Thus, the former ruler died without a sound.
Unfortunately, that fading gratitude never reached his "benefactor," and Huai Shi did not care in the slightest.
At that moment, all of his attention was focused before him.
Between his hands, hundreds of shattered pages converged. The Living Event Record was drawn out from the dead Destruction Hub amid the resonance of the Book of Destiny.
It became a tattered ancient tome and fell into Huai Shi's hands.
"The Magic Flute."
Sensing that the spirit within was as frail as a candle flickering in the wind, Huai Shi sighed and placed it into the Book of Destiny. Without a long period of restoration, it would be difficult for it to recover its original form.
But now that the collaboration between the Ivory Tower and the Dark Web had officially begun, with the Three Sages around, there was no need to worry about its condition worsening further.
Another record belonging to Heaven had been reclaimed from Hell!
Though it was but a drop in the bucket, it was still a good start.
Not long after, following a brief respite, an assessment of the machine's condition surfaced in Huai Shi's mind.
Because of the use of Heaven Collapse and Yu Step, along with the frantic maneuvers during the Light Cannon assault, some of the metal had developed cracks and fatigue. Overall, however, it remained intact, and under Tianque's maintenance, it swiftly recovered its original condition.
Furthermore, thanks to Vulcan's all-out forging and craftsmanship, this Jupiter Icon still possessed immense power to squander. Not to mention that the Great Arcanum node left behind in the Present Realm was still continuously allocating vast quantities of Source Matter to it.
Originally, Huai Shi's task should have ended once the Great Arcanum had been activated and set into