The blood pool seethed like a furnace, and from the pitch-black mist, a giant claw reached out, tearing through the curtain of the sea. Amidst the spraying Star Sand, Lin Xuan caught a clear view of the creature—a Sinful Dragon with a dragon’s head and a tortoise’s body, its spine pierced by nine Dragon-Prison Nails. Attached to the end of each nail, the lingering souls of the Star Palace let out harrowing wails. As the final chain snapped, the soul-light at its tip suddenly coalesced into the face of Lu Xiaopang: "Brother Lin, the West Sea reef cave hides..."
"The Black Tortoise True Spirit has actually been forged into a corpse puppet!" The bone staff of the green-robed crone shattered into fragments, and the Heaven-Burning Mark on her forehead split open into a bloody wound. The Sinful Dragon’s lone eye shed pitch-black tears of blood; as the droplets struck the sea, they congealed into Soul-Devouring Gu Insects. The moment the swarm lunged toward the Star Remains boat, golden fox fire suddenly flickered into existence from the ancient scripts on the ship’s hull.
Lin Xuan’s Star Mark flowed in reverse, and his blade from a past life flew from the void. The Heaven-Burning incantations on the spine of the sword suddenly turned vibrant, reflecting the murals of Qingqiu—he saw himself as a youth, swinging his sword to strike at the neck of the Black Tortoise, while Su Jiuli formed an array at the altar. The array diagram was identical to the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Burning Ar…
Chapter 16