The darkness inside the Bronze Sarcophagus surged like churning ink. Su Jiuli's fingertips grazed the coffin wall, touching the dense Wu Clan burial scriptures. Suddenly, the scriptures wriggled like living snakes, wrapping around her wrists and etching dark golden curse seals into her skin. She channeled the Tribulation Fire from her heart, but the flames reversed direction the moment they touched the curse seals, condensing into a bronze lamp suspended above the coffin—and within the leaping, eerie blue flame of the wick, Lin Xuan's figure appeared, pierced through by iron chains. Half of a Xingyao plate was embedded between his spine, and the cracks on its surface vibrated in exact rhythm with the waves outside the coffin.
"Older Sister... sever the Azure Dragon Pillar..."
Lin Xuan's lingering voice seeped from the lamplight. The wound of Su Jiuli's severed tail suddenly burned with pain, and fragments of her ninth tail bone burst from the injury, solidifying into a bone blade. The moment the blade's light slashed toward the coffin wall, the burial scriptures suddenly grew wildly, transforming into bronze chains that strangled her neck. Amidst the clashing of chain links, she caught sight of the horrifying truth—every single scratch on the inner walls of the sarcophagus was formed from the Soul of Affection stripped away from her across her reincarnations, and at this moment, they shrieked as the chains tightened!
Chapter 143