A blood moon hung in the sky, and a thin, crimson mist rose from the surface of the sea. The moment Lin Xuan was knocked off his feet by the shockwave, the cracks on the Black Tortoise Turtle Shell erupted with a ghostly blue light. Xuanming True Water slithered up his spine like a living thing, congealing on his skin into the Star Chart patterns Su Jiuli had used to form her array three hundred years ago. The blood-red light shot from the Sinful Dragon’s lone eye struck the sea, and amidst the churning waves, countless bronze chains rose up. The locks were shaped like fox heads, their teeth biting into fragments of Star Palace jade pendants.
"Break the array!"
The Black-robed man slashed his sword into the void, and the Taotie patterns on the spine of his Star Palace sword suddenly opened their vertical pupils. The moment the sword energy touched the blood moon, the moonlight shattered like glass. Within every shard, an image of Su Jiuli pinned to the altar was reflected—her nine tails were pierced by bronze chains, and her tail bones were being transmuted into Star Sand, flowing into a jade tripod held by the First Generation Patriarch!
Chapter 17