The voice startled Liu Yuanchen. At the same time, violent waves of energy surged through his Pangu Dao Embryo, as though it were resonating with the voice.
As expected, that voice came from Great God Pangu.
He immediately sent out his Divine Sense to search for its source, but found nothing.
Just then, a surge of purplish-gray energy appeared out of thin air and gathered into a towering human figure.
"Stop looking. I'm right here."
The figure gradually sharpened, finally taking the form of Great God Pangu.
But it was only a phantom, faint and insubstantial.
"Are you Great God Pangu?" Liu Yuanchen asked uncertainly.
The figure nodded, then shook his head. "Yes and no."
"The true Pangu passed away not long after opening the heavens. His entire body became part of the Primordial World.
"Twelve drops of blood essence from his heart became the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
"His primordial spirit split into three and became the Three Pure Ones."
"Now, little remains of Pangu."
Liu Yuanchen knew what had happened to Great God Pangu. What he could not tell was exactly who stood before him.
Neither Great God Pangu's body nor his primordial spirit had survived. Only some lingering energy could remain, so this could not be Great God Pangu himself.
But how could mere lingering energy possess such intelligence?
"Senior, you are..."
The figure chuckled softly. "I am nothing more than a wisp of lingering obsession.
"Great God Pangu gave his life to create the Primordial World. His one lingering obsession was to protect it."
"Had no great calamity befallen the Primordial World, this obsession and the energy Great God Pangu left behind would have slowly faded away."
"Unfortunately, the Ancestor Witches Gonggong and Zhurong fought among themselves and broke Mount Zhou.
"I had no power to stop