Chapter 2209: The Lamp Is About to Awaken an Existence

"The lamp cannot, of course." Zhong Shengguang actually revealed a strange smile, "But the existence that the lamp is about to awaken can!"

Upon hearing this, He Lingchuan's heartbeat quickened.

Emperor Xin Yi Mou personally verified that the function of the lamp, namely the so-called solution to the mystery of the womb, is actually to awaken or retain memory.

Whose memory does Zhong Shengguang wish to awaken?

Between heaven and earth, whose soul can oppose Lady Lady Lady Mitian?

Zhong Shengguang rarely used a mysterious tone to ask him:

"Do you remember when I once asked you whether you thought the Great Square Vessel had a spirit or not?"

He Lingchuan nodded instinctively.

As the next collaborator of the Great Square Vessel, he tended to believe the vessel had no spirit, for its will was vast and boundless,

completely different from the individual will of living beings.

To be honest, that had already transcended the category of "spirit."

Yet he also remembered Zhong Shengguang's words at that time:

The Great Square Vessel may not be without spirit.

Those two words "not necessarily" made him ponder for a long, long time.

Later, Zhong Shengguang explicitly stated that the Great Square Vessel had once had a spirit in his hands, but then it disappeared again.

So, where did the vessel spirit go?

Thinking of the lamp's final use for the Red General, He Lingchuan could only arrive at one conclusion:

"The spirit of the Great Square Vessel——on the Red General?!"

"Exactly!" Drawing inferences from one example, no wonder he most admired the Tiger-Wing General, "In this world, aside from the few true immortals of Ling Mountain, only the spirit of the Great Square Vessel is qualified to oppose Lady Lady Lady Mitian!"

Saying this, Zhong Shengguang gently pushed the door and pointed at the high wall opposite.

Even though He Lingchuan had long suspected this, he could not help but his pupils contract sharply, and he exclaimed involuntarily: "This!"

A moment of shock beyond words.

In the hall where Zhong Shengguang worked, directly opposite, there is a large relief on the high wall,

which is a pattern very familiar throughout the Panlong region:

The Black Flood Dragon Mark!

Zhong Shengguang then carefully closed the door, word by word:

"This is the greatest secret of Panlongcheng!"

For so many years, He Lingchuan has been loyal to Panlongcheng, going through life and death countless times. But only today did Zhong Shengguang reveal the city's deepest secret, kept at the bottom of the chest, to him.

He Lingchuan saw the firmness and conviction in his eyes.

What could make the battle-scarred, worldly-wise Zhong Shengguang so unwaveringly convinced? Of course, only the Black Dragon God Sovereign!

"The Dragon God—still—still exists?" He Lingchuan's voice went dry.

In the ancient war between immortals and demons, the Dragon God's collision with the Tianluo Star marked the end. Afterwards, the Dragon God fell on Longshou Mountain in the Jinshin Plains, and the black dragon's scales, especially the reverse scale on the chest, were made into He Lingchuan's this set of ringing dragon battle armor.

Given the Dragon God's power, could it truly have vanished so silently? Long after the ancient war ended, the immortals still did not believe it,

but the Dragon God indeed disappeared from then on, with no news, and no one has seen it.

"The Dragon God's body fell, but its soul merged into the fragments of the Tianluo Star." Zhong Shengguang said slowly, "When the Tianluo Star first appeared in the heavens, the Dragon God comprehended the new law, knowing it would inevitably bring boundless calamity to the world, even immortals could not match it.

Therefore, it must leave a method to oppose it for humanity."

He Lingchuan understood: "Yuanli!"

Upon hearing this, he felt boundless emotion in his heart.

The Dragon God is truly the mighty and compassionate being. Others can sacrifice their lives for the Dao, offering their lives to humanity,

and thus qualify to be called sages.

But the Dragon God's sacrifice goes far beyond that.

Even after its death, it must change its way, continuing to fight the heavenly demons, continuing to protect all living beings.

This may be exactly what he single-mindedly seeks to pursue—the "Dao."

This is the best interpretation of proving the Dao through one's body.

"Not bad, the new law brought by the Tianluo Star favors the heavenly demons; while the Dragon God, or rather the Great Square Vessel, brings a new law to humanity that favors all beings. But for so many years, humanity's realms have not been able to make good use of yuanli."

This is like both the heavenly demons and humanity having obtained a divine weapon; as for how to use it, it depends on their respective levels.

It is a pity that in the past two thousand years or more, humanity has used it poorly, and the spiritual qi of the world can only be greedily sucked by the heavenly demons.

"Speaking reasonably, the law of yuanli is not easy to comprehend, and it has always been under repair."

"Yes, the law of yuanli is being perfected in sync with the Great Square Vessel." Zhong Shengguang sighed, "The Dragon God foresaw that the heavenly demons would one day make a comeback, at which time humanity would decline and be unable to resist. Its divine body has already fallen, so it can no longer fight head-on; it can only hope that strong individuals will appear in humanity, able to properly use yuanli, and ultimately drive out the heavenly demons."

He Lingchuan suddenly realized: "So the Great Square Vessel has always been seeking strong individuals—before, it was Yuan State; later, it was Panlongcheng."

After Panlongcheng, it is he, He Lingchuan!

However, as the struggles have repeatedly failed, the way the Great Square Vessel cooperates with human strong individuals has also been constantly improving.

It is always evolving, never stopping.

"Then how is the lamp to be used?"

"Before the fall of Yuan State, the Yuan King ordered Shao Jian to send the Great Square Vessel to me. But it never paid attention to me until I took office as Commander of Panlongcheng, when the Panlong Wasteland repeatedly suffered foreign invasions, my wife was pregnant, and I then had a long and strange dream." Zhong Shengguang spoke faintly, "In the dream I saw the Dragon God collide with the Tianluo Star, saw the Tianluo Star fragments refined into the Great Square Vessel, and saw fragments of the rise and fall of humanity over the past three thousand years. Finally, I also saw the Dragon God's true form!"

Originally, at that time the Great Square Vessel was actively communicating with people, and He Lingchuan felt a little envious.

He Lingchuan, upon hearing this, had all his past doubts dispelled, and finally understood: "Invoking the descent of the Lady Lady Lady Mitian God is your and the Dragon God's plan!"

"At that time, Panlongcheng itself was weak, constrained by the attacks of Balin and Xianyou, needing overwhelming external force to break through!

And I received news that the Great Heavenly Demon Lady Lady Lady Mitian has always been seeking the whereabouts of the Great Square Vessel." Zhong Shengguang lowered his gaze, "Moreover, because the Dragon God favored him, this child is not only the body of the god's descent, but also able to achieve the rare innate Yuanli body."

"Innate Yuanli body?" It sounded like he had heard it somewhere before?

"Naturally, all her meridians are unobstructed, her tendons and bones strong, including the eight extraordinary meridians—none blocked. Thus, her innate true qi circulates within her viscera, never dissipating, hence called the 'Elemental Body.' " Zhong Shengguang gave a light cough, "What other geniuses achieve through ten years of arduous cultivation, placed here, would be mastered in no more than a year and a half. Even in ancient times, this was exceedingly rare."

He spoke of "other geniuses," not ordinary people.

He Lingchuan:

"......"

What he said was that back then, his cultivation was cautious and meticulous—first clearing the primary meridians, then gradually dredging the extraordinary ones, a process perilous beyond measure, taking an extraordinarily long time, and one misstep could lead to qi deviation.

Yet even so, he was praised as an innate martial saint's body.

Heaven knows how many cultivators have gone awry at the stage of clearing the meridians—either left paralyzed or driven mad and delirious, a perfectly good person henceforth ruined.