The smoke of war at the Myriad Heavens Divine Pass had yet to disperse, yet the intelligence the First Prince had spat out before his death hung over the hearts of the Human Race's higher-ups like an even darker cloud.
Inside the Divine Pass council hall, Chu Tian sat in the seat of honor. The "Human Emperor's Heart" in his hand, radiating golden-black light, floated in midair, and the smooth notch along its edge was especially glaring.
"Senior Human Emperor, the First Prince was not lying. This Imperial Heart is indeed incomplete. What exactly happened?" Chu Tian sent his divine sense into the Imperial Heart and asked in a deep voice.
"Alas..." From the depths of the Imperial Heart came the weak yet grave sigh of the Human Emperor's lingering remnant. "Chu Tian, there is much you do not know. Back then, I fought the Tribulation Lord to the death in the Epoch Outer Sea. To prevent the Tribulation Lord from completely assimilating me, at the final moment, I forcibly split the 'Human Emperor's Heart' into three."
"One piece was left within my body as the core suppressing the Tribulation Lord's origin—the one now in your hand. Another was accidentally lost amid the fierce battle; it appears that bastard Return-to-Silence Heavenly Emperor secretly took it. As for the final piece..."
The Human Emperor's remnant paused, his tone turning somewhat complicated. "The final piece was secretly sealed within the Holy Spirit Clan's Ancestral Land—the Holy Spirit Heavenly Palace. My original intention was to use the Holy Spirit Clan's pure laws of purification to slowly cleanse the Tribulation Lord's aura tainting the fragment."
"Holy Spirit Heavenly Palace?!" Everyone present was startled.
"We absolutely cannot let Return-to-Silence Heavenly Emperor gather all three fragments!" The Human Emperor's remnant suddenly raised his voice, carrying unprecedented