Village Chief stood in front of the stele as if struck by lightning, eyes wide with shock. The legend of the Overlord Body? From forty thousand years ago?
Wasn't the Overlord Body just something he made up to fool Quinn Shepherd and the villagers?
Could it be that the Overlord Body actually exists in this world?
No, no! There has to be some mistake! Maybe the Overlord Body from forty thousand years ago isn’t the same thing I made up at all!
His mind was in utter chaos, thoughts crashing over each other. But Village Chief was still Village Chief—he quickly composed himself and reasoned, Maybe there really was an Overlord Body in this world. The Overlord Body should just be a type of Spirit Body, only so strong that people called it the Overlord Body. That kind of Overlord Body is completely different from the one I made up!
He steadied himself and looked toward the stone stele.
The inscription was written in dragon script. After a moment, Village Chief had no choice but to turn to the First Ancestor. "What does it say? Dragon script is too deep and complicated—I never learned it."
The First Ancestor was easygoing. He said, "It says that before the Supreme Sovereign's downfall, the White clan of the dragon race once met a youth who called himself an Overlord Body. He was multi-talented, did what no one else could, and defeated all his peers. His bearing was radiant, his brilliance unmatched—whether in swordplay or divine arts, he surpassed even many of the Supreme Sovereign Era. So they asked him, what is an Overlord Body? The youth replied: The Overlord Body is unique. Its Spirit Embryo Treasury is closed at first, so it appears to be a Mortal Body. But when the Spirit Embryo Treasury is opened, it gains supreme mysteries, and thus outshines all others of its generation, possessing unrivaled potential."
Village Chief's eyelid twitched. Quinn Shepherd was different from other Spirit Bodies—he wasn't even a Spirit Body at all. For Spirit Bodies, the Spirit Embryo Treasury is open from the very start, but Quinn's was closed!
For ordinary people, the Spirit Embryo Treasury is closed too, which is why they can't cultivate.
But under Village Chief's coaxing and with the villagers' help, Quinn actually managed to force open that supposedly impossible Spirit Embryo Treasury—and from then on, his progress in cultivation was meteoric!
This situation was almost exactly like what the stele described!
It must be a coincidence!
Village Chief steadied himself, just as the First Ancestor continued, "...Cultivating as an Overlord Body, one surpasses Spirit Bodies by far, and their comprehension is extraordinary—grasping things at a touch, drawing inferences from one case to another. The Overlord Body is unmatched, yet it has an enemy: the so-called false Overlord Body."
Village Chief shook his head and croaked, "What?"
"It says here that although the Overlord Body is unrivaled, there exists a false Overlord Body to oppose it."
The First Ancestor patiently explained, "It also says the Overlord Body and the false Overlord Body contend for destiny. There is a mysterious resonance between them—the false Overlord Body competes with the true one, trying to seize its fortune and become the real Overlord Body. How strange—how could such a bizarre constitution exist? To be honest, I heard of the Overlord Body once long ago, but I always thought it was just a legend. Never imagined the legend would turn out to be real."
Village Chief's mind thundered. After a long moment, he finally snapped out of it and stammered, "F-First Ancestor, you've heard of the Overlord Body legend?"
The First Ancestor nodded. "I heard it once, but never saw an Overlord Body myself. I always treated it as a tall tale—never thought it would actually be true."
His expression turned odd. "Who would have thought there was such a remarkable Overlord Body in this world."