Whenever a new Heavenly Court Fragment entered his Core World... after the Core World licked it over, it would lose "something." As for what was missing, even White Dragon Sister and Senior White could not sense it.
However, only after that "something" had been licked away would the Confucian School's golden lotus world stop being picky and merge the Ancient Heavenly Court into itself.
Now, the moment the Heavenly Emperor mentioned "something missing," Song Shuhang immediately remembered this.
He could guess even with his hair that his Core World must have secretly licked every Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment clean, licking away that "something" within them.
And that "something" was extremely important to the Heavenly Emperor, perhaps even more important than the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments themselves.
But he absolutely could not admit to something like this.
Not even if they beat him to death!
At the same time, Song Shuhang immediately put on a poker face—to prevent the big shots from reading his thoughts through his expression.
"It looks like you tampered with them, Senior Song." The Heavenly Emperor's voice continued to ring in his ears. "Your sudden poker face has already given you away. Don't bother making excuses."
Song Shuhang: "..."
She could read his face from that, too?
Even a poker face could not save him from the big shots' Passive Face Reading.
"Still trying to run? Get back here!" the Heavenly Emperor snapped, pressing a hand against the void.
Su Clan's Sixteen's body was pinned in place, unable to move.
"What are you doing?!" White Dragon Sister turned her head and demanded.
The exchange between the Heavenly Emperor and Song Shuhang had taken place over a private channel, not through Group Voice Transmission. Neither Sixteen nor White Dragon Sister had heard any of it.
Sixteen had been