Emperor Cang Retreats

Emperor Cang took possession of Cangyuan's body.

His black-and-red Dao robe fluttered fiercely as his pale hand slowly curled shut, feeling every thread of power flowing through this shell. White hair cascaded down, and a deep, shadowy gleam flashed through his crimson eyes.

Yet just as he tried to completely refine this body, his movements suddenly froze.

Because he saw a heart.

That heart floated at the center of Cangyuan's Dao platform.

Its entire body was translucent as glazed crystal.

Three-colored Divine Light flowed endlessly within it. Black-yellow, pale white, and crimson—three ultimate powers of origin intertwined into an almost eternal azure-blue radiance.

What made Emperor Cang's pupils suddenly contract was the aura emanating from the Three Lights Divine Water.

It was completely identical to that half of the Eternal Dao Fruit.

Emperor Cang remained silent for a long time.

He lowered his head to gaze at that Flawless Dao Heart, indescribably complicated emotions churning in the depths of his crimson eyes.

Fragments of the Eternal Dao Fruit?

Fragments from the other lost half of the Eternal Dao Fruit.

There could be no mistake.

"Interesting."

Emperor Cang's voice emerged from Cangyuan's throat, low and hoarse, carrying an excitement he could barely suppress.

"Eternal Dao Fruit... something this Emperor had failed to fathom even after exhausting countless eras. Yet you, Haji Cang, had hidden a fragment of the Eternal Dao Fruit that could be comprehended and used."

He extended a pale finger.

It hovered above the Flawless Dao Heart.

The aura of the Three Lights Divine Water coiled around his fingertip like a living creature.

This portion of Eternal Dao Fruit fragments was minuscule, perhaps only one percent the size of that half-sealed Dao Fruit.

But precisely because it was so small, Emperor Cang could sense within it that thin sliver