Was this essence truly enough?
When Yuanjun spoke, a ripple stirred in Heaven's impassive eyes.
Before he could quietly sense it, his exquisite, flawless skin began to writhe violently, just as it had before.
Roar!
A furious howl rang from his chest, as though the roars of countless living beings had converged into one.
His entire body swelled like an inflated balloon, until at last he had expanded into a gigantic sphere.
"Not enough essence..."
Too much had been worn away. Just as Yuanjun had said, this little essence was nowhere near enough to sustain his return.
The sword light Bie Xuening had unleashed, and the toll of coming to the Central Continent of his own accord—
Both had worn away too much of Xuan's essence.
On top of that, Gu had failed to obtain Confusion's essence and completely reverse the host's innermost will...
Now, with Meng Xuan and him in this peculiar state, his faint essence could barely suppress her desperate resolve to die with him.
If this continued, he might truly suffer a devastating blow.
"Gu!"
Now he could only look to Gu. If he had no backup plan, then the scheme to return would end in failure.
In an instant!
Humm~
Endless seven-colored radiance seeped through, filling the entire crystal Secret Realm and illuminating it in resplendent splendor.
A vast will descended, and a shadow from Remote Antiquity flickered into view.
"Restrain."
Yuanjun raised her hand and drew a gentle line. Countless threads of karma solidified out of thin air, shooting in every direction and piercing the clusters of seven-colored radiance, pinning them in place.
Within another imperceptible domain, the threads of karma even pierced through the present and reached into the past, sealing off infinite space and time and extinguishing every possibility.
The flickering shadows from