Boom—!
A dazzling golden pillar of light tore through the age-old gloom of the Star Dou Great Forest and shot straight into the heavens!
There was no savagery or resentment within that radiance, only a peace and resolve so profound that it soothed the very soul.
Sacrifice!
When those two words spread through the Sky Curtain to every corner of the continent, time itself seemed to freeze.
In the Chat Group, everyone who had just been gloating over the soul beasts' crushing defeat fell completely silent. On the screen, there was only a deathly blankness.
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After a long silence, someone finally typed out a line with trembling hands.
[Yu Xiaogang: No, this isn't scientific! The foundation of sacrifice is love! Feelings powerful enough to transcend life and death! Tang Hao and Ah Yin were husband and wife, so they could do it! But Tang Potian and this Three-Eyed Golden Lion... what gives them the right?!]
[Ning Fengzhi: What gives them the right? Master, do you still not understand? Before that senior, there is no "right"! There is only "whether he wants to or not"!]
[Flender: They're crazy, they're all fucking crazy! I've lived my whole life, and this is the first time I've seen a soul beast practically lining up to offer its head! And it's a Hundred Thousand Year auspicious beast at that!]
Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong abruptly rose from the papal throne, her high heel crushing the golden brick beneath her feet. She stared fixedly at the sacred golden pillar in the Sky Curtain. The emotion surging in her eyes was no longer jealousy, but a bone-deep fear of unknown rules!
She recalled the hardship and brutality she had endured when hunting Xiao Wu's mother for her ninth soul ring.
Yet the scene before her looked