Thousands of years of imprisonment,
Deep within his soul, the All-Causes Soul Pearl quietly rotated.
Inside the Soul Pearl, thirteen faint yet resilient points of light had vaguely formed, like stars in the night, burning eternally.
Tan Lin appeared silent and still, but deep within his soul, there was far from nothingness.
Over the years, a strand of his consciousness had been exploring the Soul Pearl's deepest mysteries, silently comprehending these changes and sensing the faint yet immortal qualities contained within those thirteen Deep Crimson Light Points.
"Still can't see through it..."
A thought stirred in his mind, yet his eyes remained closed, his aura as still as an ancient well.
Just then,
"Pfft..."
The Female Emperor's true body, seated cross-legged, suddenly shuddered. Beneath the Ghost Face Mask, her lips parted, and she spat out a mouthful of dazzling Chaos Emperor Blood!
The blood was unexpectedly mixed with wisps of temporal fragments and the power of karma, corroding black holes into the ground.
At the same time, several strands of her jet-black, lustrous hair at her forehead and temples turned snow-white at a visible rate.
They lost their sheen, as though part of her vital essence had been drained away in an instant.
This was the price of her External Incarnation's destruction and the backlash from Time-Space Reversal!
That backlash traveled through an unseen connection and acted directly upon her true body, shaking her imperial physique and Dao foundation, even damaging part of her Origin and lifespan!
One could imagine what she had nearly glimpsed just now.
"..."
The Female Emperor let out a muffled groan. Chaos light flickered violently in her lonely eyes, making it clear that she was enduring immense pain and a Dao Injury.
Yet her will was incomparably resolute. She forcibly suppressed her surging blood and