Insight

Lüzhu slowly dimmed, as if the light within had been absorbed.

Crack!

Lüzhu shattered into several pieces.

With a gentle rub of his fingers, the fragments turned to powder and drifted down from his fingertips.

He opened his eyes, his expression grave and icy, murderous intent surging around him.

Chu Honglin asked curiously, "Can't it be used?"

"I saw what was inside," Chu Zhiyuan said coldly. "Those Heavenly Demons truly deserve to die!"

"They should be wiped out!" Chu Honglin said. "What insights were inside?"

"He extracted six sets of martial arts insights—four from our Spirit Guards, and two from the Demon Race."

"..."

"After the Spirit Guards died, they still didn't spare their souls. This bead can extract the martial arts insights within a soul."

"They deserve to die ten thousand deaths!" Chu Honglin gritted his teeth, his eyes swiftly filling with bloodshot veins.

Chu Zhiyuan knew at a glance that he had touched an old wound.

He guessed that one of Chu Honglin's close friends had died at the hands of a Heavenly Demon, perhaps even a woman.

That was why he had remained so dispirited, unable to emerge from it for so long.

After a long while, Chu Honglin calmed himself and asked through clenched teeth, "Were there any of our Spirit Guards?"

"...No." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

He sighed inwardly.

He had lied. There actually had been a Spirit Guard from the Jade Scenery Dynasty.

That Spirit Guard had been an expert from the Profound Yin Palace.

But there was no need to tell Chu Honglin the truth. Besides, Chu Honglin probably did not truly want to know.

Chu Honglin snorted. "There really weren't any?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "They were from the Phoenix Dynasty and the Yuan Zhen Dynasty, along with experts from the Demon