The jade fragment erupted in cyan radiance, and between its cracks, Star Sand condensed into chains of seals. The chains bound the drifting Bronze Sarcophagus, and the fox tail protruding from the gap in the lid suddenly stiffened. Cyan flames at the tip of the tail licked the chains, revealing a Wu Clan blood-sacrifice diagram amidst the fire—the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, its heart gouged out, its spine transforming into a Star Orbit as it merged into the bronze astrolabe.
Su Jiuli’s tribulation mark surged, flowing in reverse to her fingertips.
The mark pierced the cracks of the jade, and the fragment suddenly expanded into a massive bronze key. As the kui patterns on the key pulsed, she inserted it into the sarcophagus’s lock. The instant it turned, the Star Sand at the bottom of the abyss condensed into the phantoms of three hundred Wu Priests, who began to chant the Reincarnation Mantra in unison.
Chapter 96