# Chapter 337: The Secret History of the Overlord Body
"Overlord Body?"
Even the Yan Kang National Teacher was puzzled. He thought carefully but truly had never heard of this constitution. He looked at the Village Chief with confusion. The name "Overlord Body" sounded so imposing, far more formidable than the Four Great Spiritual Bodies. Could there really exist a constitution that surpassed the Four Great Spiritual Bodies?
Why had he never heard of it?
And now, it seemed there were actually two Overlord Bodies in this world!
The Village Chief's face twitched. He felt his old face couldn't hold up anymore—it seemed loose and sagging, as if about to fall off. He thought to himself: "Another Overlord Body! That boy Mu never lets me rest..."
He couldn't help but sigh. He was getting old. Even telling a small, well-intentioned lie made his heart race with fear of being exposed. But then again, who could expose him?
As the previous generation's Human Sovereign, he was merely telling a small, kind-hearted lie. Why should he suffer such torment? Why must he constantly think about covering it up?
"Since I invented the Overlord Body constitution, I've told more lies than I did in the past eight hundred years!"
The Village Chief steeled himself and shook his head: "Mu, there cannot be a second Overlord Body! This Xu Shenghua is definitely not an Overlord Body!"
Qin Mu was puzzled, and the Yan Kang National Teacher was also confused.
The Cripple clenched his fists in excitement: "As the only person who knows about the Overlord Body's existence, the Village Chief has always been secretive about it. Now he's finally going to reveal some of its secrets!"
The Village Chief's face was as calm as an ancient well, and he spoke unhurriedly: "It seems there is a hidden heavenly will. In every era, only one Overlord Body appears. Others that appear to be Overlord Bodies are all false Overlord Bodies, never the real thing. Since ancient times, this has always been the case. In any single era, there can only be one true Overlord Body! You must remember this!"
The Yan Kang National Teacher could barely conceal his shock. The only Overlord Body in the world? All others were false?
The depths of this world were indeed far deeper than he had imagined!
The Village Chief's words made him alert and uneasy. Heavenly will, the sole Overlord Body, false Overlord Bodies—it all sounded as if some mysterious force was manipulating everything!
The Cripple didn't think much about it and said excitedly: "Just as I suspected! There is only one true Overlord Body in this world!"
Qin Mu was somewhat excited, but then asked doubtfully: "But Xu Shenghua's cultivation is almost equal to mine. Only an Overlord Body could keep pace with me at the same level."
"There is only one reason for this."
The Village Chief's expression turned stern, and he declared: "That is that you haven't worked hard enough! As an Overlord Body, you've allowed yourself to be caught up by a Four Great Spiritual Body or a false Overlord Body. You should reflect on yourself and feel ashamed."
Qin Mu looked solemn and nodded firmly: "Don't worry, Village Chief. I will definitely cultivate twice as hard! I have to admit, I've been a bit lax these past few days. I've been improving, but Xu Shenghua has been improving too. If I relax, he really might surpass me!"
The Village Chief relaxed inwardly, thinking: "Mu is still too naive. He's been fooled by me again, and he'll cultivate even harder. If that boy is ever defeated by Xu Shenghua, he'll think it's because he didn't work hard enough. Then I'll have another excuse ready."
The Yan Kang National Teacher's eyes flickered, and he humbly asked: "Brother Dao, you just mentioned there are Overlord Bodies and false Overlord Bodies. It seems there's some connection between them. Could you elaborate?"
The Village Chief's head felt as big as a bucket. Qin Mu was easy to fool, and the Cripple only cared about stealing things, knowing little about the legends of the jianghu (rivers and lakes, the martial world)—also easy to fool. But the Yan Kang National Teacher was not so easily deceived.
"Ahem, the relationship between the Overlord Body and false Overlord Bodies is one of contending for fortune (zhengduo fuyun)."
