"Mortals aren't allowed to observe it." The Chaos Codex smiled. "But your potential fascinates me. I saw some wonderful possibility in you. A possibility for myself. So, I can let you take a look."
The Chaos Codex slowly twisted her body as she crawled around Lu Sheng.
"There has never been a second Chaos Heart Core in this world. Those who can see it with their own eyes are the fortunate ones, while those capable of possessing it are true heroes and legends."
Her second pair of hands slowly came together in prayer, then gradually separated and opened.
It was as though she held a ball of light in her palms—a pulsing, violet-black circular halo.
Countless silver points of light flowed within the halo. They gathered together like a galaxy, endlessly converging toward its center.
"How beautiful." Lu Sheng sighed in admiration. It was a heartfelt, sincere exclamation.
In his eyes, what flowed within that halo were not silver points of light, but an ocean of countless marvelous Energy Crystals.
The hundreds of millions of Energy Crystals each emitted energy fluctuations comparable to the black Energy Crystals he used when descending. Within the circular halo, those countless crystals formed an intricate, magnificent river of stars.
And Lu Sheng even felt that this was merely the thing's superficial appearance.
"Isn't it? It really is beautiful." The Chaos Codex nodded. "Still, it's already quite impressive that you managed to stay conscious instead of fainting the instant you saw it."
"Yes, it's too beautiful." A trace of obsession showed on Lu Sheng's face. "C-can I touch it?" He was somewhat hesitant and uneasy.
"That won't do." The Chaos Codex shook her head.
"I'll only touch it once, really!" An intense obsession filled Lu Sheng's face. "I'm just a mortal, just an ordinary person.