When the Stars Shine on Humanity

Post-Mortem Nen...

Setting aside the lingering attachments of ordinary people.

Post-Mortem Nen referred to what a Nen user left behind after death.

Some Post-Mortem Relics remained in the world as pure energy born of resentment.

Others remained in the form of objects.

The most notable examples were the Dark Sonata, which possessed the power of wishes, and the Kakin Empire's Seed Urn.

Kakin had once been a tiny nation surrounded by enemies in an age of warring powers.

Its rise into a superpower capable of rivaling the V5 was closely tied to the Seed Urn, a Post-Mortem Entity passed down through generations.

That single relic, seemingly untouched by the passage of time, had transformed a tiny nation into a superpower.

It showed just how terrifying the Post-Mortem Entities left behind over the long course of history could be.

Kakin's Seed Urn was one. The King's Balance, which had once given Moyu new life, was another.

But whether Post-Mortem Nen persisted as energy born of resentment or as a physical object, it had to follow one principle.

Death came first. What remained came afterward.

That was the nature of Post-Mortem Nen.

Yet Moyu was plainly alive, and he could conjure an object threaded with strands of Post-Mortem Nen.

This defiance of common sense immediately made Cheadle think of the Balance—and of the fact that Moyu had died once before.

Now it seemed...

The Vow Effect Elena had gained at a fatal cost had not only prolonged Moyu's life. It had also planted within him the seed of an ability tied to Post-Mortem Nen.

No. Perhaps...

Moyu himself was, in essence...

A Post-Mortem Relic!

"Moyu."

As the realization struck, Cheadle's heart began to race.

Her earlier precautions had not been for nothing after all.

Cheadle suddenly gripped Moyu's arm and said gravely,