According to the plan, the Celestial Cycle Star Illusion-Destruction Array would undergo its first full energy-flow test today. The Time Bell would also enter the most critical step of its Origin Fusion.
If both succeeded, the Grand Array would be fully stabilized, and the Time Bell's restoration would enter its final stage.
In a temporary council hall outside the core zone, nearly all the senior figures of the Human Race and Demon Race had gathered.
Fang Chen sat at the head of the hall, his expression grave, as he confirmed the final details of the test and Fusion with Immortal Emperor Yun Yi, the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor, and the others.
Ye Qingci, Great Emperor Huo Li, and Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang were among those present.
The atmosphere was so solemn that a falling needle could have been heard.
But halfway through this crucial meeting, a fit of violent, stifled coughing broke the silence.
Everyone turned toward the sound. Lin Xiao sat in a corner, clutching his chest as his body shook uncontrollably. His face was pale as paper, with an ominous, deathly gray showing beneath.
His aura was in utter disarray. The Great Emperor-level Cultivation he had barely managed to maintain now flickered like a candle in the wind, as though it might go out at any moment.
"Cough, cough—pfft!"
Lin Xiao coughed up a great mouthful of dark-red blood. Mixed into it were tiny fragments of his Internal Organs and dull shards of his Dao Foundation.
He raised his head with difficulty. His once bright, keen eyes were bloodshot and filled with pain and despair as he stared at Fang Chen in the seat of honor.
"Daoist Friend Fang Chen!"
Lin Xiao's voice rasped like a worn-out bellows. Each word seemed to take all his strength. "My Dao Foundation