The first coordinates given by the Grand Priest were not located on any planet.
They lay suspended in a forgotten starfield at the border between Universe 3 and Universe 7. There were no stars, no planets—only countless shattered white boulders slowly rotating through the void. Their cut surfaces were unnaturally smooth, as if they had been instantly severed by some unimaginably high-temperature energy before rapidly cooling. Faint golden patterns still lingered along every edge—energy marks unique to the Primordial God Clan, not yet fully faded despite the passage of countless years.
When the fleet stopped outside the ruins, Ji Ming saw through the viewport a temple tower floating at their center, with only half of it remaining. Its top had been cleanly sliced away, and embedded in the fractured surface was a slender bone glowing faintly with dark gold light. The bone was small, no longer than an adult's palm, yet it slowly rotated on its own in the void. With every turn, it sent out a faint ring of golden ripples. Wherever those ripples passed, the surrounding white boulders trembled softly, as if answering some long-lost summons.
"The first Imperial God relic bone." Whis's voice came through the communications channel. The crystal ball on his staff was converting the bone's energy frequency into digital signals in real time. "Its fluctuation frequency is completely identical to the Void Scar's, but its phase is opposite. In other words, it is an 'inverse-phase anchor' for the Void Scar. As long as this bone remains, the Void Scar can use it to stabilize its existence in the physical universe. The Grand Priest believes there are several such bones, hidden among ancient ruins along the edges of different universes. You must find them one by one and purify the residual Imperial God will attached