Mute Uncle Master set Xiao Yang down, then pushed open the heavy stone door.
The layout inside the manor was simple: a vast training ground and several rows of stone rooms.
Mute Uncle Master didn't stop. He led everyone straight to a secret chamber at the very back.
The chamber was spacious. At its center stood a platform carved from a single block of white jade, covered in mysterious runes and exuding wisps of cold air.
"Put Senior Brother on it," Butcher said gravely.
Lame Old Beggar carefully laid Xiao Wuji on the white jade platform.
At that moment, Xiao Wuji's condition had already deteriorated to the brink.
His Life Force was as faint as a candle flickering in the wind, liable to go out at any moment.
Worse still, his body had begun to turn somewhat translucent, as though it were about to merge with the surrounding air.
"Bad! Senior Brother is about to dissolve into the Dao!" Lame Old Beggar cried out.
Dissolving into the Dao was the final form of death for a cultivator. Their physical body and Divine Soul vanished completely, returning to the heavens and earth without leaving so much as a trace.
Once someone had fully dissolved into the Dao, not even an immortal could save them!
"Old Blind Man, hurry! Set up the formation!" Butcher roared anxiously.
"Got it!"
Blind Qin Master looked grave. He set his ancient qin aside and took seven archaic bronze lamps from his Storage Ring.
No one knew what the seven bronze lamps were made of. Their surfaces were a dark, muted color, covered with green patina and the marks of time. They exuded an ancient, weathered air.
Though Blind Qin Master was sightless, his movements were smooth and unhesitating.
He extended his withered fingers and tapped the