Chapter 2542

Just then, Dong Rui, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: "I've verified it — these starfish are Ruiyin God-Jun... well, at least a part of Him."

He Lingchuan's hoe paused as he dug the ground.

Zhu Xiuer asked on his behalf: "Are you sure?"

"I made the move myself — what uncertainty could there be?" This confidence came from professional expertise. "Remember the two brothers Xi Yu and Wu Yao, the Heavenly Demons killed by Jiuyou and the Earth Mother in Yujing City? It's known that Wu Yao's fully descended vessel was sourced from Ruiyin God-Jun."

"I know that, so what?"

"I specially brought several vessel samples this trip. Just now I compared them with those starfish — heh—" Dong Rui grew animated, "Essentially speaking, they're the same thing!"

Inside and outside the Doukou Garden, silence fell all around.

After a good while, Immortal Mingke spoke up: "You mean... uh, you're saying the Heavenly Demons actually dismembered Ruiyin God-Jun by a thousand cuts and planted the pieces in the terraced fields?"

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Even for Heavenly Demons, isn't this method a bit too outrageous?"

"I never said that!" Dong Rui snorted, not shouldering that burden. "I only confirm one thing: these starfish are a part of Ruiyin God-Jun, or rather, small pieces of flesh gouged from His body!"

What's the point of doing it this way? The Mirror cracked a cold joke: "The Heavenly Demons want to slice up Ruiyin God-Jun for hot pot?"

But no one could laugh.

Limited by the surrounding environment, He Lingchuan only said in a low voice: "A fallback — break the whole into parts to reduce risk."

Zhu Xiuer scratched her head: "Risk?"

"The risk of Ruiyin God-Jun's body acting up!" Ling Jinbao reacted fastest. "Like attracts like — gathered together they're more prone to rebellion! If you separate them all in sequence, it's easier to manage and isolates the risk!"

The Heavenly Demons' known "Yangguan Path" was hopeless, but Miyin God-Jun's leftover body always spawned new consciousnesses to cause trouble, just like wildfire — extinguished here, ignited there, exhausting people to the point they couldn't defend against it.

This problem objectively existed and had always plagued the Divine Descent Plan. Without the "Yangguan Path," the Lingxu crowd also had to find another way.

So, the terraced fields before them were the backup plan they'd come up with.

Ruiyin God-Jun's body was too massive, and every tiny unit of His body was too active, prone to birthing new consciousnesses. Fine then — the Heavenly Demons simply broke this colossus into zero, sliced it into countless fragments, separated and isolated them for cultivation. Then the "clustering" property of Miyin God-Jun's body was worn away — how could such minuscule units spawn new consciousness?

Even if they did, they'd only be weak individuals — what could they use to oppose Lingyun Palace?

"One thinks the change in Lingyun Palace came after the Lingxu crowd's defeat in the Yujing City battle. The Lingxu Holy Venerable finally made up his mind to do the terraced fields."

In other words, these terraced fields were mostly promoted only after the Yujing City battle.

Everyone realized: "No wonder Yanxia Bay's labor demand surged recently, and Lingyun Palace inside and out has been busy beyond measure — the root cause was us."

"Damn it!" Zhu Xiuer couldn't help cursing. "You mean the Heavenly Demons' Divine Descent vessel plan can still proceed smoothly?"

It had thought that obtaining the "Yangguan Path" would be a major blow to the Lingxu crowd's Divine Descent Plan, effectively stopping the Heavenly Demons' erosion of the mortal world.

Thinking of this, it felt slightly dejected.

The foreman happened to walk by from behind; He Lingchuan made no sound.

But Immortal Mingke said: "If this method works, why would the Lingxu Holy Venerable prioritize the Yangguan Path, even trying to cooperate with an untrustworthy demon like Shangguan? Even though they still covet the Great Fanghu simultaneously, it shows the terraced field method was treated as a backup — it must have its flaws."

"Of course it does." Who knows what Dong Rui was tinkering with; only now did he chime in again. "Ruiyin God-Jun's body originally existed as a whole, containing powerful vitality — as the saying goes, gathering a hundred rivers creates the power to overturn mountains and seas. The Heavenly Demons now cut it into fragments; though it prevents rebellion and eases management, it's like a water droplet under the sun easily drying up — these starfish's vitality is far inferior to the main body."

"What's the problem with that?"

"The key lies in how the Heavenly Demons plan to use these starfish to manufacture Divine Descent bodies." Dong Rui now had to explain to a crowd of outsiders. "I said these starfish's vitality and abilities can't compare to the main body at all. I don't know exactly how large Ruiyin God-Jun's body is, but judging by the scale of just these few terraced fields, they couldn't possibly hold all of Ruiyin God-Jun's fragments. Unless Lingyun Palace has other pocket worlds to store starfish, or continues expanding the mountains, this is merely an experimental field."

The foreman walked far off; He Lingchuan's voice was like a mosquito's hum: "There are two possibilities. Either dissecting Ruiyin God-Jun's body is a massive project, not easy at all — after all, the Yujing City battle ended not long ago, and the Heavenly Demons haven't had ample time to switch to the backup plan. Or, the Lingxu Holy Venerable also holds a cautious attitude toward this method and can only run trials first."

Ling Jinbao grasped the weight: "Meaning, besides starfish being raised in terraced fields, Ruiyin God-Jun's remnant body might still be hidden somewhere in Lingyun Palace?"

He Lingchuan summarized: "Right. We currently have three tasks. One, obtain the seal for free passage through Lingyun Palace, so you all can move freely first."

This is the prerequisite for all other actions. Otherwise, forget fighting — they couldn't even set foot on the ground.

"Two, investigate how the Heavenly Demons use these starfish — well, Ruiyin God-Jun's fragments — to manufacture Divine Descent bodies!"

"Three, if Ruiyin God-Jun's remnant body still exists, we must find it.

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Concise and clear — everyone understood.

Dong Rui continued: "Regarding the second point, cough — these starfish still retain the trait of mutually devouring and fusing. I estimate the Heavenly Demons will combine them as needed when manufacturing divine bodies; otherwise I can't think of any other use. But there's a huge difficulty in this: how to transform the form of these Ruiyin God-Jun fragments from sea pansy into a human body?"

Zhu Xiuer asked him: "You don't have a clue either?"

"We've excavated several Heavenly Demon test sites. I've tracked several Heavenly Demon approaches to manufacturing Divine Descent bodies, including Xi Yu's divine body production, but none match Lingyun Palace." Dong Rui took a light breath. "Lingyun Palace is likely conducting entirely new research. Just seeing it placed beside Buyin God-Jun shows how much the Heavenly Demons value it. But whichever method, there's a barrier hard to overcome."

"That the difference between sea pansy and human body is too great." Everyone in Doukou Garden could see his brows nearly knotting together. "The human body has tendons and bones, skull and brain, skeleton, muscle fibers, blood vessels and meridians — sea pansy has none of these."