So that's how it is.
You understood at once.
"So your transformation is still underway, but the corruption is eating away at you."
You had put your finger on his predicament.
"That's right."
The Divine Silkworm War King's divine sense grew weaker still.
"This has been a long struggle to keep the balance. I've used the power of the Enlightenment Cliff to suppress the corruption while fighting to complete my transformation."
"Countless ages have passed. My ninth transformation has reached its final stage."
"But... I can barely hold it back anymore."
Hum!
As if to prove his words, the dark-gold cocoon shuddered violently.
The black patterns across its surface turned hideous, seeming to come alive as they burrowed inward. An evil aura ten times stronger than before erupted from it!
"Pfft!"
Xuanyuan Tian Ji took the full force of it. Already weakened, she spat a jet of blood, and her aura instantly flagged.
The chaotic barrier around you gave a series of strained cracks, its light rapidly dimming.
"Damn it!"
You cursed under your breath and drove your Chaos Qi with all your might, barely withstanding the shock.
"Do you see now...? This is what I'm facing."
Agony filled the Divine Silkworm War King's voice.
"If I'm completely corrupted, the power of my ninth transformation will give birth to a Bizarre Emperor unlike any in history."
"When that happens, calamity will descend not only on my Weiyang Immortal Domain, but on the entire Heavens and Myriad Worlds."
You fell silent.
This was no longer one person's problem.
The survival of worlds hung in the balance.
"What do you need us to do?"
You asked him directly.
He had said too much and laid too much groundwork not to be asking you for something.
The Divine Silkworm War King's divine sense