"I knew it, I knew it..."
Seized across space by the Subdimensional Door and pinned in midair, Situ Yongen's eyes had lost the brilliance he once possessed as the top-ranked figure on the Dao Department Heaven Rankings. They were dim and lifeless.
He had exhausted every ounce of effort to survive Xu Xiaoshou's sword, sacrificing a Heavenly Secrets Divine Envoy in the process.
He had encountered Ba Zunan and Mei Suren, yet had been disregarded beneath the swords of those ancient swordsmen famed for their virtue and principles. Still, after much pleading and persuasion, he had at least kept his life.
Yet...
One could dodge the first day, but not the fifteenth.
When the Subdimensional Door's power erupted within his body, Situ Yongen did not possess even half a shred of strength to resist.
He hated it! He hated why, at the ruins of the First Hall of Sin, he had swallowed that drop of golden water Yu Lingdi had given him! "You said it would be a backup plan, something to save my life..."
Yu Lingdi had been so haughty at the time, wearing an expression that said, "I don't want to save you, and I look down on you too, but we're in the same camp, so I'm giving you a card."
He had not even forcefully demanded that Situ Yongen swallow the golden droplet. He had merely used veiled mockery and sarcasm, and Situ Yongen had muddleheadedly drunk poison as though it were treasure.
How could the phantom of the Subdimensional Door, once inside his body and fused into his blood, possibly be extracted again? This had clearly been Water Ghost's trap, yet he had failed to see through it.
Looking back now, everything was so laughable. He had been like a fool, freely toyed with by