The foul wind of the Nether Abyss gradually subsided. Su Yao looked at the slightly warm jade plaque in her hand, its intricate patterns shimmering with a mysterious luster under the moonlight. Between her brows, half of the Soul Bead of the Netherworld Child was quietly merging with the strength of her past-life sword cultivation, a strange and potent energy surging through her veins. Lin Yu stepped to her side, his eyes filled with concern. "Su Yao, are you truly alright? Ever since you absorbed that Soul Bead, your aura has become... quite different."
Su Yao shook her head slightly, attempting to soothe her friend's worries. "I can feel this power slowly coming under my control. Perhaps it will become the key to finding the remaining jade plaques." Before she could finish, Qin Mo approached with a solemn expression, holding a yellowed scrap of paper. "I found this while clearing the battlefield. It bears the mark of the Xuanyin Sect."
The note held only a few words: "Nether remnant soul, Longji reappears." Su Yao's pupils contracted. She exchanged glances with Lin Yu and Qin Mo, the three of them understanding clearly that the remnant soul of the Netherworld Child had not been completely extinguished and had likely returned to Longji Mountain, where many secrets still waited to be unraveled. Meanwhile, Zhao Ya and Lei Yuan, imprisoned in the Lei family dungeons, had become a ticking time bomb.
Chapter 204