"However, Ren Gu was worried that while you were performing the technique, you would actually beco paralyzed and fall into a coma. That would have been a real problem."
"In fact, your master hesitated for a long ti about whether to teach you the Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique."
Speaking of which, Mister Mu finally grew serious and sighed. "Your master was hesitant because for you to succeed, you had to risk paralysis or a coma from which you might never awaken. That's no different from death."
"Back then, he spent entire nights sleepless, even thinking it might be for the best if you couldn't learn it... After all, you're his favorite disciple. It's no exaggeration to say he sees you as a son."
"Otherwise, he would not have made the unprecedented decision to set aside all other matters and spend an entire year with you on the mountain."
"But there was no other way. No matter how reluctant he was, the fact remained that no one else could perform the complete Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique. That ant no one could inherit, learn, and master the Dragon Essence... He had to let you learn it, had to let you master it. The future depended on it!"
Hearing this, Xu Ke sighed. He was starting to rember... In the days leading up to his training in the Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique, Ren Gu had been uncharacteristically silent and visibly worried for several days. Of course, that hadn't stopped him from teasing ...
"Fortunately, the price you paid was rely the loss of your mory and cultivation..."
"Since that incident, your recovery of mory has been as good as certain, because we had already found the Dragon Essence Item!"
At this point, Mister Mu revealed a slight smile.
"The ultimate purpose of learning the Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique is to control the Dragon Essence. Dragon Essence is untamable; no one can subdue it. Only those who have mastered the Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique—the masters of fate—can control it."
"It's often buried within imperial tombs, but it isn't found exclusively there. The saying that 'Dragon Essence stems from the Dragon Vein' isn't entirely accurate. No one can say for sure where Dragon Essence cos from. It seems to appear out of thin air, much like Demonic Qi, and it has an incredibly strong suppressing effect on it."
"We didn't know about Dragon Essence before," Mister Mu said, "nor did we know of its suppressing effect on Demonic Qi. We were at a loss when facing it and suffered considerable losses!"
"It was only thanks to finding ancient texts with scarce records of the Han Sect that we learned how to counter Demonic Qi."
Xu Ke was bewildered. "So the Han Sect... it really exists?"
He'd been stunned when Mister Mu first ntioned it. The na felt inexplicably familiar. Then, he vividly recalled being in the Martial Alliance Treasury, when Yuan Shang and Chen Xiong had shown him a 'Han Sect' token. At the ti, he had been thrilled, believing it to be an Imperial Tomb Relic. He only found out later that he had been tricked. But now, hearing Mister Mu's explanation, Xu Ke suddenly realized the Han Sect must be so extraordinary organization!
"Of course. The Han Sect was initially discovered in an obscure historical record, which obliquely ntioned the battles between the Han Sect and a power that was highly effective against Martial Artists. The ultimate outco was the Human Emperor suppressing it with a royal aura..."
"And we discovered that this so-called 'royal aura' was, in fact, Dragon Essence."
"We thought it might lead us to a way to counter Demonic Qi, so we searched with all our might and eventually found so ruins in Tianhai. Ren Gu was injured quite badly while retrieving the ancient texts inside, which contained specific information about the Han Sect. Thankfully, the Zhou Family Patriarch intervened and saved him," Mister Mu said with a smile.
Xu Ke finally understood. "So that's how it was... But then what about the 'Han Sect' token that appeared in Tianhai over a decade ago?"
As soon as the question left his lips, he realized sothing was off. The Han Sect token he'd seen in the Martial Alliance Treasury was clearly a modern, manufactured product. How could it be related to the ancient Han Sect?
"Oh, you an that thing!" Mister Mu paused for a mont before rembering. He laughed heartily. "That was just sothing we cobbled together. We inherited the na of the Han Sect and crafted those weapons using over a dozen Imperial Tomb Relics."
"We knew Dragon Essence could counter Demonic Qi, but we couldn't absorb it like you can. So, we had to use the Han Sect tokens, which we had imbued with Dragon Essence, to fight our enemies."
"As for why the token ended up in Tianhai, it's because we completely drained its Dragon Essence while suppressing a tide of Demonic Qi on the Ye Family's back mountain. We just tossed it aside afterward."
"Apparently, our battle created such a commotion that people mistook it for the ergence of so great treasure. It attracted a lot of attention, and the token was even taken back to Long Capital for investigation..."
"During those years, many ancient ruins were being unearthed, and plenty of Martial Artists had powerful, extraordinary encounters inside them. It was perfectly normal for a commotion like ours to attract attention."
When Mister Mu finished, Xu Ke understood everything.
Damn! So that's what really happened! No wonder the back mountain of the Ye Family estate was a complete ss when Ye Yunfeng found it. And no wonder there was still so lingering Demonic Qi—not too strong, but not too weak either—which led him to build his 'experintal base' there. So that was the place where the tide of Demonic Qi had erupted. No wonder the Han Sect token drew so many prying eyes! A battle of that magnitude would have been world-shaking. It was inevitable that it would attract attention!
"The Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique was also discovered in those ancient Han Sect scriptures. It was created by the first Human Emperor to allow his subordinates to control Dragon Essence just as he did. Unfortunately, the Human Emperor possessed a destiny tied to the unification of the world, which naturally made him a master of fate. Others, perhaps lacking that specific fortune, could never gain control no matter how hard they tried."
Mister Mu sighed deeply. "Precisely because so few people can control Dragon Essence, we've been unable to completely suppress the Demon Race, who have mastered Demonic Qi. They have long been lying in wait, ready to stage a coback!"
Xu Ke had cleared up the "who am I, where did I co from, where am I going" conundrum of Dragon Essence and understood the origins of the Heaven-Defying Fate Change Technique, only to be faced with a host of new questions.
"So... how powerful are our enemies, the Demon Race, now? What's their aim, and what do I need to do?" Xu Ke threw out question after question.
"How powerful they are... Hmm, that's a good question." Mister Mu stroked a lock of hair from his forehead and smiled. "We don't know."
"What? You don't know?" Xu Ke was stunned.
Wong Qifu's heart tightened. If people as powerful as Mister Mu and the dical Saint couldn't even gauge the Demon Race's strength, wouldn't Xu Ke be in grave danger confronting them with his current cultivation?
"On the surface, they have never revealed a powerhouse capable of matching Ren Gu at his peak in battle," Mister Mu said, offering Wong Qifu so reassurance. "Even if their Demonic Qi is troubleso, Ren Gu can still wipe them out completely."
"It's a complete domination of raw power."
"However, what worries us more are the tides of Demonic Qi and what they call 'Secondary Demonic Essence'."
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