The Hundred Thousand Year Torso Bone Shattered!

"..."

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

Ye Tian's skin grew more translucent,

but the organs inside him had long since turned to mush.

Only his heart still beat strongly,

and only his spine still supported his body.

Every other organ,

along with every meridian in his body, had dissolved completely!

His blood still flowed as usual, and his Soul Power continued to circulate in its steady rhythm...

The dissolved organs and meridians

seemed to have no effect on Ye Tian at all.

The Hundred Thousand Year Torso Bone remained suspended beside him, held aloft by mist and giving off a faint blue glow.

On the marshland,

a graceful figure waited quietly...

Bibi Dong had grown used to sights like this.

She sat cross-legged on the marshland, looking perfectly composed,

without moving an inch.

Then Ye Tian's heart began to melt, and his breathing abruptly stopped.

Bibi Dong's eyes flew open.

She looked up and fixed her gaze on Ye Tian.

Fortunately, his breathing stopped for only a few breaths

before it returned.

It was faint now, though, and somewhat rapid.

"This must be the most critical point. If anything goes even slightly wrong with his heart or spine, it'll be disastrous..."

Bibi Dong narrowed her beautiful eyes.

Her earlier calm was gone. She took a tablecloth from her Soul Tool and laid out an assortment of bottles and jars on it.

They held the various Pills Ye Tian had given her.

She usually treasured them too much to take them,

but having them at hand now gave her some peace of mind.

Time slowly passed.

His heart melted at an agonizingly slow pace.

As it did, its beats gradually faded, and Ye Tian's breathing grew weaker and weaker.

Five days later,

his heart finally became