Before leaving, Ian Song thought for a moment and handed over two drops of fresh blood to the Little Corpse Puppet.
The Little Corpse Puppet accepted the blood and looked at him expectantly. "Ancestral God descendant, are you really not considering rescuing our clan? If you do, you'll gain several million Upper Heavenly God-level subordinates, including more than ten at God-King level!"
"No rush! No rush!"
Ian Song waved his hand, though his heart tightened. Honestly, anyone would be tempted, but even God-King-level Corpse Puppets couldn't escape the curse. Whoever cast it must be at least a peak upper God-King, maybe even a God Emperor.
Besides, he didn't have any way to control the Corpse Puppet clan.
So even if he wanted to rescue them, he’d have to wait until he reached the God-King realm.
"Once I reach the God-King realm, I'll come back to save you!"
"Alright, our clan will await your arrival!"
The Little Corpse Puppet didn't insist. He just nodded and led thousands of Corpse Puppets into the mist, vanishing from sight.
"Little brother, why did that Little Corpse Puppet call you an Ancestral God descendant?"
Redmoon God-King asked curiously.
Given his relationship with Redmoon God-King and Silverwing God-King, it wouldn't hurt to share a few secrets with them.
So he smiled and said, "The Ancestral God is Pangu. I carry a portion of the Pangu Bloodline, and my blood can lift the curse on their clan!"
"You actually have the bloodline of Pangu the Great?"
At these words, both Redmoon God-King and Silverwing God-King stared at him in utter shock.
Ian Song's expression turned cold. "Don't test my patience. I already know you're the artifact spirit of the Time-Space Divine Hall, one of the Eight Holy Artifacts of the God Realm. True, I haven't fully mastered the Time-Space Divine Hall.
But you should know, I carry the Pangu Bloodline. If I forcefully refine the Time-Space Divine Hall with Chaos Divine Power, you might not be able to stop me. Of course, we’d be enemies then. You helped me a lot in the lower realm—I’m not ungrateful. I think we can talk. Whether you stay or go, I won’t stop you!
"Do you even know what kind of existence Pangu the Great is?" Redmoon God-King retorted.
Ian Song said, "Supposedly, this whole world was created by Pangu, right?"
Silverwing God-King replied, "It's far more than just this world!" He slowly revealed a secret: "You should know, our God Realm is just one world within the chaotic universe. Legend has it that Pangu the Great was born from chaos. When he awoke, he split open heaven and earth, and that land was called the Great Desolation."
The Great Desolation was boundless, its size and depth unknown. But after a certain war, it was shattered into countless fragments. Our God Realm is just one such fragment of the Great Desolation. The Immortal Realm and Mortal Realm are merely subsidiary worlds that evolved from this fragment. Just imagine how powerful Pangu the Great must have been! If word got out that you carry his bloodline, the entire God Realm would be shaken. The consequence? All the strongest experts would come after you, trying to extract your bloodline and fuse it into themselves. Even a trace of Pangu Bloodline could let them break through their current realm and transcend the God Realm, becoming even stronger. So, from now on, you absolutely cannot reveal that you possess the Pangu Bloodline!"
"That's right!"
Redmoon God-King nodded solemnly. "If someone else had the Pangu Bloodline, Galen Jensen and I probably couldn't resist the temptation to act, either!"
Hearing this, Ian Song couldn't help but shiver, suddenly reminded of Tang Monk.
"Heh, I'm not stupid. I only revealed this secret because I trust you two completely. If it were anyone else, I'd never tell them something like this!"
"You silly kid! Just remember, never speak of this secret again!"
Redmoon God-King warned him again, her expression extremely serious.
"Got it!"
Ian Song nodded.
"By the way, since I have the Pangu Bloodline, my blood has special effects. Are you interested? I can give you some to use!"
