The true essence of shattering was to break without falling apart.
At that moment, Lu Ren completed Body Shattering and formed a second Shattered Immortal Mark.
His body rapidly re-formed, soon taking shape again and radiating a formidable aura.
Completing Body Shattering transformed his physical body, doubling both its strength and its defenses.
But Lu Ren had no time to explore those changes, much less attempt to break through to the Second Shattered Realm.
He strode over to the Undying Demoness and swept his hand out, dispersing the blood-sacrifice flames around her.
Eyes red, Lu Ren knelt and gathered the Undying Demoness into his arms. "Mother!"
Yet the Undying Demoness said coldly, "Mother? You still think of me as your mother? How foolish. I came to kill you!"
"Kill me?"
Lu Ren froze, then shook his head. "Mother, if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it when I was born. If you wanted to kill me, you would have done it back in the Taicang Immortal Realm!"
"I'll kill you right now!"
The Undying Demoness conjured another demonic blade and raised it to strike Lu Ren.
But before she could swing, she fainted.
"Mother!"
Lu Ren's expression changed. He examined the Undying Demoness and saw that her Immortal Soul Body looked as though it had rotted. Not one part of it remained intact. The sight was horrifying.
Worse, a fine thread ran through her Immortal Soul Body, slender as a strand of hair. That thread was still corroding it.
"My mother's Immortal Soul Body has been completely corroded, and that thread of affection seems to be corroding it still. Do either of you know what to do?"
Lu Ren immediately turned to the Prisoner of Heaven Lord and Great Emperor Wutian, anxiety plain on his face.
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