The Village Chief said seriously: "There is only one Overlord Body in this world, and only one can exist. But there are many false Overlord Bodies. I once heard a legend that if a false Overlord Body kills the true Overlord Body, they can seize their fortune, transforming from a false Overlord Body into the real one. Whether this is actually true, I don't know."
The Yan Kang National Teacher fell into deep thought, then suddenly looked up and asked: "The struggle for fortune between the Overlord Body and false Overlord Bodies is indeed thrilling. But how does a false Overlord Body know who the true Overlord Body is? If they don't know who the true Overlord Body is, how can they kill them?"
The Village Chief grew angry. This fellow wouldn't stop asking questions. How was he supposed to keep making this up?
"There is actually an incredible connection between the Overlord Body and false Overlord Bodies. When they meet, both can sense (ganying) each other."
The Village Chief steadied his mind and said: "The moment they see each other, there is a feeling of mutual admiration, yet also mutual hostility and an unending conflict..."
He could barely continue the fabrication, but suddenly Qin Mu's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands: "I felt exactly that when I met Xu Shenghua! No wonder, no wonder! We met on the river. He was on a painted boat, and when he saw me, he stopped the boat and invited me over! It must have been the resonance (ganying) between the Overlord Body and the false Overlord Body!"
The Yan Kang National Teacher no longer doubted. He looked up at the sky and murmured: "Xu Shenghua comes from the Upper Firmament. The god who brought the heavenly disaster also came from the Upper Firmament. What kind of place is the Upper Firmament? It has gods, and it also has an Overlord Body? Brother Dao, you must know about this place too, right?"
"False gods, nothing more."
The Village Chief also looked up at the azure sky. To their west was an incredibly brutal battlefield, but neither of them looked toward it, unconcerned with the situation there.
"The Upper Firmament is nothing but a pack of lackeys, the eyes and ears the gods use to monitor this world."
The Village Chief said softly: "The snow disaster that struck your Yan Kang Kingdom this time, causing countless casualties and leaving the kingdom still unrecovered, was merely a tribulation sent down by the Upper Firmament using ordinary weather attacks. If it were a true god sending down a tribulation, heh heh..."
He withdrew his gaze and continued: "The Eastern Sea, ten thousand fathoms deep, sank to the bottom in a single night. The land east of the Great Wasteland was once an ocean, and it turned into land and mountains overnight."
The Yan Kang National Teacher felt a chill run down his spine.
"I have spent my life opposing the Upper Firmament. The Upper Firmament is not easy to deal with, but the existence behind the Upper Firmament is even harder to deal with."
The Village Chief looked at his severed arm and leg, staring blankly, and said in a low voice: "You will encounter them. Mu will encounter them too..."
The Yan Kang National Teacher looked at the severed limbs. To others, the sword marks on the wounds were unremarkable, but to him, the contemporary Sword God, they revealed endless mysteries.
He deeply understood how terrifying the person who had severed the Village Chief's limbs must be!
"The Upper Firmament will send down another tribulation on Yan Kang."
The Village Chief exhaled a breath of turbid air and said: "But the Upper Firmament's primary enemy is the Human Sovereign. I have been fighting them for several hundred years. In the past, there was me. I still have two or three years of life left. Now there is you. You have comprehended the Sword Dao and can now contend with them. In the future, there will be Mu. I have left the Great Wasteland. In the next few days, guests from the Upper Firmament will come seeking me. I can buy you some time."
He spoke lightly, but all three of them could hear a tone of solemn resolve.
"The Human Sovereign cannot die on a sickbed."
The Village Chief revealed a smile and said softly: "A sickbed is not where I belong."
The Yan Kang National Teacher looked up again and said softly: "The Upper Firmament... one day, Yan Kang's iron cavalry will trample that place flat! But for now, we must first trample Helan Pass!"
He stood up and said: "Everyone, please move to Helan Pass."
A treasure carriage drove over and arrived at the city wall. The carriage was round like heaven and square like earth. Qin Mu picked up the Village Chief and placed him on the carriage. The Yan Kang National Teacher drove the carriage and said with a smile: "Let's continue our discussion inside Helan Pass."
