Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

Indeed, in this world, what we fear most often comes to pass.

The moment Xia Jin had that thought, a faint light almost simultaneously shone from between the brows of the three statues of the Three Pure Ones.

"Um!?"

Xia Jin subconsciously took a half step back, her muscles tensing as she looked ahead with apprehension.

However, the three lights that suddenly lit up did not emanate any hostility.

They slowly drifted out from between the stone statue's eyebrows, hovered in the air for a moment, and then gently floated towards Xia Jin.

"What is this?" Xia Jin opened his hand, and the three points of light quietly landed in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, a series of fragmented memories flooded into his mind almost simultaneously.

Xia Jin felt a series of fragmented images suddenly appear in his mind. The veins on his forehead throbbed slightly, and he stood frozen in place for a full half-cup of tea time before slowly opening his eyes.

But at this moment, his eyes were filled with unprecedented shock.

"How could...this be?!"

Xia Jin muttered to herself, her voice even a little hoarse.

This was the first time he felt a chill run down his spine since stepping into that supreme mythical realm. Many things had overturned his understanding!

Xia Jin's gaze fell on the broken stone statues on the altar, and her expression was completely different.

It turns out that long ago, each of these stone statues was a living being.

Furthermore, each of them is a powerful being who has reached the Mythical Realm and possesses supreme power capable of traversing the void.

The Three Pure Ones of Taoism, located at the very center, are the strongest among them. Their cultivation is unfathomable and has long surpassed Xia Jin's understanding of the word "realm".

Back then, their home universe suffered a catastrophic change.

Some indescribable "pollution" invaded that universe, polluting everything, and even beings like the Three Pure Ones could not completely purify it.

In order to preserve the bloodline of that universe and to leave a glimmer of hope for the future, the most powerful beings, such as the Three Pure Ones of Taoism, each led several bloodlines to different universes.

The bloodline led by the Three Pure Ones of Taoism traversed endless nothingness and finally found the universe where Xia Jin is now.

At that time, this universe was in a state of chaos, so the Three Pure Ones placed the bloodline they brought from their homeland in this universe.

Those bloodlines, through countless generations of reproduction and fusion, have long since integrated into the universe, transforming into the human and demon races.

However, in order to anchor the coordinates of their homeland in the universe and to give future generations a chance to return to their homeland if they were to learn the truth, the Three Pure Ones created this isolated island in the void outside this universe.

And with four iron chains as the central link, it connects the homeland universe with this present universe.

It's a pity that when the Three Pure Ones and their protectors left, they inevitably picked up a trace of "contamination" from their home universe.

If left unaddressed, the pollution will sooner or later seep into this new universe, repeating the tragedy of our homeland.

So, after exhausting their last bit of strength to complete the creation of the isolated island, they chose to seal themselves off.

They used their own bodies as containers to seal all the sources of pollution within them, eventually transforming into a stone statue that remained on this isolated island.

The Three Pure Ones of Taoism are the strongest, but the other slightly weaker ones eventually couldn't withstand the test of time and shattered one by one, becoming the incomplete stone statues on the altar.

Xia Jin simply sat down cross-legged on the spot, carefully looking at the fragmented images that kept flashing through her mind, and the more she looked, the more alarmed she became.

He even saw the origin of the source of darkness in those fragments of memory.

"So...this is the truth."

When he saw one of the memory fragments, his expression suddenly turned strange, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

The dark source separated by the Boundless Sea, the creatures dwelling within it, are actually the original inhabitants of this universe?

As for those alien races that he almost wiped out, from the very beginning they were merely food for the source of darkness to raise in this universe.

And all the humans and demons in this universe actually originated from another universe. They were all seeds of fire brought here by the Three Pure Ones, visitors from other universes.

"Um... So, the human race, where I belong, and the demon race are the ones who usurped the throne!? As for the Boundless Sea that separates the source of darkness, it was also the work of the Three Pure Ones of Taoism, whose purpose was to prevent these natives from harming the human and demon races, these bloodlines from another universe."

Xia Jin blinked, unsure of what expression to make, and could only shake her head and give a wry smile.

"Regardless, my bloodline has been able to continue thanks to these individuals! If I have the ability in the future, I might lend a hand to cleanse the pollution of that other universe!"

He stood up and solemnly looked at the stone statues on the altar.

Then, Xia Jin took two steps back and respectfully bowed three times to the stone statues.

"Thank you, seniors, for protecting my bloodline and preserving my lifeblood."

As he looked at the stone statues, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"Wait, it was precisely because of the incense that the stone statues of the Three Pure Ones reacted. If there were enough incense offerings, could these stone statues come back to life?"

Xia Jin thought of her past life. Many Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries offered incense, which was also a way of communication, connecting the living and the dead, the mortals and the gods.

"That's it! Let's find some incense and try it!"

Xia Jin slapped her thigh suddenly, her eyes gleaming.

Without any hesitation, he immediately checked his storage ring and the treasures he had stored in his mind's eye.

During this period, the White Ape King and other demons searched many places in the alien territory, and most of the rare and precious materials fell into his hands.

Among those mountains of treasures, there may well be items like incense sticks.

Xia Jin's divine sense was rapidly scanning over one item after another, but her expression grew increasingly grim.

After all, who in their right mind would deliberately collect incense sticks?

"Could it be that we can't find a single one?! Wait, I found one! I finally found it!!"

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Jin's divine sense suddenly stopped in a corner of his sea of ​​consciousness. Soon, he retrieved several neatly bundled incense sticks from his sea of ​​consciousness.

Although its quality is far inferior to the ancient agarwood in the Taoist temple, it is still a legitimate incense offering.

Xia Jin didn't think too much and directly stuck the bundle of incense sticks into the incense burner in front of her.

"Esteemed seniors, these incense sticks may not be of the best quality, but they're better than nothing. Please make do with them for now!"

He smiled apologetically, then waved his hand, and thousands of incense sticks lit up at the same time, instantly sending up plumes of blue smoke.

The rich aroma of cigarettes seemed to come alive, surging towards the stone statue on the altar.

Soon, the eyes of one of the Three Pure Ones statues seemed to twitch.