Chapter 968: The Star Behemoth (1/2)

In a hall in the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

After arriving in Tao Jin’s company, Nie Tian discovered to his surprise that all four elders, including Wei Lai, Yan Zhan, Wei Qing, and Zu Guangyao, were all waiting for him.

The Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had a total of twelve elders. Normally speaking, they would keep four elders in Fragmentary Star City at all times.

The other elders would be given other important tasks.

The two vice sectmasters and the sectmaster usually spent most of their time traveling around. They would only return to their headquarters if they were summoned for urgent business.

Aside from the four elders, there was also a middle Saint domain old woman, who was exuding a flame aura.

Wei Lai made an introduction. “Nie Tian, this is Zhu Yun, our sect’s best equipment forger.”

Nie Tian hastily bowed in a respectful manner.

Even facing a Son of the Stars, Zhu Yun seemed rather haughty, as she only nodded slightly.

“I heard that you obtained a bone while exploring a new domain with a Divine Son and a Divine Daughter of the Five Elements Sect,” Zhu Yun said with an expressionless face. “Let me take a look at it.”

Wei Lai nodded slightly towards Nie Tian.

Without giving it any thought, Nie Tian put the bone that was more than ten meters long into Zhu Yun’s hands.

Zhu Yun was wearing semi-transparent silver gloves.

As soon as the thin bone with pointy ends touched her hands, countless fine rays of light appeared in the gloves and vanished into the bone in a flash.

Wei Lai and the other elders, who were standing to the side, all moved closer to examine the bone with blazing eyes.

After the light flew into the bone, it seemed to activate the blood-colored patterns. The Bloodline Crystal Chains in the deepest parts of the bone suddenly burst forth with dazzling light as a frenzied, bloodthirsty aura spread from within it, causing everyone present to shudder slightly.

Zhu Yun’s eyes lit up as she suddenly grew excited. “This is the bone of a Star Behemoth! And apparently, this Star Behemoth branded all of its bloodline mysteries within this bone before it died.”

Nie Tian was shocked. “A Star Behemoth?”

After he had described the images that had entered his mind to Huang Jinnan and Lou Hongyan, they had only been able to tell that it might have belonged to an unidentified species from the Primal Era.

However, neither of them had been able to determine its actual origin.

Yang Fan was at the late Saint domain. Even he had said that it didn’t belong to any species that he knew of after spending quite a while studying it.

This old woman, however, determined the what the bone belonged to at first sight, which surprised Nie Tian deeply.

With a serious face, Wei Lai explained to Nie Tian, “Star Behemoths lived in the Primal Era. They’re probably the most ancient species there is. Compared to the other three great human powers, our understanding of them is probably the deepest. Star Behemoths were the overlords of the Primal Era. They lived in the depths of the starry river, and were born with the ability to travel across the starry river by themselves.”

“Since this bone is branded with the bloodline mysteries of a Star Behemoth...” With these words, Zhu Yun’s expression suddenly flickered. “I can’t believe there’s still vigorous life power flowing within it! This means, given enough time and more life power, it might actually have a chance at regeneration!”

Nie Tian was taken aback. “Regeneration?!”

“Exactly,” Zhu Yun said. “When life force builds up to a certain point, the Bloodline Crystal Chains within it will allow this bone to regenerate flesh, internal organs, and other bones, eventually regenerating this Star Behemoth. But that’s a worry for another day. Who knows how many years it’ll take to eventually regenerate?

“Unlike other outsiders, the preconditions of their regeneration are so rigorous that they’re next to impossible.

“Most tenth grade outsider grand monarchs can regenerate themselves with a drop of their Blood Essence. But Star Behemoths were far larger in size. Their flesh power was as immense as the sea. Regenerating them is even harder than climbing the clouds.” (idiom: extremely difficult) Zhu Yun calmed down and continued, “Part of the reason why they gradually died out at the end of Primal Era was because they were far too enormous, and the resources they needed were so great that the domains they lived in couldn’t even sustain them.

“Any realm that was full of vitality would be reduced to a dead realm soon after they got to it. Failing to find fresh realms to devour, they either died or entered long-term dormancy.”

Nie Tian went blank briefly before asking, “Are there still any Star Behemoths in this starry river now?”

“There are,” Wei Lai said, smiling.

A flash of lightning exploded within Nie Tian’s mind as he suddenly remembered the mysterious dimension he had visited years ago through the spatial rifts in the Realm of Split Void.