The instant the black water enveloped Bei Qingtang, she felt an immense power of the Profound River surge into her body, trying to nourish her bloodline and raise its purity.
Yet her bloodline had been diluted over ten thousand years and had long become incomparably thin.
The one percent of Profound River Spirit Clan Bloodline she possessed today had only barely been condensed by absorbing the bloodlines of the other Luohe Bei Clan members. It was mixed and impure beyond measure, utterly incapable of bearing such vast Profound River power.
At first, Bei Qingtang could still barely suppress the bloodline power within her.
But as more and more origin power poured in, abnormalities began to appear in her body.
A stabbing pain shot through her meridians, as though countless fine needles were piercing them. Black patterns gradually surfaced across her skin like corpse spots, spreading from her limbs toward her heart.
She could not stop her entire body from trembling, and a thread of black blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
The black blood slid down from her lips and dripped into the churning black water below, stirring tiny ripples.
The stabbing pain in her meridians returned again and again like the tide.
The black markings resembling corpse spots had already spread to her heart.
A frigid aura eroded her soul through her bloodline, leaving Bei Qingtang barely able to hold on as even her consciousness began to blur.
Just then, a rustling sound arose.
The strange insect carrying the will of the Lifeless Insect Mother appeared again at some point. It crouched upon the shoulder of a bronze statue, its scarlet compound eyes staring coldly at Bei Qingtang. "As expected, you still fall a little short."
Hearing the voice, Bei Qingtang abruptly raised her head and fixed