Ancient Godly Monarch
In the Province of the Nine Skies, far above the heavens, there exists Nine Galaxies of Astral Rivers made up of countless constellations interwoven together. For Martial Cultivators, they could form an innate link with one of the constellations, awaken their Astral Soul, and transform into a Stellar Martial Cultivator. Legend has it that, the strongest cultivators in the Province of the Nine Skies, were beings that could open an astral gate every time they advanced into a new realm. Their talent in cultivation was such that they could even establish innate links with constellations that existed in a layer higher than the Nine Layers of Heavens, eventually transforming into the heaven-defying and earth-shattering power known as the War God of the Nine Heavens. Qin Wentian is the MC of this story. How could a guy, with a broken set of meridians, successfully cultivate? There were countless Stellar Martial Cultivators, as there were countless constellations in the vast starry skies. What he wanted to be, was the brightest constellation of all, shining dazzlingly in the vast starry skies.
The Palace Lord’s Decision
Zhuge Xiong's conjecture was very possible. There were truly some powerful cloning and avatar creation techniques here in the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms. Even if the two are separated by distance, they could still appear simultaneously for a long period of time. There were even more heaven-defying ones where the avatar could possess the same combat prowess as the true-self.
They didn't think of this earlier because this was simply a dead angle. When the Jialan Monarch died, it was very natural for Qin Wentian to appear in his governor's manor. No one would suspect him further.
However, Zhuge Xiong was exceedingly intelligent and was always the one thinking up schemes and devising strategies for the Lifire Palace. He was highly regarded by the Lifire Empyrean. After rounds of investigation, he discovered that there was no way to continue investigating the Jialan Monarch's death. This was an unresolved case, destined to be unsolvable.