Gazing at Emperor Tianwu's disappearing back, Su Jie lowered his head and looked at the Kunlun Mirror in his palm.
If Emperor Tianwu had truly faked his death and escaped, even abandoning the Kunlun Mirror, Su Jie had to admit that the man's scheme was immense.
For a Dao Crossing Great Emperor to stake everything on something, there could only be one goal worth it: ascending to immortality.
Of course, it was also possible that Emperor Tianwu had truly died. After being ambushed and besieged by three Dao Crossing Realm experts, he had barely managed to activate the Kunlun Mirror and flee back to Blue Star, only to die in a foreign land after failing to hold on.
Su Jie shook his head, casting aside the countless thoughts in his mind. He stopped dwelling on the matter and looked once more at the Moon Core.
While Su Jie and Emperor Tianwu had been chatting, the Thousand-Hand Centipede and Annual Ring Worm had not stopped eating. Relying on their powerful digestion, they had devoured most of the Evil Eye Chaos Creature's corpse.
The two Gu worms now looked dazed and woozy. Anyone could tell they had eaten past fullness and were suffering from an excess of nourishment.
Su Jie walked over and examined the state of the two Gu worms.
Every time a Gu worm underwent Spirit Refinement, a mark would be left on its forehead, just as every year a tree grew, another ring would be added to its trunk.
In the past, the high-grade Nine-refining Gu worm Thousand-Hand Centipede had possessed nine Spirit Refinement marks on its forehead. They formed a pattern resembling nine interlocking stars, and as its cultivation stagnated, even eating more Gu worms had made it difficult to break through.
Now, after consuming the Evil Eye