"That damned queen! She had a backup plan! Her real target wasn't your body, it was this place! She turned your lover into the key to unlock this ancient seal!"
Mei'er's horrified scream exploded in Xiao Han's mind like a thunderclap.
Before the words were finished, the cracking sounds on the purple Soul-Weaving Cocoon became more and more frequent. What burst out from the cracks was no longer the aura of life, but pure demonic energy soaring into the sky! This demonic energy seemed to have found a long-lost relative and resonated with an incredibly strong resonance with the heart that had been dormant for hundreds of millions of years deep in the depths of Soul-Weeping Island.
Rumble!
The entire island was shaking violently, as if it would be torn apart in the next second. The hard, black rocky ground cracked open, revealing bottomless rifts, and blood-red malevolent energy surged out like underground fountains, turning the tranquil blue sea of light into a bloody hell.
"Impossible!" At the center of the island, the already illusory figure of the Grieving Goddess became extremely transparent due to the violent shaking of the seal, almost disintegrating. For the first time, disbelief and horror appeared in her eyes, which bore the sorrow of the universe. "How could the 'Soul-Weaving Secret Art' of the Eternal Night Clan be infiltrated by the power of Asura? This is... this is a tampering with the laws, blasphemy!"
Her scream was drowned out by the roars of countless strange changes. The petals of the ghostly blue flowers, tainted by the blood-red aura, suddenly curled back, transforming into gaping maws filled with sharp teeth. The supple branches twisted and swelled, turning into thick vines, like venomous snakes poised to strike, sweeping towards Xiao Han and Lin Qingxia!
Each vine erupted with a terrifying pressure comparable to that of the Martial Emperor Realm!
"Be careful!" Lin Qingxia's pretty face was as solemn as frost. Without the slightest hesitation, the life essence that had just been restored in her body burned fiercely once again. She formed a hand seal, and the extreme cold and the boundless vitality combined in an unprecedented way, constructing a crystal clear ice domain with flowing emerald light around her and Xiao Han.
"Life Ice Domain!"
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Countless demonic vines lashed fiercely at the icy domain, scattering ice shards and blood everywhere. The icy domain shook violently, its surface rapidly covered with cracks, and Lin Qingxia's face paled at a visible speed.
At the same time, the interface of the God-Level Choice in front of Xiao Han was flashing wildly, and the text was distorted due to the violent energy fluctuations.
[Option A: Immediately use the Soul Spring to revive Su Linglong. Warning: This action will cause Su Linglong's soul to completely merge with the power of Asura, making her the perfect sacrifice for the descent of the Asura Progenitor's Heart, immediately unleashing a world-ending crisis!]
[Option B: Abandon resurrection. Warning: Su Linglong's soul will be completely devoured by the power of Asura in three hours, a reverse sacrifice, which will also become the fuse for breaking the seal on the Asura Progenitor's Heart!]
Both paths lead to the same ending.
Dead end!
"Young master, there's no other choice!" Mei'er's voice roared in his mind, filled with the rage of being toyed with and the madness of a desperate gamble. "That bitch schemed everything! She knew I would help you, she knew you would come here! If you want to save your woman, you must sever her connection with that damned heart!"
"This queen can sacrifice ninety percent of her essence to cast the forbidden technique 'Heaven-Deceiving Lock,' temporarily obscuring the Heavenly Secrets and forcibly severing their resonance—for only three breaths!"
"Within three breaths, you must use your purest soul essence to infuse the cocoon, like expelling a virus, to replace that Asura power! Stabilize her soul!"
This is an unprecedented and insane plan, a soul surgery performed on the edge of a knife. If it fails, Xiao Han's soul will be instantly devoured by the power of Asura along with that connection, and he and Su Linglong will be doomed forever!
Xiao Han's scarlet eyes were fixed on Lin Qingxia, who was struggling in the icy domain and whose mouth was bleeding. He then glanced at the Soul-Weaving Cocoon in his arms, which was frantically devouring the sealing power.
There was no internal struggle within him, no hesitation whatsoever.
"Hold on!"
With a roar, like the howl of a trapped beast, he suddenly placed the Soul-Weaving Cocoon in front of him and sat cross-legged in the crumbling ice domain, his brows pointing directly at the densest part of the cracks on the cocoon.
He abandoned all the options provided by the system and took action on the third path that never existed.
I will be the bridge that carries her back!
"Mei'er, do it!"
"Ahhh—remember this, you bitch! I'll devour you one day!"
Amidst Mei'er's shrill scream, a stream of purple light, condensed to its extreme, burst forth from Xiao Han's sea of consciousness, like a purple lightning bolt, and crashed headlong into the trembling Soul-Weaving Cocoon!
Buzz--!
An indescribable, profound hum resounded through the soul. In the instant that Mei'er's primal power was exhausted, the crimson resonance between the Soul-Weaving Cocoon and the heart beneath the earth was abruptly severed!
Now!
Xiao Han closed his eyes tightly. In his sea of consciousness, the endless darkness of the [Primordial Eternal Night Overlord] and the creative light of the [Chaos Genesis Green Lotus] were simultaneously operating at their peak! The vast and boundless origin of his soul transformed into a dazzling torrent woven from black and gold, shedding all defenses and surging into the cracks of the Soul-Weaving Cocoon in its purest and most primal form!
"Ugh--!"
An indescribable, excruciating pain instantly swept over every inch of Xiao Han's soul! It felt as if someone was repeatedly cutting and scraping his soul with billions of red-hot knives! The power of Asura was so domineering that even its remnants carried a violent will to incinerate everything, frantically tearing at and devouring the soul essence that surged into him.
In this boundless agony, he vaguely sensed Su Linglong's faint soul consciousness, like a candle flickering in the wind, deep within the cocoon. She too was struggling in agony, resisting the violent will that sought to completely engulf her and twist her into another being.
He could sense her fear, her despair, and her resolute determination to rather perish than surrender.
"Linglong, wait for me..." Xiao Han's will transformed into the strongest dam, fiercely resisting the erosion of the Asura power, and continuously sending his own soul essence over.
However, three breaths is such a short time!
Just as Mei'er's "Heaven-Deceiving Lock" was about to run out of power, deep underground, the [Asura Progenitor's Heart], like a furious child whose beloved toy had been snatched away, was fully awakened!
A terrifying Martial Venerable, surpassing even the Martial Venerable level and faintly approaching the Emperor Lord level, carrying endless resentment and killing intent capable of causing the starry sea to sink, rushed back precisely along the severed connection, its target— Xiao Han's sea of consciousness!
"Too late..." The phantom of the Grieving Goddess faded completely, leaving only a desperate whisper that dissipated in the wind.
"The will of the progenitor has awakened... He will turn you into the new key!"
Puff!
Xiao Han's body trembled violently, as if struck by lightning.