Chapter 22

When the vertical pupil on the Bronze Key burst into a flash of blood-red light, the Star Mark on Lin Xuan’s palm suddenly melted into liquid gold. This golden liquid flowed along the fox-head relief on the key’s handle, activating the nine layers of restrictions hidden within the Longevity Lock—the lock core had been sealing away the memory of Su Jiuli’s first cry at birth! "Senior brother... run..." The infant’s wailing was intertwined with the girl’s weak warning. Lin Xuan’s consciousness was dragged into the space within the lock, and before him appeared the Spirit-Nurturing Hall, a forbidden area of the Star Palace. Three hundred years ago, the First Generation Patriarch was planting a Star Seed into the fontanelle of a female infant swaddled in blankets. Pulsing on that infant’s forehead was the very same Heaven-Burning Fire mark that would characterize Su Jiuli in later ages!