In an instant, Xu Yi understood. All the treasures that had been flung away had one thing in common: they had all come from the Heavenly God Hall.
The gourd had come from the Heavenly God Hall, too. Perhaps it had been repelled because things of the same origin rejected each other.
Xu Yi put away the Origin Pearl, the Golden Soul Fruit, the Primordial Sword-Toothed Tiger's corpse, and the Primordial bloodline, his anxiety mounting.
At this point, aside from those things, all he had left in his Sumeru Ring was one high-grade Fire Spirit Stone, the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, and the Soul-Summoning Banner.
Everything else was gone without a trace.
Even the pair of Spiritual Connection Jades Yinqiu had given him had been swept into the Mysterious Desolate Gourd's circle of black and yellow light.
Xu Yi knew full well that, to dye the remaining, still-dark part of the gourd yellow, his soul power would likely be insufficient even if he exhausted it completely.
Still, Xu Yi didn't impulsively throw anything else in.
He intended to hold out and see where his soul's limits lay. If it truly came down to it, he would have no choice but to give up.
Time trickled by. Xu Yi's focused soul fragment, and the dark area on the gourd, were both gradually swallowed up.
At last, only a thin, narrow line of darkness remained on the gourd.
Xu Yi realized that his soul had weakened to the utmost. If he didn't risk everything now, he might not get another chance.
He bit down hard on his tongue and pushed the high-grade Fire Spirit Stone and the Shapeshifting Bone Sword into the circle of black and yellow light together.
If, by chance, someone had asked Xu Yi to choose the most precious of