The stalagmites on the cave dome gleamed cold and white in the moonlight, and the crystal ball in Lin Xinghe's palm grew so hot it almost scorched her flesh.
She could clearly hear her own heartbeat, thumping against her ribs as if responding to the surging Star Power within the Heart of Sword Soul.
Lin Xiao's words were still echoing in her ears—about the Soul-Drawing Grass in her younger sister's Medicine Pavilion, about the possibility that their mother's soul had been imprisoned.
Chapter 42