The blood-stained door knocker of the Giant Bronze Gate vibrated with a low hum. Suddenly, the tailbone of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox’s carcass grew violently, wrapping around Su Jiuli’s waist and dragging her toward the gate. The Star Marrow seeping from the cracks in the door coalesced into three hundred Wu Clan divination slips. As they interlocked, they formed the image of the First Generation Patriarch standing amidst the Star Palace Ruins—beneath his feet lay the mangled remains of young Lin Xuan, his Star Orbit disc freshly gouged from his body.
"The sea of tribulation is boundless... only those who knock at the gate may cross..."
The ancient incantation emanating from within the gate stirred a foul, bloody wind. The key-shaped White Tiger Tribulation Mark on Su Jiuli’s chest suddenly burned white-hot. She channeled the White Tiger Tribulation Fire to incinerate the tailbone chains, but the flames backflowed upon touching the door knocker, forming the grotesque visage of Lu Xiaopang fused with the true form of the First Generation Patriarch: "Does Senior Sister know that this gate... was opened specifically for you?"
Chapter 137