Life Severing, Fate Cut; Souls in Nether Gloom, Seven Intercalary Months Pass the Flame, Nineteen Days Return to Life

Before Pill Origin Master could get angry at being interrupted, Luo Chen's mention of that person caught his attention.

"Who?"

"Of course, Fellow Daoist Li Jinhuang!"

Luo Chen smiled faintly.

Pill Origin Master's expression changed drastically. "Impossible! We investigated for a long time. His vital aura had long since been severed, and his soul had perished. Seven full days had passed—he was dead beyond all doubt!"

As he spoke, his gaze could not help drifting toward the coffin receding into the distance.

Yet Luo Chen merely smiled and took a yellowed Jade Slip from his robes.

The Jade Slip floated up and hovered before his chest.

One hand held the umbrella while the other continuously formed spirit seals.

Forming seals with one hand!

In barely a single breath, the seal was complete and light burst forth!

Nether Light blazed from the yellowed Jade Slip, as though something terrifying was about to break free from its seal.

Pill Origin Master was filled with disbelief!

Then, as though realizing something, he lunged straight at Luo Chen. In an instant, his surging spiritual energy reached its peak.

Luo Chen made no move in the face of Pill Origin Master's attack, still holding the umbrella.

Instead, he recalled the scene beneath the Scented Flower River, in the Water Mansion, when Li Jinhuang had stopped him at the very end.

"I possess a secret technique, Tier 3. It can intercept a wisp of a cultivator's vitality and preserve it temporarily within a sealed object."

"It cannot remain in this world for long—nineteen days at most."

"From the first day onward, this wisp of vitality will steadily grow stronger. The longer it remains, the more powerful it becomes. If it can last until the nineteenth day, that wisp of vitality may even rival the cultivator at