Chapter 1355: Chapter 573: The Ultimate Secret (Part 3)

"Ah?" The newly promoted Great Grandmaster’s mind trembled.

The elder asked, "You know about soul transfer, right?"

Actually, there was no need to ask. People at their level could all take action.

The elder continued, "Tell me, if I transfer my soul and switch to a perfectly matched body, then have descendants, whose descendants would they be considered?"

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster had never thought about this question and immediately replied, "Naturally, they would be yours."

The elder shook his head and said, "Wrong. All signs show that those offspring are still considered descendants of the original owner, inheriting all their traits."

"This..."

The elder said, "The imprint of life is rooted in the deepest flesh and blood. For instance, if a person dies and is proven to be completely perished, yet their ’fertility’ is preserved in advance by freezing, it can still be used to propagate descendants years later." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

He narrated a fact that a certain Main God from the God like Association fought with an opponent back in the day, and his body collapsed, but he managed to slay his opponent’s consciousness as well.

Eventually, he thought that his opponent’s shattered body was suitable for his mighty and indestructible spirit, and thus he seized it.

Decades later, that Main God was heartbroken to discover that his newly born descendants, no matter in which aspect, resembled that opponent greatly.

There was even one descendant who seemed to bring the opponent back to the world, not only in appearance but also in character.

He wanted to smack the child dead, but he also felt that he had grown emotionally attached, leaving him truly entangled.

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster said, "If taught and intervened properly in the later stages, wouldn’t they resemble oneself more on the spiritual level?"

The elder shook his head and said, "Do you know the cuckoo bird? It lays eggs in other birds’ nests and never nurtures them, never interacts. Yet when the little cuckoo hatches, it instinctively knows to push out the eggs or chicks of other parents to enjoy the foster parents’ feeding alone. This is an imprint etched in the blood and flesh, with the body carrying the ultimate secret of life. The spirit is like duckweed, its roots in the flesh, and as long as there is a body, consciousness can naturally arise."

He used ordinary birds as an example, which was quite telling.

Then, the elder talked about the in-depth research in the domain of soul transfer, believing that the body can influence the spirit.

He gave another example: there was once a perfect soul transfer, but after decades or even a century, the person astonishingly found their temperament and habits showing signs of transforming back to the original owner’s traits.

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster was shocked and said, "Is there such a thing?"

The elder nodded and said, "Yes, especially when a weaker person occupies a stronger body, they end up being more influenced by it."

According to the extensive research by the old Chairman of God like Association, as long as the body is alive, its internal life essence imprint will inevitably continue to spark the spirit’s light, blending into the outsiders’ consciousness.

Of course, it is hardly detectable; those wisps and threads take decades or centuries to develop, imperceptibly subtle.

Upon hearing this, the newly promoted Great Grandmaster was somewhat lost in thought, remaining silent for a long time.

The elder said: "In this ’Forgotten Corner,’ involving ancient Heavenly Immortal battles, a multitude of races were involved. The old Chairman, for convenience in conducting experiments and acquiring life materials, once had disciples and grand-disciples seize the bodies of some grand families’ family heads. As a result, several centuries later, some of them nearly lived as the original family heads would have, following their original life trajectories."

It can be said that large-scale soul transfer also counts as a research endeavor, providing invaluable experience for the old Chairman’s later regeneration.

The elder said: "The old Chairman’s original lifespan had been exhausted. Ultimately, through meticulous study of the body’s theories, he kept his aged form in the Supreme Longevity Land."

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster was astounded, did the old Chairman pass through a terminal life catastrophe, serenely slumber for five hundred years, then resurrect and return as if in a dream?

"When did this happen?"

The elder said, "I don’t know, but it did happen."

Back then, the old Chairman of God like Association entrusted his most trusted direct descendants of the Seventh Realm to bury him in the Creation Land of Supreme Longevity Land. His spirit did dissipate, but after five hundred years, the body excised the death aura and underwent a Nirvana once again.

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster asked, "The body wasn’t dead, but his spirit completely dissipated, so how could it experience resurgence?"

He was naturally somewhat aware, but the various secrets and details were utterly unknown.

The elder said: "First of all, he took considerable amounts of Big Medicine related to soul revival. He firmly believed that if the body revived one day, the spirit’s light would still be born, little by little. Moreover, he willingly lent his body to let future unparalleled talents take possession of it, similar to what you see before you: Zhou Wenchuan’s Saints wanting to enter those Daoist Bodies and Divine Embryos."

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster didn’t understand and asked, "Why introduce foreign souls? Why allow others to use his body..."

The elder said, "Though the body revived, it lay dormant for many years, just like a rusty machine needing someone to operate it. The stronger the talents of the Saint, the better they matched the reviving body, and the more smoothly the machine operated. Once everything was on track, the nascent spirit light of the original body would naturally come to fruition."

The newly promoted Great Grandmaster felt a chill down his spine, no wonder his grandfather had such indifference earlier, believing that who would be the final victor was still uncertain, and some Saints were sent only to "ignite the fire" and speed up the revival of the illustrious body.

The elder said, "Having died once, it seems to sever the past. However, while the land and roots remain, the wild fire will never fully consume. The spring breeze will surely breathe life again."

Of course, for adaptation, alignment between the body and the spirit realm levels is also necessary.