Ye Ling, after a brief conversation with A Yu, covered Bai Qing's tomb with his soul power, attempting to analyze Bai Qing's reincarnation information.
However, to Ye Ling's surprise, Bai Qing had not left behind any soul information. The tomb contained only an ordinary female skeleton.
The dense spiritual energy within the tomb originated entirely from a jade pendant on the skeleton's chest.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire exclaimed, "Strange, Bai Qing's sister, Hua Yue, is a Chaos Master. How can Bai Qing, a dignified Medical Saint, be so weak in cultivation that she didn't even leave behind reincarnation information?"
The Nine Heavens Realm was different from the three realms of Earth. This place had no underworld or netherworld, and ordinary people had no place to reincarnate after death.
Because of this, their reincarnation information would be annihilated over time.
The Bai Qing in the tomb was now like any other ordinary person in the Nine Heavens Realm, completely vanished, turned into a handful of dust.
Ye Ling's brow furrowed slightly. He tried to restore the appearance of the skeleton in the tomb and discovered that the woman lying within was completely different from A Yu!
Upon realizing this, Ye Ling used his spiritual power to display the restored appearance to A Yu and asked, "A Yu, is this your mother?"
A Yu stared at the woman Ye Ling displayed and stammered, "No... Who is she?"
Ye Ling frowned and continued to ask, "Are you sure your mother was buried here?"
A Yu became increasingly confused, not understanding why Ye Ling was asking this. She replied, "Why are you suddenly asking this? If this isn't my mother's tomb, whose could it be?"
Ye Ling did not hide anything from A Yu and stated directly, "I intended to resurrect your mother using the Great Dao of Reincarnation, but the person lying in the tomb now is not your mother, but a stranger."
"Th-this is impossible?" A Yu was stunned, her eyes filled with disbelief. "I buried my mother here with my own hands. How could it be someone else lying here?"
Ye Ling said solemnly, "If you are certain that your mother's tomb is here, then your mother's remains... must have been swapped."
"Impossible... Who would swap my mother's remains? What's the point of that?" A Yu stumbled backward, utterly panicked, unable to believe Ye Ling's words.
For more than ten years, she had come to pay respects to her mother every year, whispering secrets to her mother at the tomb... but now Ye Ling was telling her that her mother had never been here?
This sudden influx of information was too much for A Yu to accept!
Ye Ling did not want to further agitate A Yu. He distorted the space before him, retrieved the jade pendant from the woman's chest in the tomb, and analyzed the energy contained within it.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire also stared at the jade pendant for a long time and hesitantly said, "Kid... the craftsmanship of this jade pendant is a bit off..."
Ye Ling asked, "What's off?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire replied, "Don't look at me as if I'm always slacking off and unreliable. In fact, I've done quite a bit of research on the history and culture of the Nine Heavens Realm. The patterns on this jade pendant are not at all the craftsmanship of the Nine Heavens Realm."
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, "Oh? You have research in this area? Can you tell where this jade pendant came from?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire stared at the jade pendant for a long time and muttered, "It's a bit like that dynasty... But that's impossible. Could I be mistaken?"
Ye Ling said, "Tell me first, and I'll help analyze it."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire explained, "The lines on this jade pendant are deeply etched, thick and straight in the middle, and fine and pointed at the end. These are clearly characteristics of jade artifacts from the Tang Dynasty."
"Tang Dynasty?" Ye Ling was taken aback. "Don't tell me you mean the Tang Dynasty from our China?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire replied, "That's why I find it strange. How could an object from Earth appear in the Nine Heavens Realm? I must be mistaken, perhaps there are similar jade artifacts in the Nine Heavens Realm."
Although Ye Ling believed the matter of Bai Qing's remains being swapped was not simple, he found what the World-Destroying Spirit Fire said too exaggerated and truly couldn't believe it.
Ye Ling looked at the jade pendant in his hand, took a deep breath, and then showed it to A Yu, asking, "A Yu, do you recognize this jade pendant?"
A Yu was still in a daze. Hearing Ye Ling's call, she finally snapped back to reality.
She glanced at the jade pendant in Ye Ling's hand and shook her head, "No... I've never seen my mother wear this jade pendant."
Ye Ling said, "This jade pendant was taken from the tomb. Since it doesn't belong to your mother, it must be the personal belonging of that stranger."
A Yu still couldn't believe it and asked, "How could this happen? Who swapped my mother's body, and what was their purpose?"
Ye Ling comforted her, "Don't worry, I will help you find the truth."
With that, Ye Ling turned to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire and said, "World-Destroying Spirit Fire, I have the knowledge base of the Heavenly Dao of Earth, which contains all information about the Tang Dynasty. Help me research this jade and confirm its origin. I will trace back time and see what happened in the past."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was also very interested in this matter and quickly replied, "Alright! Share the knowledge base of the Heavenly Dao of Earth with me, and I'll research this jade pendant!"
"En!"
Ye Ling nodded slightly, shared his knowledge with the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, then set up a barrier in the Tranquil Valley, summoned the Great Dao of Time, and traced back the time in the Tranquil Valley!
The scenes in the Tranquil Valley began to rewind at an extremely fast pace, while the World-Destroying Spirit Fire immersed itself in the ocean of knowledge, studying jade artifacts from various dynasties of China.
A Yu, unaware of what was happening, stared blankly at the rewinding scenes around her, lost and confused.
Everything that was happening now was beyond her imagination.
Soon, Ye Ling traced time back to twelve years ago, the day Bai Qing was buried.
A Yu looked at the image of her mother's remains, and memories of her mother flooded her mind. Her nose stung, and her eyes instantly turned red.
Ye Ling, seeing the true remains of Bai Qing being buried, his expression gradually turned serious. He began to accelerate time forward, attempting to find the time when the remains were swapped.
But... when Ye Ling let time flow forward, he discovered that within a specific time node in the Tranquil Valley after Bai Qing's burial, the images within the Tranquil Valley were completely distorted and chaotic.
And when the time node was fast-forwarded past, and the images returned to normal, Bai Qing's remains had already been swapped with a stranger.
Seeing this, Ye Ling said solemnly, "Someone deliberately distorted that period of time... This means that the person who swapped the remains was at least a Great Dao Immortal Lord proficient in the Great Dao of Space-Time."
A Yu quickly asked, "Can you repair that distorted time?"
Ye Ling shook his head, "No... I am not a Great Dao Immortal Lord, and my comprehension of the Great Dao laws is not profound. The person who distorted this time has a higher attainment in the way of space-time than me, and I cannot repair it."
When Ye Ling stepped into the Emperor Ancestor realm and created a new cultivation system, he completely forgot about the Great Dao laws. The reason he could use these Great Daos now was thanks to the runes.
However, Ye Ling was currently limited to using the Great Daos. As for how deeply he understood the essence of the Great Dao laws...
He was probably not as good as a Great Dao Immortal Lord whom he could crush with a single finger.
"How could this be..." Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, a hint of despair flashed in A Yu's eyes, and she became utterly dejected.
All she wanted now was to know who had stolen her mother's remains.
Ye Ling added, "However... this is not without a solution."
A Yu was startled and immediately looked at Ye Ling, "What solution?"
Ye Ling smiled, "Although I can't do it... it doesn't mean others can't."
"I'll just go and capture a few Great Dao Immortal Lords who are proficient in the laws of space-time."