Lin Heng's pupils contracted. He did not know whether he should be happy.
The sixteenth Dao ring... had formed.
No.
It was not just sixteen.
As the power of heavenly punishment poured in madly, the Black Pearl suddenly let out a deep hum.
All the Great Dao inscriptions on its surface lit up at once and began merging on their own.
The sixteen Great Dao rings... were converging.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth—the Five Elements returned to their origin.
Time, life, death—reincarnation returned to its place.
Human Path, King Path—wills became one.
Sword Path, Path of Arms, Array Path—arts returned to their heart.
All paths converged toward a single central point at this moment.
The pearl's color changed, from pitch-black to grayish white, then from grayish white to the color of chaos.
A state beyond words, somewhere between color and colorlessness.
Chaos Pearl.
The name surfaced in Lin Heng's mind automatically, as though someone had stuffed it in there.
[Chaos Pearl... so that's your name.]
[Wait... doesn't this thing seem to belong to Immortal Burial Star? It really isn't from this world!!]
No one answered him.
Yet the pearl's hum grew louder and louder, and the Great Dao rings merged faster and faster.
Boom!
Another heavenly punishment struck down from the lightning tower.
The ninth artifact in Lin Heng's hand shattered in response.
Before the fragments even hit the ground, Fa Ming charged in again, holding the Misfortune-Crossing Lotus Lamp as he endured the Thunder Tribulation.
This time, Lin Heng did not take out another artifact, because... it hurt too much to part with them!
"Ha! He's finally used them all up!"
"Kill him! Slay this fiend!"
Huo Zhong was overjoyed. The three joined forces once more.
Lin Heng was blasted away by their combined attack, sent flying heavily through