The cracking sound was faint, yet it felt as though something precious had shattered, making everyone's hearts clench.
Following the sound to its source, all living beings froze, mouths hanging open as though endless words were stuck in their throats, leaving them speechless for a long time.
The sound had come from Purple Emperor.
The Heavenly Star Testament in Purple Emperor's hand turned into a mass of fragments.
He had crushed the Heavenly Star Testament!
This fact made the beings waiting for the Heavenly Star Testament to be revealed clutch their heads, nearly going mad.
The greatest secret left behind by the smartest person in the history of cosmic civilization had been destroyed in Purple Emperor's hands. It was the most important treasure of cosmic civilization, as well as its most priceless cultural legacy.
Those unwilling to accept this reality screamed and instantly broke down.
Crack!
It was as though someone had stomped on their wounds again.
Purple Emperor crushed all the remaining fragments as well. Every movement he made felt as though he were crushing the hearts of every living being.
How could he destroy the Heavenly Star Testament?
The hearts of countless scholars and technical researchers trembled. They wished they could snatch the fragments from Purple Emperor's hand and preserve them, then tear Purple Emperor into ten thousand pieces.
Purple Emperor spread open his hand.
All the fragments of the Heavenly Star Testament floated above his palm. Then, under the gaze of the entire universe, they condensed into a white sphere. It looked neither like stone nor jade, its material smooth and lustrous.
This was the material of the book.
More than a hundred characters still clung to the surface of the ostrich-egg-sized white sphere. They were words from the Heavenly Star Testament, yet they could not form