"Only crystallization, no decrystallization..."
Chen Changming murmured to himself, so softly that it seemed only he could hear it. His emotions were incomparably complicated, as though countless fine needles were piercing him at once, and his face was full of bitterness.
He hurriedly glanced through the Withered Nether Life-Sealing Crystal technique in his sea of consciousness and finally understood completely. Once Elder Spirit Charm used this art, her physical body would turn into a Life-Sealing Crystal, sealing the Myriad-Mother Bloodworm, along with her own life force, within eternal crystal walls.
Elder Spirit Charm, transformed into crystal, was essentially no different from a lifeless stone.
This was crystallization.
But if he could deduce the Crystallization Method that came after the Withered Nether Life-Sealing Crystal, he could reverse the process of crystallization, restore Elder Spirit Charm to her normal human form, and grant her new life.
"Martial Nephew, we will meet again in the future..."
Elder Spirit Charm looked tenderly at Chen Changming. Her bewitching, captivating eyes were filled with gentleness and reluctance. Then she raised both hands and gently waved at him, like a final farewell before parting.
Immediately afterward, she formed hand seals, slowly bringing her hands together before her chest. Her ten fingers interlocked, forming an ancient and solemn dharma seal.
"Withered Nether—Life-Sealing Crystal!"
A low roar came from her mouth, deep and abyssal, as if it had risen from the deepest depths of Avici Hell, carrying a desolate air of resolve and tragic grandeur.
A vast amount of black demonic light suddenly surged from Elder Spirit Charm's body. Thick as ink, it completely enveloped her, like a black lotus abruptly blooming.
At that instant, the countless roots of the Azure Spirit Divine Tree were forcibly flung away. Its emerald roots snapped and dissipated in midair, turning into specks