The iron box, inscribed with secret rites on all four sides, was still bound by the Sorrowful Rope.
Wisps of black smoke and sparks continuously drifted from the gaps in the chains, making the entire object look wicked and strange, like some disaster box that had imprisoned a demon.
In reality, it was more or less that...
Only after Gregory had put layer upon layer of protection in place did Huai Shi carefully undo the Sorrowful Rope's seal. The instant the restraints of the Origin Essence Weaponry came loose, dozens of secret rites on the iron box shattered one after another.
Then, everyone felt a wave of dizziness.
It became hard to breathe.
It was a qualitative change in Source Matter produced after being tempered by the eternal lightning of the Sea of Thunder, containing the power of the dual superior transformations of destruction and Tribulation Ash.
The heart was throbbing.
Yet every time the heart in the box throbbed, everyone felt as though their own hearts had missed a beat.
In just a few days, the seal that had been enough to imprison a Crowned One was already on the verge of total collapse...
Clamped down by steel and crystal, that Heart of Rock and Iron continued to beat. The sound of friction rang out sharply as sparks burst forth.
Even looking at it made one feel dizzy.
Their souls trembled in fear.
Among everyone present, Huai Shi, who possessed Divinity Transformation, was probably the only one unaffected.
Its throbbing could not draw out his soul. On the contrary, the pure light of Source Matter restrained the power born from this Solidifier aberration.
After a brief observation, Huai Shi noticed something was wrong.
He leaned closer.
He narrowed his eyes and examined it carefully.
At roughly the location of