A better liar
"I can barely feel my soul...and the others, they have been suppressed by the marks..."
Hao Xuan's soul was essentially divided into three parts based on the most powerful soul shards, which, combined, would create the final version of 'The Emperor' that existed until just a few moments ago.
Right now he was back to his original self, albeit a much more powerful version compared to the past.
Hao Xuan felt like there was an empty hole where his soul should have been. It was obviously still there but it had been repressed and concealed to the point where the energy was barely a fraction of the original.
"It was necessary," Baba Jezda informed him, "This is the only way it can be hidden from the All-Seeing eye."
Hao Xuan's eyes narrowed, "Are you saying they can't track me anymore?"
It seemed a little too good to be true, and it was.