The figure before them had a graceful, delicate form. Her slender waist was wrapped in tight-fitting clothes, alluring as a water snake. Her exquisite eyes were closed as she sat motionless upon the round platform, as though asleep.
Yun Xuan. After fighting her so many times, Nie Yun could never mistake Thousand Illusions' lover for anyone else. It was unquestionably her!
But... this Yun Xuan had stopped breathing and was not absorbing spiritual energy either. She should already be dead—a corpse!
But...
"Wasn't Yun Xuan's body burned to ashes? How could it be here?"
After killing Yun Xuan at Lingxiao Peak, they had burned her corpse to ashes while disposing of it. How had it suddenly appeared here, and in such perfect condition?
"This isn't Yun Xuan. It is a cast-off shell left behind by a God Shattering Realm expert. Look carefully—her body is covered in countless patterns. Her entire body has already shattered!"
Old Drunkard said gravely.
"A cast-off shell of a God Shattering Realm expert?" Only then did Nie Yun and Thousand Illusions notice that this Yun Xuan's body was indeed covered in densely packed cracks. Just like Old Drunkard's cast-off shell they had seen before, the damage originated from within and spread outward, impossible to repair.
"Could this be... the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor's corpse?" Nie Yun's heart stirred.
There had only ever been one God Shattering Realm expert in the Demon Country: the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor. If it was not her, there could be no one else.
"No one knows whether the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor was male or female, but she may have been a woman. Yun Xuan might have been her daughter!" Old Drunkard said thoughtfully.
"Her daughter... Even if she were her daughter, they couldn't possibly look this alike, as if they