SACRED BODY OF THE IMMORTALS

Chapter 1059 1059 The Secret of Naraku

This young man in dark robes was none other than the disgraced young lord of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan,infamous throughout the Chaotic Demon Sea.

His name was Naraku.

The name Naraku itself meant the Endless Hell.

A name like that should have belonged to some supremely gifted prodigy.

But it didn't.

Not only was Naraku no prodigy,

he had long been branded a worthless good-for-nothing.

One could only imagine the ridicule heaped upon an imperial clan's young lord who couldn't cultivate at all.

Even with the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan in decline,things shouldn't have sunk this low.

So Naraku,along with the entire Eight-Headed Imperial Clan,had become the target of no small amount of scorn and mockery.

But only Naraku himself knew the truth.

The fact was,Naraku was no waste at all.

He was a genius.

An unprecedented genius.

Not only did he possess extraordinary cultivation talent,he had also been born with a powerful dark force within him.

At the time,the entire Eight-Headed Imperial Clan had decided to cultivate Naraku as their secret weapon.

They gave him the position of young lord directly.

Every resource was funneled toward him.

But then,a turning point came.

Within the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan stood an ancient shrine.

Known as the Eight-Headed Shrine.

It was built to honor the ancestors of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan.

The origin of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan traced back to a being of unimaginable power.

The Eight-Headed Evil God!

Unlike the Yellow Springs Mother Goddess of the Izanami Clan,or the Mahakala of the Kuroten lineage,

the Eight-Headed Evil God was far more ancient.

Even in the ancient records,there was barely any mention of him.

Only a few vague accounts remained.

Legend had it that he was a calamity that came from the very end of darkness,

bringing endless shadow and disaster upon the world.

The Eight-Headed Imperial Clan had a custom.

When descendants reached a certain age,they would pay their respects before the Eight-Headed Shrine and pray for the Evil God's blessing.

When it was Naraku's turn to pay his respects,

everyone in the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan believed he would receive the Evil God's blessing and advance his cultivation even further.

Instead,

a beam of violet light shot out from within the Eight-Headed Shrine and plunged into Naraku's body.

Then it sealed away every last bit of his power.

Overnight,Naraku went from a monstrous prodigy to an ordinary person.

No,worse than ordinary.

Even the most talentless ordinary person could at least cultivate.

But Naraku couldn't cultivate at all anymore.

And at that moment,a voice rose from the depths of his heart.

"When the Kings of Darkness appear in the world,the seal shall be lifted."

"At that time,enter the shrine and receive the true baptism of the Evil God."

Only Naraku could hear those words.

He told no one.

Because telling anyone would have been pointless,since he could no longer cultivate regardless.

And so the label of worthless waste remained fixed upon him.

But recently,

as one world-ending sovereign after another awakened,

Naraku could clearly feel the seal within him beginning to loosen.

At times,Naraku even wondered whether he himself was one of the world-ending sovereigns.

But whatever the case,he believed his seal would be lifted soon.

Naraku stood with his hands clasped behind his back,facing the Eight-Headed Shrine.

No one had ever set foot inside the shrine,it was the forbidden ground of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan.

But Naraku believed that he would soon enter it and obtain supreme power.

He was the chosen one of this era!

"Naraku……"

A somewhat aged voice rang out.

"Grandfather."

Naraku turned around and saw a white-haired elder,his very own grandfather.

It was also thanks to him that the marriage arrangement between Naraku and Izanami of the Izanami Clan had come about.

"The wedding day is approaching. You'll have a way out then,at least a life of peace and stability. That puts my mind at ease." the elder said with a smile.

"Don't worry,Grandfather,your grandson won't disappoint you." Naraku took a deep breath.

He had not shared his secret with anyone,not even those closest to him.

When the day the seal was broken came,

he wouldn't need to say a word. The world would come to understand on its own just how foolish they had all been.

"But Grandfather,I heard that Izanami seems somewhat unwilling?"

Naraku said,his tone carrying a faint note of amusement.

He understood well enough that no one would want to marry a waste.

But if Izanami truly refused,then she really had no eyes to see.

"Don't worry,this marriage is as good as settled,and the Zhurong Clan will be involved as well." the elder said firmly.

Anyone who dared to obstruct this wedding would be making an enemy of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan.

Not to mention they would also be offending the Zhurong lineage.

The elder was confident no one would be that foolish.

Time passed after that.

The Chaotic Demon Sea gradually grew lively.

After all,both the Izanami Imperial Clan and the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan were overlords of the Chaotic Demon Sea.

The Eight-Headed Imperial Clan may have been in decline,but even a starving camel is bigger than a horse.

To say nothing of the fact that there was still Naraku,the clan's worthless young lord.

Many people came drawn by reputation,eager to catch a glimpse of this imperial clan's waste of a young lord.

Many others came simply to watch the spectacle.

They didn't believe for a moment that Izanami,the heaven-blessed daughter of the Izanami Clan,would willingly marry this worthless young lord.

Unless she had gone blind.

"Heh,how interesting. I absolutely must attend this wedding!"

"Exactly,it's the show of the year. I refuse to believe the prized daughter of the Izanami Clan has actually gone blind enough to take a liking to that waste of a young lord."

"I just wonder if we'll get to see that peerless beauty,Kagura?"

"Hiss,she's one of the Six World-Ending Kings. Her status is extraordinary. Though I heard she's been keeping company with the War God."

"The War God,yes,I've heard too. It's just a shame we're stuck here in the Chaotic Demon Sea with no chance to go to the Ten Great Continents and witness the War God in person."

Throughout the Chaotic Demon Sea,warships and flying vessels set out from island after island,all heading to attend the wedding.

At the same time,on another ancient island,

a group of travelers also set out aboard a flying vessel.

On the deck of one such vessel stood a young man.

His left eye was pure black,his right eye pure white.

Like night and day,utterly strange.

His skin was covered in a fine layer of dragon scales.

He was a being of the Zhurong lineage.

"My elder brother is in seclusion,studying that torn page. He sent me to attend the wedding in his place."

"But why would someone of my brother's standing think so highly of that worthless young lord Naraku?"

"And he told me specifically not to offend him,but instead to build a good relationship with him."

This young man's name was Zhu Huang.

His elder brother's name was Zhu Ye.

He was himself an imperial son of the Zhurong lineage,of remarkable strength.

And recently,he had taken on an additional identity that left people utterly astonished.

"Whatever the case,I should follow my brother's words. This time I'm here to help the young lord of the Eight-Headed Imperial Clan complete the wedding." Zhu Huang thought to himself.

The Zhurong lineage's group also made their way toward the island where the Izanami Clan resided.

Just as the entire Chaotic Demon Sea was stirring with turbulence,

at the borderlands between the Ten Great Continents of the foreign realm and the Chaotic Demon Sea,

two figures appeared,one male and one female.

The man wore white robes and had a tall,slender frame. A hazy primordial mist surrounded him. He made no deliberate effort to project any aura of dominance,yet the void around him trembled faintly without cease.

The woman was breathtakingly beautiful,with a face that could topple kingdoms,and carried an air of enchanting allure,endlessly captivating.

They were none other than Jun Xiaoyao and Kagura.

As for Xuanyue,Jun Xiaoyao had sent her back to the War God Academy ahead of them.