When the ninth chime of the bronze bell tower tore through the Return to Void, the Nine-Layered Pupil of the soul-fetus suddenly cracked open.
From each fissure emerged a section of bronze chain, the links entwined with the Netherworld fire from the stone statues of the Star Palace cultivators. The shard of the Glazed Heart in the female infant’s hand suddenly melted, condensing into a three-inch short blade bearing a Star Mark. The moment the blade’s edge touched the pupil of the soul-fetus, nine bronze altars burst forth from the tide of blood. Throat-deep in each altar’s stone statue was a Soul-Devouring Nail, forged from a Celestial Fox Tail Bone!
"Seeking the bone... tracing the soul..."
Chapter 255