Faced with Chen Yu's bewilderment, Bu Tianque said wistfully, "I never thought I'd run into it here."
(What is it?)
"My Corpse Remnant. The body I shed after completing the ritual to become a god. I didn't think it would still exist, much less that I'd find it here."
(...I don't understand. Could you explain it in terms a normal human can understand?)
Bu Tianque looked at Chen Yu helplessly, as though weighing what to say.
After a moment, she sighed. "Very well. Finding it means certain things have begun to stir, so I can tell you a little. There are many ways to become a god. I chose to kill one. Drive a Star Lord from their position, then prove you're better suited to it, and the ritual is complete."
(Did the ritual fail?)
"It succeeded, but I underestimated my opponent. In the end, the incomplete ritual turned me into an Evil God. My Corpse Remnant vanished, too. I never expected it to end up here."
(So the thing in front of us... is a corpse?)
"Not quite. You'll see."
Bu Tianque floated above the Labor Union chairwoman's head, then suddenly plunged her hand deep into it.
A liquid as thick as ink welled up between her hands as she pulled out something pitch-black. Apart from Chen Yu and Wang Chuyun, no one present saw a thing. They were still entranced by the chairwoman's beauty.
But Chen Yu saw the chairwoman's head split open, each side turning into pages. When Bu Tianque opened the book, ink gushed out and smeared the words inside beyond recognition.
"See? That's my Corpse Remnant, though it's become a book now. It acts according to what I wrote earlier. It was my last safeguard."
(A safeguard against what?)
...To make sure everyone in Righteous