At the final instant, the Stone Fetus Blood Egg failed to gestate. All movement within it ceased, and it became a stillborn fetus.
With a thought from Fang Yun, the Stone Fetus Blood Egg slowly shrank until it fit in one hand, translucent and smooth like an egg of blood jade.
With the sacrifice interrupted, the Stone Fetus Blood Egg's power diminished greatly, and it could no longer nurture an ultimate treasure. The advantage, however, was that Fang Yun could claim it for himself without being suppressed for not being the Lord of the Myriad Worlds.
Faint light flickered repeatedly in Snake Mian Emperor's eyes, as though he had remembered something. At last, he sighed softly and said, "So this was the Tree Venerable's handiwork. So be it, so be it."
Only then did the other demon barbarians understand, and they sighed helplessly. The Blood Tree and the Tree Venerable were beings on the same level. By the human reckoning of bloodlines, they were like brothers. A mere Stone Fetus Blood Egg was not worth making enemies of each other.
In the end, the Stone Fetus Blood Egg, which the Demon Realm had spent ten thousand years ritually refining, fell into Fang Yun's lap.
Thinking of how the Plague Lord would surely kill him once he left Burial Saint Valley, Snake Mian Emperor felt resentment surge within him. He could not help saying, "The Stone Fetus Blood Egg is a divine object rarely seen between heaven and earth. If you dare use it, you probably won't be able to suppress the savage will within it, and in the end, you'll have to obediently hand it over to the Human Race's Sacred Academy. Even a fully gestated Stone Fetus Blood Egg encounters many setbacks during its subsequent ritual refinement. Many become