Cai Family Old Ancestor

He was about to turn and leave when the ground before him suddenly shook with a thunderous rumble.

An enormous coffin burst from beneath the earth and lay across the exit, blocking his retreat completely.

The coffin was pitch-black, its surface covered in dense runes. It faintly gave off the same aura as the remains in the blood pool, heavy and chilling.

Li Xiao stopped, his expression darkening.

The Zombie's voice entered his mind again, clearer than before but still broken, with an urgency bordering on obsession:

"You've already been poisoned by my corpse venom. If I don't draw it back, you'll slowly stiffen and become a Zombie.

If you don't want to die... help me find the other half of my body, and the Token."

Li Xiao stared at the coffin blocking his path. His gaze turned cold, but his voice remained steady:

"The World is vast. I don't even know where the other Token is. How am I supposed to find it?"

The Zombie fell silent for a moment, as if sensing something. Then his halting reply came:

"The other half of my body... is in this underground palace too. The Token... is here as well.

I can sense it... someone has taken the Token to find the other half of my body."

Li Xiao frowned and swiftly weighed his options.

Thoughts raced through Li Xiao's mind.

If there was another Token, and someone had already taken it to find the other half of the body, then another faction in this underground palace held one of the Ten Thousand Souls Sect's crucial keys.

And two Token holders were likely enemies by their very nature.

His gaze grew grave as he quickly ran through the three factions in the underground palace.

The Hatred-Severing Sect, the Cai Family, the Golden