At the core of the Insect Nest, almost at the same moment Lu Ye fell into the illusion, a figure stepped inside.
"Greetings, Insect Mother." The newcomer stopped more than a dozen zhang away from the Insect Mother. It was Li Qi, the one who had captured Lu Ye and brought him here earlier.
"You should already know the specific plan," the Insect Mother said.
Li Qi replied, "Yes. Take him to the Sacrificial Altar and send him into the Ruins."
"Are things ready over there?" the Insect Mother asked.
"Everything is prepared. We only await the delivery of the person."
The Insect Mother said nothing more, seeming somewhat hesitant. But things had come to this, and there was no other way. In the end, she said, "Go. Do not let anything go wrong."
Lu Ye's life concerned the survival of her Split Soul. Unless she had no other choice, she would never have taken such a risk.
Over the past half year, she had been trying to remove the Life Chain. She was, after all, at the Merging Dao Peak. How could she willingly be restrained like this by someone in the Dao Entry Realm? Yet in the end, every attempt had failed.
The intricate patterns of the Life Chain had completely fused into her Split Soul. To remove it, Lu Ye would have to cooperate.
But how could Lu Ye possibly cooperate?
Had that been all, it would have been fine. At worst, she could keep Lu Ye trapped in the Insect Nest forever. She was confident she could protect him and keep him from danger.
Yet another trait of the Life Chain was something she found intolerable: the fruits of her painstaking cultivation were actually being shared by Lu Ye.
The Insect Mother had never imagined that