Mi Ya froze, unable to answer.
Lu Yin looked at her.
She thought for a moment. "Probably not."
Lu Yin's heart sank. "The Soul Grafting was discovered after I returned. That means before then..." He didn't continue, but the meaning was simple: Lord Mi had been under Shi Chu's control all along. If those other Masters could have their bones taken, why not Lord Mi?
And it wasn't just Lord Mi.
Not a single one of those involved in the Three Laws or the Mitian Grand Plan could escape.
Wang Wen included.
With the Heavenly Sect as the center, six directions stretched outward. Far away in one of them, Shi Ling stood in the starry sky, gazing toward the Human Yao Domain.
Beneath this Shi Ling was a spaceship. It seemed to have been caught in the battle, but fortunately, it had survived.
Inside the ship, countless gazes stared fearfully and tremulously at the Shi Ling above.
"Th-that isn't..."
"Wang family's... ancestor."
"One of the Six Luminaries, W-Wang Wen?"
"Lord Lu destroyed four Luminaries. Is the Wang family's Yao Domain going to war with Human Civilization?"
"Wait, doesn't that Wen Yao have cracks on his face?"
"Have you ever seen Wen Yao?"
The lifeforms aboard the ship weren't human, but they belonged to the Six Luminaries Square all the same. Perhaps they'd learned of the Six Luminaries from their clan's history, seen them in statues, or happened to catch a glimpse of one or two at some other time.
The Shi Ling standing in the starry sky unmistakably had a face identical to Wang Wen's.
Only, a series of cracks ran across his face, as if they'd split his entire head apart.
His gaze was terrifyingly sullen, devoid of life.
At that moment, he slowly raised his hand and formed