After Jacob had absorbed the massive disclosure, Immortika continued, "The difference between you and the others is that you don't need to waste effort on your soul because no matter what, it is still part of your body.
"Or do you think there is another scripture that would allow you to just focus on your body transformation, and you somehow managed to form a Spiritual Nebula? The answer is there is none!
"For others, when they formed their Spirit Bodies and Aura Bodies in the Inception Legend Body step, they need to awaken their soul in the Quasi Legend Step. The true meaning behind it is to sense the existence of your soul and then use the Aura Glyph or Spirit Glyph, which at that time should've spread through the entire body, and then assimilate the soul into them.
"Once this step is complete, the final step is to merge the Magic Orbits, Body, and Soul to reach the Fable Legendary State. But to complete this final step, one needs a catalyst to start the process, and you know about it, it is a Star Vestige, otherwise known as Legendary Vestige!
"A star vestige is formed in the core of an elemental planet, a very rare type of planet filled with elemental law powers, and it's very hard to locate because it appears just like a normal planet until the planet visage is fully formed, and it could only appear in middle galaxies or higher.
"A star vestige is very special because it contains the purest elemental laws, and by assimilating it with a magic core, one can sense the elemental laws for a period of time and comprehend their own elemental law. The older the star vestige, the purer the elemental laws are in it, and the longer the comprehension time.
"That's why it is required for a quasi-legend to use it to form their spiritual nebula because it is almost impossible to comprehend Zodiac Plains' laws without a star vestige.
"Most importantly, a star vestige also becomes a shell for spiritual nebula to form because physical bodies can't contain it, and magic cores also exist within this shell at completion, and we called this shell a Soul Totem!
"The reason a Legendary Rank is so powerful and difficult to kill is because they can possess other bodies as long as their soul totem remains or they manage to escape. Although their power would wane, they can easily cultivate to their peak again as long as their soul totem has their souls. Although there is more to, you need to explore yourself. But this is the general truth behind a legendary rank!"
Jacob was again astounded and finally understood the importance of a Legendary Vestige, how it fits in all of this, and why this rank was called 'Legendary.'
'This soul totem is simply a cheat, a method to cheat death. The bodies are just shells for legendary beings at this point. It seemed I needed to be extremely careful while dealing with a legendary being. But wait…'
Jacob's flaming eyes sparkled fiercely as he quickly questioned, "I can understand that I managed to form my spiritual nebula because of you, but you just said that bodies can't contain spiritual nebula without a soul totem. So, does this mean my body is my soul totem? Didn't this mean I can't do the same time and escape death!?"
"Hahahaha…" Immortika suddenly burst into wanton laughter after hearing this question, and Jacob suddenly had a very bad feeling about it. Immortika said, "I'll leave this discussion until you look at the second phase first!"
Jacob was startled; it had completely escaped his mind since he was busy confronting Immortika. He quickly looked at the second phase.
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[Second Phase of Cosmic Crucible Totem Skeleton: Cursed Totem Skeleton]
-Cursed Totem Skeleton: 0%
[Description: Gather Twelve Legendary Cosmic Vestiges and integrate them in the Longevity Schema Twelve Cosmic Core Points in your Skeleton in Universal Cosmic Sequences. The Universal Cosmic Sequence can't be changed, and progress will only be made by integrating with the correct sequence!]
-Universal Cosmic Sequence: 0/12
-1st: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Aries Point: Located at the Cubital Joint (Right), grants Fire elemental affinity.
-2nd: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Taurus Point: Located at the Knee Joint (Left), grants Earth elemental affinity.
-3rd: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Gemini Point: Located at the Cervical Spine, grants Wind elemental affinity.
-4th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Cancer Point: Located at the Sternum, grants Water elemental affinity.
-5th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Leo Point: Located at the Sternomanubrial Junction, grants Light elemental affinity.
-6th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Virgo Point: Located at the Occipital Bone, grants Dark elemental affinity.
-7th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Libra Point: Located at the Mandible, grants Void elemental affinity.
-8th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Scorpio Point: Located at the Thoracic Spine, grants Life elemental affinity.
-9th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Sagittarius Point: Located at the Lumbar Spine, pine, grants Death elemental affinity.
-10th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Capricorn Point: Located at the Sacrum, grants Lightning/Thunder elemental affinity.
-11th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Aquarius Point: Located at Cranial Apex, grants Space elemental affinity.
-12th: Longevity Schema Cosmic Core Pisces Point: Located at the Frontal Eminence, grants Time elemental affinity.
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-Completion of this stage will result in 1,000,000 Years of Lifespan & Cursed Immortal Totem! ______
Jacob's expression changed when he read the second phase, and he finally understood why Immortika was giving him all that information about soul totems and legendary rank.
It wasn't like he didn't have a totem; it was just that his entire skeleton was going to be his totem, and knowing Cursed Immortality, it was anything but ordinary.
Calming his emotions, he asked, "How is this Cursed Immortal totem different from others? And are these Twelve Legendary Cosmic Vestiges the same vestiges that I'm thinking they are?"
"Hehehehe, let's leave the former answer when the right time comes. As for your latter question, you guessed correctly. The Twelve Legendary Cosmic Vestiges are the same twelve vestiges hidden in the path of legend.
"Because how could a mere star vestige be worthy of me, Cured Immortality? The Star Vestiges are the lowest kind of vestiges, and above them are Galaxy Vestiges born in the core of an elemental galaxy. But the rarest of them all are the Cosmic Vestiges born from twelve lesser absolute galaxies!
"Only Cosmic Vestiges born from absolute galaxies are enough to give you all those affinities because they are a must-have if you want to be immortal!"
Jacob completely ignored Immortika's proud tone. He knew things had taken a worse turn, which meant he needed to fight the entire twelve galaxies and probably the middle galaxies as well to grab those twelve vestiges if he wanted to complete this second phase.
"What if someone else claimed it?" Jacob asked, which was probably the entire reason he was feeling apprehensive at that moment.
"Oh, if that's what you're worried about, then you don't need to. Even if someone else used it, as long as you can kill that person before they reach the Legendary King State, you can retrieve the Cosmic Vestige.
"But if you are too late, then you need to start again from scratch because the twelve cosmic vestiges are a set that has a unique Universal Cosmic Sequence.
"If a new set appeared, it means a new Universal Cosmic Sequence, and the old one will lose its meaning. Thus, you need to gather the new set from scratch again, and it will continue until you complete the Universal Cosmic Sequence!
"But why worry so much? After all, you just happened to be currently inside the Path of Legend!"