The moment the Burning Tribulation Fire scorched his palm, the Star Marks at the base of the bronze Destiny Coffin began to rotate in reverse. Deep within the fissure where Lin Xuan had fallen, ten thousand stone steps emerged, their surfaces etched with the ancient astrological patterns of the Wu Clan's blood sacrifices. Within every crack of the Star Orbit, the lingering souls of cultivators, hollowed out by Soul-Devouring Gu, drifted aimlessly. The light of their souls reflected a memory of weeping blood—the very moment the Stone Statue Infant of Qingqiu had its eyes gouged out.
The remnants of the Ice Soul Sword suddenly drew in the surrounding stardust.
The Gu Insect carapace clinging to the hilt erupted in a ghostly light, illuminating the collapsed bronze ancient palace at the end of the stone steps. The beasts carved upon the palace ridge held nothing in their mouths; they clutched the stripped-away Destiny Bones of the Four Symbols Holy Beasts. The Azure Dragon Reverse Scale was embedded in the skull of the White Tiger, and the tail feathers of the Vermilion Bird were pierced into the Black Tortoise Turtle Shell, forming a perverse Four Symbols vicious array that mocked the laws of heaven.
Chapter 318