Up on the hill, Jiang He scowled and pondered for a long time.
Even so …
He could not come up with a reason.
"Sigh …"
"I may be a Saint now, but how many years has it been since I started cultivating? I don't even know much about common sense in cultivation. Maybe there's something more to it? "
"Whatever!"
"I can't be careless when it concerns my cultivation. I should ask Eldest Brother about it."
Hence, Jiang He returned to the Seven Holy Palaces seven days after he left.
The Primeval Lord of Heaven had yet to leave. After his game with the Grand Pure God, he had been drinking tea and discussing Dao, and exclaimed in surprise when he saw Jiang He return, "Junior Brother Jiang He … you're not in seclusion?"
Jiang He had left in a hurry, saying that he was trying to leave his life mark in the River of Time. All of them were experienced and naturally knew how complicated that step was.
Generally speaking, it would be difficult to do without centuries.
"My seclusion is over."
Jiang He asked unhappily, "Senior Brother Primeval Lord of Heaven, Eldest Brother, is it really that difficult to place one's life mark in the River of Time and Time?"
"It's not that difficult."
The Grand Pure God smiled, stroking his beard. "Any Saint would be able to place their life mark in the River of Time and Time as long as their control over Time reaches a certain level. At most, it's a little troublesome and time-consuming."
Troublesome?
Time-Consuming?
The corner of Jiang He's mouth twitched …
Could it be …
I've placed a fake Life Brand on him?
After all, Jiang He found the number of 129,600 in seven days a little unbelievable even now.
Seeing the look on Jiang He's face, the Primeval Lord of Heaven asked, "Did something go wrong when you placed your life mark, Jiang He?"
"It's not that big of a problem."
Jiang He stammered, "But I might have placed a fake life mark."
"…"
"…"
Both the Primeval Lord of Heaven and the Grand Pure God of Morality traded glances and exclaimed in surprise, "How could a life mark be fake?"
"I don't know!"
Jiang He could not decide whether to laugh or cry, and flashed a pained smile. "After I returned, I found a random hill and secluded myself to cultivate, only to find that it was very easy to place one hundred and twenty-nine thousand and six hundred life marks in just seven days … That has to be fake, since both of you said it's very difficult."
In the Seven Saints Palace, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
After a long while, the Primeval Lord of Heaven shook his head and said, "That's impossible. After I became a Saint, I spent more than 800 years to refine the Past Body and another 1,300 years to refine the Future Body."
"After countless years, I've only managed to leave my life imprint on twelve timelines."
However, the Grand Pure One was deep in thought.
One hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred …
He was very familiar with this number.
Because he was like that.
Moreover, the Grand Pure One believed that 129,600 should be the limit. With his control over the laws of time, that was all he could do.
"Something's wrong …"
"If he really did that, the Heavenly Dao would have reacted!"
The Grand Pure Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue was an experienced person.
At that time, he'd suffered quite a bit, and it was also because of this that the will of the Heaven Dao would stare at him as if he were a thief.
After all, it had been too long since Jiang He became a Saint, and he had taken Jiang He on a trip through the River of Time and Space, which was why he knew Jiang He's grasp over Temporal Laws.
Even as those thoughts flashed through the Grand Pure One's mind, the Primeval Lord of Heaven and Jiang He had a heated conversation.
Both of them began to speculate about false life imprints, and agreed that it was impossible to complete 129,600 life imprints in seven days.
The Primeval Lord of Heaven used his own example and the cultivation of other Saints to prove the matter of false life imprints.
Jiang He appeared to have come to a sudden realization and nodded, sighing, "I've been enlightened. Like I said, how could imprinting life imprints be that simple?"
"Actually, it's easy to tell whether it's real or fake."
That was when the Grand Pure One chuckled. "You just need to connect to your life imprint and see if you could materialize a clone."
"That's right."
The Primeval Lord of Heaven nodded in agreement.
Jiang He then tried to connect to his life imprint …
He could feel a power from the past stirring in the world in his body, and in the next split second, that power rapidly materialized through his life imprint, becoming another version of himself.
Jiang He continued to connect to his life imprint, and soon, a second, third, and fourth clone appeared one after another.
Since all his life imprints were imprinted in the world in his body, the clones that materialized were in the world in his body as well.
Jiang He became numb as the clones materialized one after another.
And yet, neither the Primeval Lord of Heaven nor the Grand Pure One noticed Jiang He's world in his body at all. All they saw was Jiang He blanking where he was with a rather numb look on his face, assuming that Jiang He could not accept the fact that he had imprinted a false mark.
Hence, the Primeval Lord of Heaven spoke up to console him, saying, "Junior Brother Jiang He, you're actually very impressive. To reach your current level of ability after just a dozen years of cultivation, no one across worlds, past, present, or future could compare to you."
Jiang He remained frozen where he was.
He did not hear what the Primeval Lord of Heaven said at all …
His attention was entirely focused on the world in his body.
At the moment, many densely packed figures were hovering above the vast river of stars in Jiang He's body.
Those clones were Jiang He in the first place and naturally looked the same as him. Moreover, every single one of them had overwhelming auras, and had all reached Saint … of course, the strength of those clones differed.
For example, his past and future forms differed in strength, although the gap was not that great. After all, Jiang He could only travel a short distance in the River of Time and Space, and though he had imprinted many life imprints, they merely belonged to different timelines.
Jiang He only came to his senses after a long while. Withdrawing his attention from the world in his body, he mused to himself for seconds before asking, "Senior Brother Grand Pure One, Senior Brother Primeval Lord of Heaven, are there any limitations to materializing clones? For example, how many could I materialize at once? "
Before the Primeval Lord of Heaven and the True Lord of Morality could answer, Jiang He added, "If I conjure 129,600 clones at once, would those 129,600 clones fight alongside me?"
"That's impossible."
Grand Pure One replied. "Saints who imprint their life imprints to materialize clones would borrow the power of past and future. Cultivators' power originates from Dao, and that being would not agree to it if they borrowed so much power at once."
"You have fought against Saints before, but have you seen the Nine-Headed Insectoid Saint and Lord Swelling Sky conjure their clones?"
"Unless your present body perishes, you won't be able to materialize your past and future bodies. When I asked you to use this method to test it, I didn't mean for you to materialize an incarnation. I just wanted you to sense that power."
Jiang He thought about it and realized that it was true.
The Nine-Headed Insectoid Saint did not materialize his clone even though he was being suppressed by him.
Lord Swelling Sky was blown up and killed by Jiang He, and that was why he borrowed his past form to live.
"Well, Senior Brother, you …"
"The clone I materialized is the godly technique of the Three Pure Ones, not the past and future forms."
"Well …"
Jiang He hesitated.
Grand Pure One had a point …
But he …
The many clones in the world in his body …
Could they be fake as well???
Jiang He mused to himself for a long time, and then had a thought …
Whoosh!
Many figures appeared in an instant, surrounding the Seven Sacred Palace so tightly that not even a drop of water could escape.
Pointing at the clones, Jiang He said, "Senior Brother Primeval Lord of Heaven, Senior Brother Grand Pure One, I have only started cultivating for a short time and do not know much about cultivation. Since you are more knowledgeable, could you help me check if my clones are real or fake?"
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