Qin Yang glanced at the empty sleeve hanging at one side and understood at once.
There were many wounds and losses in this world that were permanent, never to be restored. For the strong, under normal circumstances, that range shrank to the point of being negligible.
But clearly, there were abnormal circumstances as well.
Such as Uncle Meng's eyes and both arms.
One of Shepherd Master's arms was presumably the same.
"Senior, do you know what Taiyi's authority looks like now?"
Shepherd Master glanced at Qin Yang, seeming somewhat surprised.
"I thought you had known long ago. The Imperial Jade Seal of the Ten Directions Divine Dynasty is Taiyi's authority."
Qin Yang paused slightly, then laughed aloud.
He should indeed have known long ago.
He should have guessed that the thing condensed from a divine dynasty's fate represented that dynasty's fate.
And since Taiyi had transformed into the Divine Dynasty Emperor while his own authority had not merged into him, the most likely possibility was indeed that he had turned Taiyi's authority into the Imperial Jade Seal of the Ten Directions Divine Dynasty.
The Emperor's true body was not important. If a Heavenly Emperor wished to remain immortal, authority alone was enough. His consciousness, everything about him—even if all of it was lost—would inevitably revive someday.
If the authority was turned into an Imperial Jade Seal, it would be bound to the national fortune of the Ten Directions Divine Dynasty.
Everything was just as he had initially thought. To resolve Taiyi completely, he had to resolve the Ten Directions Emperor, resolve the authority, and resolve the Ten Directions Divine Dynasty.
Without resolving the Ten Directions Divine Dynasty, no method of sealing the authority could possibly seal Taiyi's authority.
"So that's how it is. It seems my wager with him really