The moment the plum branch’s flower buds burst open, the sigh of the First Generation Patriarch coalesced into a Bronze Casket curse chain, binding the Female Infant’s triple pupils. The funeral songs of the Wu Clan abruptly ceased, and the three hundred residual shadows of Su Jiuli transformed into Star Sand, pouring into the Guixu Eye of the Sea that had cracked open at the base of the altar. The Blood Prophecy Garment in Lin Xuan’s hands suddenly animated like a python; where its scales upturned, the remnant scroll of the "Absolute Earth-Heaven Communication" manifested—it was the forbidden art the First Generation Patriarch had carved with Su Jiuli’s tailbone when he severed the Ladder to Heaven all those years ago!
Xuanming True Water seeped from the cracks in the Star Mark on the Female Infant’s forehead, the water ripples meandering across the ground to form the inscription of the North Sea Weeping Blood Stele. The aged, rasping roar of Lu Xiaopang erupted from the void, and the High Priest totem on his back detached from his flesh, wielding a Bronze Yue to cleave the Guixu Whirlpool. Where the blade passed, a frozen Wu Clan blood pool emerged—at the bottom of the pool lay a Bronze Casket, the star patterns on its lid fitting perfectly with the Longevity Lock in the Female Infant’s hand.
"Opening the casket requires the heart blood of a Star Lord..." The Astral Instrument Spirit triggered the star patterns on Lin Xuan’s spine, and seven Bronze Nails pierced his heart…
Chapter 32