"What was this thing?"
Ye Xiu's expression darkened.
By all reason, after Water Lord Yin's consciousness had died, the Heaven-Suppressing Cauldron should have continued restoring him, drawing power from the outside world to reshape his body.
He should have perished completely amid that endless cycle of reconstruction and self-conflict.
So why had he stabilized instead after the Three-Tailed Sky Fox extracted the bloodline of an ancient ferocious beast?
"This... I-I don't know either. I just took the remaining pure spiritual energy while I was at it, and then this thing..."
The Three-Tailed Sky Fox's gaze darted evasively. She had merely wanted to seize the chance to wring a few more benefits from Water Lord Yin's corpse, ensuring that she could protect herself after losing the refined essence blood.
Who could have imagined that, by a twist of fate, she had instead created a new balance within Water Lord Yin's corpse?
Ye Xiu stared at the flickering look in the Three-Tailed Sky Fox's eyes and immediately understood. This fox's greed knew no bounds. While extracting the ancient beast bloodline, she must have also devoured the originally chaotic and impure spiritual energy within Water Lord Yin. Once the conflicting powers had been siphoned away, the remnants had somehow reached a bizarre balance instead!
"Did you... swallow even the residual spiritual energy of the Heaven-Suppressing Cauldron?" Ye Xiu asked coldly.
The Three-Tailed Sky Fox's ears twitched as she said awkwardly, "I-I just thought it would be a pity to waste it..."
"Just as I thought!" The veins at Ye Xiu's temple throbbed.
The Heaven-Suppressing Cauldron had been the key to suppressing the mixed spiritual energy within Water Lord Yin. The cauldron had shattered, but its remaining suppressive power had been absorbed by the Three-Tailed Sky Fox, causing Water Lord Yin's remnant body to