Inside the stone chamber of the secret realm, candlelight flickered, casting the trio's shadows against walls covered in ancient totems. The Jade Slip in Su Yao's hand glowed with an eerie, blood-red light, its runes writhing across the surface like living creatures. Lin Yu spread out a tracing from an Ancient Tome he had recovered from the sect, his brow furrowed. "These runes do not belong to any known system of cultivation. They look more like some form of ancient sacrificial script."
Zhao Ya condensed a wisp of ice-fire at her fingertip and carefully approached the Jade Slip. "Look, the runes reveal more detail when exposed to heat." As the temperature of the ice-fire rose, a distorted star map emerged on the surface of the slip. At its center was the unmistakable silhouette of Qingteng City, and above the city, a "Dark Star" wreathed in black mist was slowly taking shape.
"The Blood Fiend Sect intends to use the city as a sacrificial altar, refining all of Qingteng City into a vessel to summon a demon god!" Su Yao stood up abruptly, the Xuantian Seal at her waist growing hot. "The Jade Slip also contains a time marker... it's the night of the full moon, seven days from now!"
Chapter 226