The Ultimate Truth of the Ancient Path Emerges

"There's a Chaos Egg inside her!" Qin Wang's face changed drastically. "That thing planted it in her before it died!"

Gou Hui curled up in agony, spiderweb-like black veins surfacing beneath her skin. With the last of her clarity, she looked at Xu Xian, her eyes filled with pleading. "Senior Brother. Kill me."

Xu Xian's hand holding the sword trembled violently. "There has to be another way."

"There's no time!" Qin Wang snapped. "Once the Chaos Egg hatches, everything within a thousand miles will become a dead zone!"

Gou Hui suddenly grabbed the tip of Xu Xian's sword and aimed it at her own heart. "Please. I don't want to become a monster."

Tears welled in Xu Xian's eyes as he thrust his sword forward—splat!

Gou Hui's body stiffened, yet a faint smile of relief appeared at the corner of her lips. "Thank you." Her pupils began to dilate, but bizarrely, the black veins beneath her skin grew even more active!

"Get back!" Qin Wang yanked Xu Xian away. "The egg is coming out!"

Gou Hui's corpse suddenly burst apart, and a mass of black mist rose into the air. Within it, the shadow of an infant could vaguely be seen. Qin Wang urged his broken sword forward to intercept it, but his injuries made him a step too slow.

The black mist let out an infant's cry and fled a thousand miles in an instant, vanishing beyond the horizon.

Xu Xian knelt beside Gou Hui's remains, both hands buried deep in the dirt. Wenqu Star Lord was dead. Gou Hui was dead. The Star Alliance had fallen apart. All because of that damned copper coin!

"Senior Brother." Qin Wang pressed a hand to his shoulder. "We need to go to the Qingyuan Ancient Path."

Xu Xian looked up and