Ye?
Ling Chu looked puzzled. Before he could think further, a faint glow rose from the Human Annals, and a hazy figure stepped out.
The divine light enveloping her slowly faded, revealing a woman who looked to be around twenty. Silver strands had already crept into her temples, and her eyes were marked by the passage of time, filled with unmistakable weariness.
Ling Chu could not hide his shock. This was the first time he had seen the true face of the Great Emperor of the Lost Era.
Shi Lan glanced at Ling Chu. The next instant, a gentle Dao essence descended, sealing off time and space and shutting away his five senses, sending him into a temporary slumber.
There were some things he was better off not hearing.
"Greetings, Divine Lord."
Ye knelt and bowed respectfully, performing a grand salute. Just as before the Primordial Era, nothing had changed.
Shi Lan glanced at Ye without speaking. She raised her eyes to the Human Annals and slowly reached out. The crystal tome hovering in the air trembled slightly, then obediently fell into her palm.
The Human Annals had been forged with the crystallized essence of her martial intent as its core, so it naturally felt no resistance toward her.
She drew a colossal gray cocoon from the void. It crumbled inch by inch, revealing Yao. Shi Lan raised a hand and drew an immense amount of source energy from the void, a vast ocean pouring into Yao's body.
Source energy was the purest energy in the world. It could turn decay into wonder and reshape heaven and earth.
Yet no matter how much source energy Shi Lan poured into her, Yao remained utterly still. The energy flowed through her body without leaving a trace, unable to remain within her at