Yellow Dragon listened quietly without interrupting.
He knew the Pure World White Lotus had once belonged to the Eastern Duke, who had ruled the Heavenly Court... but that had nothing to do with the Donghua Sovereign now.
The Donghua Sovereign fell silent for a moment, then turned his hand over.
A glow almost identical to the Pure World White Lotus lit up in his palm. Pure white Saintly Light bloomed quietly within the two layers of protective barriers.
It was a half-ruined lotus platform, white throughout and radiating the same sacred aura as the Pure World White Lotus.
The instant the damaged lotus platform appeared, the Pure World White Lotus in the void shuddered!
Ripples spread across the white curtain of light surrounding the two of them.
Every petal rustled at once, and an unprecedented brilliance burst from the heart of the lotus.
An intense longing surged from the white lotus into Yellow Dragon's Primordial Spirit—a longing that bordered on madness!
Yellow Dragon felt it.
He looked down at the damaged lotus platform in the Donghua Sovereign's hand, then up at the Pure World White Lotus trembling and shining in the void. He already knew the answer.
Still, he asked.
"Fellow Daoist Donghua, is that...?"
The Donghua Sovereign smiled faintly.
It was a slight smile, but it held the calm acceptance of someone who had passed through life and death.
"I expect you've guessed, Fellow Daoist Yellow Dragon," he said in a gentle, even voice. "This is the missing portion of the Pure World White Lotus's essence. Back on Penglai Immortal Island, I was no match for Di Jun and Taiyi. To save myself, I gave up most of the Pure World White Lotus and fled into Spatial Turbulence with thirty percent of its essence."
He paused. His gaze left