Kiran's appearance had caught Hua Zhen off guard. After all, he had heard long ago that Kiran had retreated into the void.
What exactly did retreating into the void mean, or where the "void" even was—Hua Zhen did not know. That was precisely the question he had long wanted to study.
It was different from when he had first met Kiran more than seventeen thousand years ago. Back then, Kiran had seemed impossible for Hua Zhen to understand or see through, utterly shrouded in mystery.
But now, many things that had once been vague had become crystal clear in Hua Zhen's eyes.
Kiran no longer existed in the form of an organic lifeform. More accurately, his current state was merely a projection within the Known Universe. Hua Zhen remembered that when they had first met, Kiran had once said this to him:
"When a god exists only as data, or even as a piece of information, perhaps the framework of the entire universe can be rewritten. Exploring the void and seeking higher intelligence should then become much easier."
In light of those words, perhaps Kiran had already transformed himself into data or information when he led the Super God Academy into Merlot Heavenly City—another form of Phantom Body, distinct from Karl's.
If not for the circumstances, Hua Zhen would have been quite interested in discussing what Kiran had seen and heard after entering the void. After all, it was an unknown realm Hua Zhen had never touched.
Unfortunately, the real business had yet to be settled, and Kiran probably was not in the mood to talk about such things either.
Hua Zhen had to admit that Kiran was great, an authority among authorities in the universe's academic circles. Hua Zhen did respect him quite a bit. The reason he had