The Continental Heart had never been so harmonious. Apart from Kazilan, even powerful figures like Jiawen and Gelong waited obediently at the side like sheep.
The Continental Core under Kazilan's control was slowly separating. The dividing band was quite distinct, almost identical to the region Barto had split off. Li Ziran controlled the timing with precision. As long as it was something under his command, there would never be a mistake.
Yet more of his attention was devoted to probing the boundaries of the Void Heart.
Sizzling sparks flashed continuously, concealed behind the separation, but the results were far from ideal. The confirmed edge had a broad curve, even containing all sorts of sharp turns.
He understood internal organs and knew how intricate their structures were, yet this invisible Void Heart hid all that complexity away.
A voice in his mind kept telling him this thing did not exist, but the instincts of his craft made it clear to him that the Void Heart was right before his eyes.
It was simply beyond his ability to observe.
Right now, he felt like the fool in The Emperor's New Clothes, yet he still had to keep convincing himself.
He could even sense that this heart was bound to the Continental Heart, just as a normal creature's heart was connected to its other internal organs. It could not possibly exist alone.
For a moment, he had thought the Continental Heart was merely an offshoot of the Void Heart, but that no longer seemed to be the case. It was more like the heart's protective shell, or the body that allowed the heart to function.
That made things troublesome. A separate transplant could not be accomplished simply by cutting everything apart. While this heart detached from the Continental Core, it also had to