Compared to the nests outside, this Mustard Seed Space was its deepest-hidden secret.
Within the modest-sized Mustard Seed Space, a human skeleton leaned against an icy wall.
The skeleton glowed with a warm yet domineering crimson-gold sheen. Its bone patterns seemed forged from divine iron, making it obvious that it had belonged to an unrivaled supreme expert who had shaken the ages in life. Its physique was far beyond anything ordinary cultivators could compare to.
Several top-tier Emperor Artifacts lay scattered silently around the skeleton.
These supreme treasures, which had once suppressed the various realms of the Heavenly Palace, now resembled imprisoned captives, silent and still.
The instant the Emperor Realm Remnant Beast entered, several Emperor Artifacts suddenly hummed. Brilliant divine light erupted from their bodies, as though their sentience was stirring in unrest and resentment, yet they remained tightly bound by an invisible force.
"I'm still the one guarding this place." The Emperor Realm Remnant Beast spoke in a violent voice. "Since you refuse to acknowledge me, then continue sleeping in this Mustard Seed Space."
It sounded as though it were reprimanding those Emperor Artifacts, its tone brimming with long-suppressed resentment.
After speaking, it no longer looked at the restless Emperor Artifacts. It slowly walked deeper into the space and stopped before a strange Crystal Ball floating in midair.
"I followed your instructions and sought out that Fuzhu White Deer." The Emperor Realm Remnant Beast's tone softened somewhat, though impatience still lurked beneath it. "But that fellow is nowhere near as formidable as your divination claimed. It actually said it needed to study the inheritance for three days before it could begin removing the Curse on me."
As its words fell, ripples of black suddenly spread across the Crystal Ball's formerly calm surface.
At the center of the ripples,