"I am Noah."
Black Earl wrote only that short sentence.
The Truth Book presented it faithfully, without a ripple, meaning the statement was true.
In fact, Black Earl had already stated before that he came from Noah. Writing it again might have seemed like perfunctory loophole-hunting, but that was not the case.
To the Wise Sovereign, this sentence carried extraordinary significance.
Descendants of Noah was a broad designation. Anyone bearing the Noah surname could be called a descendant of Noah.
But "I am Noah" was no longer a broad designation. It was a specific one. Specifically, Black Earl alone could represent the entire current Noah Clan.
From that sentence alone, in the Wise Sovereign's eyes, Black Earl's true identity had already been narrowed down infinitely.
The only ones who could represent "Noah" with their own person were the Noah Clan's five core elders and its current patriarch.
Black Earl might appear to be nothing more than a nose, but the clouds around his true form had begun to part, gradually revealing clarity. As for which one he was, that was no longer important to the Wise Sovereign. As long as he could represent Noah, what came next was bound to take an interesting turn.
It was not as though no descendants of Noah had ever come seeking the Legacy Site. But those descendants had simply not measured up. They could not even pass the final stretch of road, much less meet the Divine Maiden.
But now, someone who could represent Noah had come. That made things interesting.
Could the Divine Maiden still maintain her lofty arrogance before him?
Though the Wise Sovereign greatly anticipated the scene forming in his mind, there were two sides to every matter. Black Earl's admission that he could represent Noah might bring earth-shaking changes to