As the bronze rust began to proliferate across the back of the astrolabe, the resonance of the Four Symbols Holy Beasts suddenly curdled into a mournful wail. The moment Su Jiuli’s fingertips brushed against the rust stains, the Tribulation Magma within the Guixu Eye of the Sea abruptly congealed into three hundred Bronze Divination Bamboo Slips. The Soul-Devouring curse seals shimmering upon the surface of the slips were identical to the bloodstains that had splattered onto her swaddling clothes when the First Generation Patriarch had performed his heart-gouging ritual all those years ago.
"These rust stains are devouring the Star Orbit!"
Lin Xuan’s halberd swept through and shattered five of the divination slips, yet their fragments fused into a Wu Clan blood pact, coiling toward the true form of the White Tiger. The Primordial Era Star Mark on the holy beast’s brow suddenly inverted into a Nether Palace curse seal. The light of the seal pierced the void, revealing a terrifying sight: deep within the astrolabe carried on the back of the Black Tortoise remains, the remnant soul of the First Generation Patriarch was using the rust as ink, refining the Destiny Souls of the Four Symbols into hives for Soul-Devouring Gu Insects.
Chapter 213