Countless white beams of light converged from the tombs and worlds throughout the Ancestral Land, merging with the pillar of light around Bai Jingqiu.
The light grew brighter, illuminating the heavens and earth. Countless Divine Runes drifted within the pillar, a sight that left everyone awestruck.
The rules contained within the bloodlines of generations of Bai Family experts gathered at the top of the pillar. They formed scarlet drops of blood that fell from the sky and entered Bai Jingqiu's body.
"Ah—"
The first wave of blood entered her body, and searing pain struck instantly. A cry of agony tore from Bai Jingqiu's throat.
She felt as though her body were burning. Every drop of Ancestral Blood that entered her was like another piece of firewood feeding the flames.
Pain twisted her face, and sweat covered her forehead. The clothing formed from divine power around her gradually dissipated under the force of that overwhelming energy.
Just as the stone statue had said, fusing with the bloodline was excruciating.
If she could not endure it, she would die.
Jiang Ping An frowned when he heard her agonized cries.
He turned away and looked toward the distant dunes, waiting in silence.
There was little he could do to help her through this. Bai Jingqiu had to rely on herself.
Then the voice of the inheritance stone statue sounded beside Jiang Ping An's ear:
"Are you her husband?"
The statue could sense no trace of the Bai Family Bloodline in Jiang Ping An.
Anyone outside the Bai Family who entered the Ancestral Land had either forced their way in or held a marriage agreement with a direct descendant of the family.
This man had traveled with Bai Jingqiu and even fled with her when danger struck. There was a good chance he was