In 999 Levant, during the 2079 intermission, an experiment was underway in the underground Soul Research Institute in the Nanshan Rainforest.
"Experiment 488: activation test for soul-fragment reactions in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Head Soul Bone. Begin."
This was the 488th experiment the Soul Scholars had conducted after Rus Wang and Zhang Ruoheng brought them the Three-Eyed Golden Beast skull from Dai Yuhao's head.
After Zhang Ruoheng brought it to the Soul Scholars in 755 Levant, the Elf soul experts had conducted experiments twice a year, researching soul fragments in both the Star Dou Forest and the Nanshan Rainforest.
They had tried to rejoin the soul fragment in the skull with Wang Qiuji's fragment in the Soul Recording Scroll.
But as the research had progressed, the Soul Scholars' initial enthusiasm had given way to indifference.
The two soul fragments had been separated for too long. They had developed what was known as "soul divergence"—the separated soul was no longer part of the original soul.
This had left the Soul Scholars in a difficult position.
The reason Zhang Ruoheng had been able to hand them the Three-Eyed Golden Beast skull
was, essentially, to restore the Star Dou Forest's fortune. At present, its fortune was divided among the forest itself, the Divine Realm, and two small shares belonging to the Three-Eyed Golden Beast skull and Wang Qiuji.
It was hard to say.
"Ms. Bi Ji."
As the Soul Scholars worked, a woman with distinctive green hair stood by the observation window, an inspector's badge pinned to her clothes.
The Elf accompanying her instinctively stepped forward to ask.
"Any progress with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?"
"We've been doing our best, but the Three-Eyed Golden Beast and Wang Qiu'er are fundamentally two completely separate beings now," the Elf Soul Scholar replied.
"We still can't