The Human Emperor Phantom!

"Ming."

One word seemed to hold the supreme power to make speech into law, pinning Su Ming firmly in place.

Time and space seemed to lose all meaning in that instant.

His mind went blank. Only that forceful yet impossibly familiar word echoed through it, again and again.

What was this supposed to be?

A prank?

Or was there another peerless master named Ming in this world who also happened to bear the surname Su?

Impossible.

The Dao resonance within those strokes, that familiarity engraved deep in his soul—

They left him utterly certain: this "Ming" meant him. Su Ming!

A soul that had crossed over from a blue planet.

"How... how is this possible?"

Su Ming's voice came out dry. He slowly turned to Xuanyuan Tian Ji beside him.

There was a trace of hope in his eyes that even he failed to notice.

He hoped the Human Emperor's daughter could give him a reasonable explanation.

But Xuanyuan Tian Ji only looked at him in silence.

Her cool phoenix eyes were just as full of shock and confusion.

She slowly shook her head, her voice as faint as a murmur in a dream.

"I don't know..."

"Father never mentioned it."

Even she didn't know?

The last shred of hope in Su Ming's heart crumbled.

Xuanyuan Tian Ji was the Human Emperor's daughter, the person closest to him in this world.

If even she knew nothing, then this secret ran deeper than the inheritance of the Human Emperor Bloodline.

This wasn't how the story was supposed to go.

Su Ming drew a deep breath and forced down the storm raging in his heart.

He was not someone who would sit and wait for answers.

If no one could explain it, he would find out for himself!

His gaze returned to