The Cripple picked up the golden book and scroll from the tea table and tossed it to Qin Mu, saying: "That Great Venerable's book. I wonder what evil techniques are recorded inside."
Qin Mu caught the golden book and shook his head: "This isn't the Great Venerable's book. It's a book from my Qin family. He stole it."
The Cripple snorted and said: "Mu, you really haven't worked hard enough. You learned my Heaven-Stealing Hand technique, yet you still let that little brat steal from you. You'd better just settle for being the world's second-greatest thief."
"I was perfectly content being second. You're the one who forced the title on me."
Qin Mu opened the golden book and scroll, and said in surprise: "Bancongcuo actually managed to open this book! It was originally sealed. By the way, Village Chief, I saw my father!"
The Village Chief's mind exploded, and he blurted out: "You met a visitor from Carefree Village?"
Qin Mu put down the golden book, a look of melancholy on his face: "I saw him on the treasure ship in the Nether Valley. He had already used a forbidden technique and merged with the ship, becoming a tree man... He made a pact with Lord Zhenxing under the Earth Lord's covenant. He couldn't open his eyes to see me. He taught me many things, but in the end, we still had to part..."
Qin Mu fell silent, then shook his head to cast aside the chaotic thoughts. He recounted his experiences in the Nether Valley and the Netherworld. The three of them listened with wide eyes and gaping mouths. Such bizarre and extraordinary experiences were both fascinating and thrilling, but the secrets hidden within were so numerous and terrifying that they couldn't help but ponder deeply.
The Yan Kang National Teacher was also greatly shaken. Qin Mu was an Overlord Body, and he actually had a god-like father!
"How did the people of Carefree Village become gods?"
The Yan Kang National Teacher suddenly recalled something. The people of Carefree Village—their Divine Bridge was connected to the Heavenly Court!
The people of Little Jade Capital had told him that everyone else's Divine Bridge in this world was severed. Only the Divine Bridge of the Carefree Village people was connected to the Heavenly Court!
Didn't this mean that Qin Mu's Divine Bridge was also connected to the Heavenly Court?
He turned to look at Qin Mu, but Qin Mu didn't know what he was thinking. He picked up the golden book and scroll again and opened it to take a look.
Ahead, the fleet of tower ships had been rolling forward, crushing everything in their path, and was about to reach Helan Pass. The Duck Tongue region was littered with corpses, the bodies of barbarian cultivators killed by the true essence cannons everywhere!
The Sword Hall Master, Jian Sansheng, and General Guide of Virtue, Yuanyuan Chuyun, used the tower ships as swords. The two sword masters controlled (caokong) the ships as they bloodily slaughtered the grassland (caoyuan) army opposing them. Within the time it took to burn one incense stick after the initial skirmish, the grassland (caoyuan) barbarian army had already collapsed. Bombarded by fourteen thousand true essence cannons, they lost all will to fight and fled like a tide toward Helan Pass.
Then came a one-sided massacre. Even the Witch King and the Khan fought desperately, but they couldn't stop the fleeing army or hold back the oncoming tide of enemy troops.
The Yan Kang National Teacher drove the carriage relatively slowly. Calculating the time, by the time the Sword Hall Master flattened Helan Pass, their treasure carriage would be entering the city.
On the carriage, Qin Mu looked at the first page of the golden book and scroll in his hands. His expression gradually grew serious. Suddenly, he stood up. True energy flew from his fingertips, transforming into various rulers—round, square, triangular, elliptical—at various angles and measurements, and he began to measure the diagram on the first page of the golden book.
"Mu, what are you doing?" the Cripple asked curiously.
"Measuring the Magpie Bridge."
Qin Mu didn't look up and said: "The technique in this golden book from my Qin family is strange. To cultivate it, I must calculate every angle of the true energy's movement on this diagram without error. The diagram in this golden book might be... might be..."