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"": "The blinding sensation faded, and his vision returned to normal.
There was a deep crater in the ground. A man stood inside it, his body almost completely carbonized.
Cracks began to spread across his body, countless tiny fissures.
At any moment, he would crumble completely.
Utter silence.
All the Purple Miao People fell utterly silent. Waves of grief radiated from them, along with an even deeper sense of desolation.
Tiny flakes of charred flesh began to peel away.
Luo Bin's heart filled with... conflicting emotions, and a profound sense of disappointment.
They had fought. The fight was over.
Luo Xianshen had summoned his Patriarch, who had beaten the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal without giving him any chance to fight back.
At the crucial moment, Luo Bin had risked everything.
He had intended to let the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal undergo Corpse Liberation again through a different method.
Actually, risking everything was not the point.
The point was that there had been two opportunities.
The Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal himself.
And the Patriarch currently possessing Luo Xianshen.
The Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal could not achieve Yang Spirit Projection through the path of a Corpse-Liberation Immortal.
Now, even after Soul-Gathering and Return to the Body, with the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Pestle made from chestnut heartwood serving as his ritual artifact for Corpse Liberation, he still could not project his yang spirit.
Perhaps this was simply fate!
Was that realm destined to remain beyond his reach?
Earlier, Luo Bin had been unable to hold on. Only when all the Purple Miao People stepped forward, released their Life Gu, and lent the strength of their living souls had they successfully brought the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal's soul back into his body.
Yet the result had fallen short of