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"The hour has come."
The Green-Robed Ancestor's sinister voice rang out in Wave-Stilling Cave.
Inside Wave-Stilling Cave, an altar built entirely of pitch-black sludge had already taken shape, giving off an extremely pungent stench. Stranger still, a ruined, skinless ape's body was embedded in the surface of this evil altar of black mud, its cloudy eyes wide open, as though it had died with grievances unappeased.
When first seen, this bodily shell of the Sea-Flipping Azure-Qilin Ape had been fresh and strong, perfectly intact without a single wound anywhere, making Egui Zi fall in love at first sight. But the backlash from the altar's explosion and three failed curses last time had severely damaged the shell, leaving it gradually rotting and falling apart.
However, a suitable shell was not easy to find. The three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit all had to be willing to inhabit it. Unwilling to give up, Egui Zi had spent nearly two years working to purge the poison of the curse backlash from this shell, hoping to save it.
But today, an abrupt order from Green Robe had interrupted this process. Years of painstaking effort had fallen short at the final hurdle, and this body had been utterly sacrificed.
In his Nascent Soul spirit form, Egui Zi finally finished building the altar at the very last moment and replied weakly,
"It's ready. The altar is complete."
"Then begin casting the curse."
The Green-Robed Ancestor spoke without the slightest intention of letting Egui Zi rest.
Egui Zi's grievous injuries had yet to heal, and he had rushed to erect an evil altar. His Nascent Soul was now almost transparent, swaying unsteadily, the dull, lightless internal alchemy core concealed within his spirit form clearly visible. But he no longer said anything to beg