Li Qingci stopped mid-sentence.
Gu Shen silently smiled.
He knew Li Qingci had guessed the answer.
He stood by the well, looking down.
The Ancestor Li had tried to harness the Extraordinary Power of Divine Temple Mountain, along with ancient secret techniques, to create a "perfect creature" to combat the collapsing order. Six hundred years ago, he had created "flesh," then brought in four Copper Human Lamps to transfer emotions to the "creature"... but the final product turned out to be dark.
"The hatching of the Divine Embryo... needs to wait for the right era."
"Previous eras were wrong... Only this era is the right one."