"What on earth happened back then?
The three of you had gone to battle with the three Lords of Darkness. It was a horrendous battle, and then you disappeared without a trace.
Even now, many members of the reincarnation race still wonder about your whereabouts. We're not sure whether you are even still alive,"
Old Lady Meng asked what they all wanted to know.
Not only was she a member of the reincarnation race, she was also an important god of reincarnation on the road of reincarnation. So, of course, she was concerned about where the three Lords of Reincarnation had been.
"It's a long story.
Since you ask, I'll tell you what happened back then,"
one of the elders said as he let out a slow sigh.
Hearing the old man's words, Austin and the others perked up in interest.
The old man was about to shed the light on an ongoing mystery that had plagued them their entire lives.
All of them were eager to hear his answer to this question. What had happened to the three Lords of Reincarnation's destiny and where they were now meant everything to their entire race.
If their lords were alive, it would mean that the reincarnation race had three top martial arts masters to protect them. Their return would mean the rise of the reincarnation race.
But dead, it would mean that the most remarkable cultivators of the reincarnation race would never reappear again.
It would make it very difficult for the reincarnation race to rise again.
After all, the darkness race had three Lords of Darkness who possessed a fearsome power. If the reincarnation race didn't have masters that equaled them in strength, they wouldn't stand a chance.
"Back then, our real bodies had fought a ferocious fight with their Lords of Darkness. That battle lasted for years, with both sides remaining in a stalemate. Neither could defeat the other.
Both sides were on the same level in strength. That made it very difficult for us to defeat them or gain the upper hand in that fight.
We hadn't seen the hidden agenda they'd put in motion in the background. As we fought, they had already prepared several troops for a surprise attack. They consisted of cultivators equal to us in strength. It was so unexpected that it took us off guard.
Unprepared, the three of us were trapped and sustained severe injuries. We tried our best to run away and made a narrow escape from their ambush.
In the following years, we kept escaping from their clutches in the Absolute Space Sea. They were everywhere, and we had no place to hide. The three Lords of Darkness and their helpers spared no efforts in hunting us.
To successfully hide from them, our real bodies split themselves into countless spiritual avatars.
The three of us are three spiritual avatars of our real bodies. We have been hiding in this space since then,"
the old man explained.
"Sir, are you saying you don't know whether your real body is dead or alive right now?"
Old Lady Meng asked.
"Indeed.
None of us know where our real bodies are now or what happened to them,"
another old man added with a nod.
His words frustrated Austin and the rest.
With the three Lords of Reincarnation still missing and their destinies unknown, the members of the reincarnation race felt like an army without a general.
"You are very good. Although your strength isn't that impressive yet, you are brave and responsible. You're even shouldering the responsibility of rebuilding the road of reincarnation.
With a successor like you, the reincarnation race really has hope to rise up again in the future,"
another old man said, looking relieved.
"You are Austin, aren't you?"
an old man asked, looking at Austin.
"Yes, I am,"
Austin said in confirmation.
"You have found many fragments of the road of reincarnation. You even rebuilt the Memory Bridge already.
That's fantastic. Keep up the good work.
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