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"I don't know?"

Chu Liang looked utterly bewildered. What he denied was naturally not killing Qi Lin'er, but this so-called "life essence." He truly knew nothing about it.

Yet after a moment's thought, he could make a guess. It was likely the golden imprint absorbed by the White Tower... unrelated to divine consciousness or souls, it was the most fundamental essence of a living being's life. Souls, bodies, and true qi all arose from a spark of spirituality between heaven and earth.

He had actually wondered long ago what exactly the golden imprints used by the White Tower to exchange for rewards were. Spirituality in the world was conserved; nothing could appear from nothing. Yet they were neither souls, bodies, nor true qi.

So it was something even more primordial.

Within the White Tower now were the imprints of countless demonic beasts he had slain in the Demon Sea. The innermost one was what he had just taken from Qi Lin'er. It looked round and plump, truly like a stubborn stone.

The East Sea Cosmic Wheel could restore time, but that required reconstructing the source of life as well. What the White Tower had taken, it could not reclaim. Did that mean the White Tower ranked even above the East Sea Cosmic Wheel?

The East Sea Cosmic Wheel ranked fourth in the Myriad Treasures Record. Only three things could surpass it...

This string of thoughts flashed through his mind, but he had no time to ponder them. Looking up at the sky, Chu Liang had already sensed killing intent from Daoist Cangsheng!

"Then you shall pay for his life in his place." Daoist Cangsheng's gaze was indifferent, carrying a chill from above the clouds.

Even when Chu Liang had slain Qi Lin'er under the banner of the life-and-death arena, he