Star King gave a bitter smile. "Ian Song, you really misunderstood me. You're right—the Time-Space Divine Hall is indeed one of the Eight Holy Artifacts. But it's missing its most crucial component. That item is now in the hands of an extremely formidable God-King. I sealed the hall because he can sense it through that item, not to threaten you. Moreover, when I died, my soul fused with the hall. I have no hope of resurrection unless you surpass the God Emperor realm and can separate me out!"
Redmoon God-King waved her hand. "If I'm not mistaken, your bloodline power hasn't fully awakened yet, so your blood doesn't have much effect right now!"
"But what about this!"
Suddenly, Ian Song unleashed a ball of Chaos Divine Power.
Sensing the aura within the Chaos Divine Power, both Redmoon God-King and Silverwing God-King showed signs of being moved.
Redmoon God-King said, "This is chaos. It's not pure, but it has wondrous effects in many areas!"
"Looks like it's useful to you both!"
As he spoke, Ian Song condensed one-tenth of his Chaos Divine Power into crystals and gave them to the two.
Neither of them could refuse; Chaos Divine Power has marvelous uses, whether for artifact forging or alchemy, producing unexpected results.
Half an hour later—
Ian Song and his two companions appeared inside Xuliang Prefecture.
"Little brother, this is where we part ways!"
Redmoon God-King spoke with reluctance.
"Big Brother Galen, Sister Rhea, take care!"
Ian Song nodded.
The next moment, the two of them flickered and vanished.
After reaching the God-King level, one can teleport through space directly. Ian Song, however, obediently headed for the teleportation array.
First, he teleported back to Brighthelm Holy City, then returned to Yushan Prefecture.
Everything in Yushan Prefecture was peaceful.
His loved ones were all cultivating as usual.
Inside a secret chamber shrouded in layers of formations, Ian Song once again tried to communicate with the Divine Temple.
"Old Spirit, can you let my wife out?"
No response!
"Old Spirit, can you let my wives out or not?"
Ian Song called out again.
Still no response.
Ian Song's expression turned cold. "Don't test my patience. I already know you're the artifact spirit of the Divine Temple, one of the eight great sacred artifacts of the God Realm. True, I haven't fully mastered the Divine Temple.
But you should know, I carry the Pangu bloodline. If I forcefully refine the Divine Temple with Chaos Divine Power, you might not be able to stop me. Of course, we’d be enemies then. You helped me a lot in the lower realm—I’m not ungrateful. I think we can talk. Whether you stay or go, I won’t stop you!"
"Sigh."
With a soft sigh, Old Spirit appeared directly inside the secret chamber.
"Should I call you Old Spirit, or Star King?"
A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Ian Song's mouth.
"Old Spirit is Star King, Star King is Old Spirit—call me whatever you like!" Old Spirit's form rippled, then transformed into a middle-aged man clad in a starry robe.
"I didn't expect you to see through it so quickly. I underestimated you!"
Star King sighed softly.
"Enough. I don't want to waste words. If you have any requests, I'll try to fulfill them. As for seizing my body, I advise you not to try. My soul has undergone many transformations and is about to undergo a twelfth. Your residual soul has almost no chance of success. Besides, there's a system boss living in my mind. If you try to seize me, you're courting death!"
"You're right. I really have no chance of seizing you, because I never intended to!" Star King said sincerely.
With a casual wave of his hand.
An Innate Divine Spirit appeared inside the secret chamber.
"Your soul can fully inhabit this Innate Divine Spirit. While it can't reach the God Emperor level, it can attain peak God-King. I can also pass on the God Emperor technique I obtained from the Godfall Ruins. If you need anything else, just say so!"
Ian Song's tone softened considerably.
Star King gave a bitter smile. "Ian Song, you really misunderstood me. You're right—the Divine Temple is indeed the Time-Space Divine Temple, one of the eight great sacred artifacts. But it's missing its most crucial component. That item is now in the hands of an extremely formidable God-King. I sealed the temple because he can sense it through that item, not to threaten you. Moreover, when I died, my soul fused with the temple. I have no hope of resurrection unless you surpass the God Emperor realm and can separate me out!"