Zhang Fengxi put a hand over Xie Jianyu's eyes.
"Don't look," he whispered. He could sense Xie Jianyu's eyelashes trembling under his fingers, like butterfly wings that flapped softly in futile resistance.
After the longest several minutes he spent digging around, the Emperor forcefully pulled out something from within his chest. It was a translucent spherical ball that radiated a brilliant golden light that matched the sun's.
It was the Heavenly Emperor's spiritual core.
"Take. It. Zhang. Feng. Xi."
The corpse lifted its hand and extended the spiritual core in Zhang Fengxi's direction.
"One. Last. Time. I. Will. Fight. For. The. Heavenly. Realm."
Zhang Fengxi accepted the spiritual core with trembling hands. It felt hot against his palm when he first took it, but the light gradually dimmed and the temperature cooled down rapidly.
Zhang Fengxi raised his head and looked at the two brothers. He did not know what to say.
