And what of the Human Emperor's remains?
The question flashed through Han Guang's mind like a bolt of lightning, illuminating a patch of darkness and connecting countless secrets. Even he, a man who had never let his emotions show since adulthood, felt a shiver run through him.
Indeed. No matter the legend or ancient text, they all spoke only of the Human Emperor's death and the Sage Emperor carrying on his legacy. On its own, there was nothing unusual about that, nothing to invite speculation. But set beside Houtu's remains becoming the Samsara Seal, the Heavenly Emperor's body transforming into the Time Saber, and the Demon Saintess refining her true form into the Phoenix Wing Black Gold Spear, the problem became glaringly obvious.
What of the Human Emperor's remains? What of an Other Shore Great Figure's remains!
The Human Emperor Sword had grown step by step alongside the Human Emperor; it had nothing to do with his remains. And the foundation of the Human Emperor's Remnant Clan was the Boat of Doom, which had no connection to the true body of an Other Shore Being, either.
How could something so important have gone entirely unmentioned? Why had Sage Emperor Qi never left behind the slightest question about it? And why had the Human Emperor's Remnant Clan, despite guarding its legacy to this day, never once mentioned it?
The Human Emperor's remains had somehow fallen into everyone's blind spot, forgotten in the strangest way!
Only now, after Gao Lan brought it up, did Han Guang feel as though a veil of mist had lifted from his memories and thoughts, allowing him to face the question directly.
It seemed an invisible hand had deliberately concealed the matter. Not by simply and crudely erasing the event, but by subtly manipulating things so that