as they followed the immortal ancestor's instructions and dipped their hands into the incense burner's water, needed no direct contact with the bronze fragment and faced no mortal danger.

"……Incidentally?" This kid said it lightly, as if he had casually bought a slice of pork belly at the market, "You just happen to have Divine Spark fragments in your hand?"

"I'm also quite surprised." He Lingchuan smoothly shifted the topic, "However, this Divine Spark's trial is somewhat……too simple and superficial, unbefitting its stature. How did this come to be?"

"You still find it too simple?" This kid must really want to die in the trial?

"The Fate Divine Spark originates from one of the Three Great Holy Gods of the Demon Realm—the Ancient Fate God. Even gods below the Great Heavenly God dare not attempt to master it. Moreover, 'Fate' itself is synonymous with unpredictability and elusiveness; the trial it left for me is truly……a simplicity unbefitting its status."

Of course, simplicity does not mean harmless.

Is it because the Great Vast Pot intervened?

He Lingchuan recalled the wooden serpent necklace in the trial ground—its appearance was utterly abrupt no matter how he thought about it.

This little wood carving was the key to He Lingchuan breaking through this time, as if someone had specially given him a hint device, instantly lowering the trial difficulty by several levels.

Without it, he might not have made it out alive today.

The Fate Divine Spark is not so kind—so, was it the Great Vast Pot that deliberately slipped it in?

"Hey, that trial—what exactly is it supposed to test?"

"I think, probably a kind of 'self-perception.'" The Gold Snake Biting Ring slowly vanished from midair, "If I cannot even comprehend my own fate, how could I qualify as a candidate master of the Fate Divine Spark?"

Even with the Great Vast Pot helping him cheat, if he cannot himself comprehend it in the trial, he will still not be acknowledged by this divine object.

The complete Fate Divine Spark, a divine object of this level, has its own pride and character—perhaps even the Great Vast Pot cannot truly subdue it, let it acknowledge He Lingchuan as master like the Luo Sheng Jia.

As He Lingchuan encounters ever more powerful things and laws, he no longer expects the Great Vast Pot to, as before, tame every treasure thoroughly before giving it to him.

Though the Great Vast Pot is mighty, it too has its own limits.

Where does the Fate Divine Spark come from? The Ancient Fate God who once captured the World Core. And the connection between the World Core and the Great Vast Pot need not be said further, right?

Looking at it now, this seems to be a pair of old grudges.

This trial likely counts as He Lingchuan and the Great Vast Pot joining forces, and also a crucial step in his own growth.

Speaking of which, the Great Vast Pot long ago stopped giving him guarantees. Initially, he could die in Panlong Ancient City and still resurrect infinitely; now he has only one life left—die, and it's truly over, just like in the real world.

People grow up, and sooner or later must rely on themselves.

As the Great Vast Pot becomes ever more inscrutable, the risk in He Lingchuan's association with it is actually increasing.

"Candidate?" The blood demon blinked slightly, "You haven't even subdued it yet?"

"Actually, the Fate Divine Spark has only preliminarily acknowledged me so far." He Lingchuan sighed, "I cannot yet unleash its true power."

He has not yet reached immortal cultivation, yet the Fate Divine Spark is a supreme treasure even immortals and demons dare not touch—how could he be allowed to use it at will?

It's like a five-year-old insisting on wielding an iron discus only adults can handle—one, he can't lift it; two, he's likely to hurt himself.

There is another secret, he does not tell the blood demon:

With his current ability, possessing the Fate Divine Spark is extraordinarily taxing. To bring it forth before people to display holiness, he can last no more than a quarter of an hour at most.

That's why, when he executed Lu Zhensheng earlier, the time he had the Divine Spark out was exactly a quarter of an hour.