"Cháng Mínghào, the Trace Bead Chain!" At his command, Cháng Mínghào instantly flung the bead chain into the air. The beads burst with blue light amidst the black smoke, illuminating the trajectory of all the Demonic Qi. Su Qingyun, Huáng Tíngjiàn, and the others successively unleashed their weapons, trapping the Zhao Family cultivators in the center. Taking advantage of the distraction, Mo Xing rushed toward the iron cage on the stone wall, his mechanism awl popping the lock open with a sharp click.
A jade bracelet snapped with a sharp crack, and a slip of paper tumbled out from the shattered jade. It bore the handwriting of the Lín Family Patriarch: "The Zhao Family used the cinnabar mine as bait to lure our Su Family into Black Wind Valley, but they actually conspired with the Liǔ and Lín families to annihilate us. If you see this note, seek out the descendants of the Hu Family immediately; only the Primordial Fragment Stele can break their Formation."
Hu Yuan picked up a piece of the shattered jade, suddenly realizing that the Liǔ, Zhao, and Lín families had not merely destroyed the Hu Family—every clan that posed a potential threat to them had become a "living cauldron" used to nurture Demonic Qi. And the source of it all was the rumor spread by the Wuyin Sect and the Nether Cult: "The Destiny-Defier brings chaos to the Spirit Realm"—a mere fabrication invented to eliminate rivals and nourish the residual soul of the Lord of the Demon Abyss.
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