When the charred earth beside the Reincarnation Pond was touched, the final peach blossom petal turned to ash within the Tribulation Fire. In Lin Xuan's palm, the remaining starlight of the Heart-Consonance Knot flickered, casting light upon the cracked final chapter of the "Life-Devouring Heavenly Book" at the bottom of the pond. The ends of the patterns extended into the "Eternal Tribulation-Devouring" incantation inscribed on the surface of the bronze Destiny Coffin; from every seam in the script, Black Tortoise Tears, vibrating in frequency with Su Jiuli’s sorrowful soul, began to seep.
"Coffin open, tribulation consumes!"
The shrill scream of the First Ancestral Witch exploded from the depths of the Destiny Coffin. Forty-nine Sun-Eclipsing sword marks suddenly surfaced from the dried pond bed. Beneath Lin Xuan’s feet, the Greedy Wolf Mark rotated in reverse, forming a Guixu Whirlpool that shredded the incoming sword intent into Star Sand. Within the shards of the Reincarnation Mirror formed by the sand, the horrifying truth sealed inside the coffin was revealed: the projection of the Nine Heavens Star Core was being gradually consumed by the Tribulation-Devouring Array, and tethered to every broken Star Orbit was a strand of Su Jiuli’s soul, forcibly stripped away.
Chapter 416