The moment the Bronze Sarcophagus split the scorched earth, Star Sand seeped from the cracks in the Nine-Tail Stele Forest. The flickering remains of Su Jiuli glided along the stele face, leaving fine, intricate Marriage Pact Chains wherever the sand adhered—the ends of these patterns pointed toward the fissures in the sarcophagus, from which fox fire, identical to her own, was leaking out. She channeled the final glint of her soul into her remains, but the flames poured backward into the cracks, revealing a harrowing sight within: the remnant soul of Lin Xuan was pierced through its limbs by bronze chains, and the Astrolabe embedded in his spine was assembling the Destiny Pattern of the First Generation Patriarch!
"Tribulation ash... return to your place..."
A low murmur emanated from the depths of the sarcophagus, and the chains suddenly snapped taut. Lin Xuan’s remnant soul shattered under the strain, and fragments of the Astrolabe peeled away from his spine, coalescing into three hundred Bronze Divination Bamboo Slips that struck at Su Jiuli! Her fox tail swept up a piece of Black Tortoise Skeleton from the scorched earth; the Soul-Devouring Gu Pattern carved into the bone flared violently, transforming into a blood-colored serpent that shredded the bamboo slips. The black blood spraying from the broken slips formed a phantom image of Lu Xiaopang—his withered fingers gripped a broken bell tongue, and the characters for "Jiuli" carved into its root were oozing beads of b…
Chapter 158