"Brother Cheng, the soul fragment inside the Auspicious Beast..." Wang Dong said hesitantly.
"That's right. It's inseparably connected to you." Xu Cheng nodded solemnly.
Everyone froze at his words.
As though a corner of history had been lifted, the truth slowly surfaced.
A secret involving a [god] made everyone's heart race.
"The soul fragment I sensed in the Auspicious Beast's sea of divine consciousness just now seemed... to have been stripped from your soul, splitting you into two personalities. One is the current Wang Dong, and the other is the Auspicious Beast. Once those two soul fragments are reunited, an entirely new personality will be born," Xu Cheng explained to everyone.
Xiao Xiao sucked in a breath, her eyes widening. "Wang Dong, wouldn't that mean you'd be erased after the fusion?"
"Yes. Not only would your consciousness be erased, but your body, soul power, and everything you currently possess would be replaced by that new personality." Xu Cheng nodded.
Looking at Tang San, whose fists were clenched tight and whose lowered head hid his expression, Xu Cheng smiled disdainfully.
Tang San knew perfectly well what he had done.
He had recklessly interfered with the continent, delaying its unification by ten thousand years, and then stripped apart his daughter's soul. But in Xu Cheng's eyes, that loathsome Tang Wutong was his true daughter, while Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er were merely tools to be sacrificed...
"Then why would he do that?" Wang Dong's face paled.
She had never imagined that she was not only a tool, but also at risk of "dying" at any moment.
"Relax. Now that I've exposed the soul fragment inside the Auspicious Beast, you won't die..." Xu Cheng smiled. "Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, powerful soul beasts are beyond counting. Those over a hundred thousand