The dozens of pale pillars of light had only just vanished, and everyone looked up at the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall.
On the wall, Heaven-Gazing Daoist shimmered with flowing radiance.
The once weathered and imposing Daoist now seemed three parts more lifelike. A breeze stirred, and his Daoist robe fluttered gently with it.
Only the nail of his left big toe and the back of his right calf remained dim and indistinct. Clearly, those fragments had yet to be affixed.
A commotion immediately erupted.
One voice said, "What's going on? Why are two fragments of the Heavenly God Chart still missing? Hoarding them now won't do you any good. If they aren't used here, they'll be wasted. Remember, every time the Heavenly God Hall closes and opens, new fragments of the Heavenly God Chart are produced. Whoever has been keeping a fragment, please take it out at once."
Another voice asked, "Could two fragments have been left outside the Heavenly God Hall and never made it in here?"
As soon as the question was raised, someone cut in. "Absolutely impossible! When we entered the hall, I used a secret treasure personally bestowed by my master to detect the mechanisms tied to the fragments of the Heavenly God Chart. Every last fragment made it into this Heavenly God Hall. There's no way any were left behind."
Another voice said, "Then perhaps someone carrying a fragment died in one of the other three halls and never made it here."
The entire place fell silent.
Third Holy Son gave a light cough and cupped his fists toward the crowd. "Does anyone know where the other two fragments of the Heavenly God Chart are? Kong is willing to offer precious treasures for them. Or if any fellow Daoist would rather not affix their fragment