The voice of A Qing emerged from the corpse's mouth, "This body... has long been claimed by the Heavenly Emperor..."
The Jade Coffin exploded, and the charred remains transformed into a Blood Puppet that lunged forward. Yun Che's Broken Sword pierced its brow, but the power of Star Scar sensed fragments of memories within the corpse—Three Hundred Years Ago, in the secret chamber of the Yun Family.
A Qing knelt beneath the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, driving the Longevity Lock into Yun Che's mother's chest. "Master, the Yun Family's Starfall Secret Scroll... is in hand."
Yun Che crushed the Longevity Lock he had snatched from A Qing, and a bronze key fell from its core. Xiao Qingli's Soul Fire entwined around the key, causing the walls of the ship's cabin to crack open, revealing the Starfall Secret Box hidden within.
At the moment the secret box opened, the driving core of the Vessel of Guixu—the Chen Ji Pearl of the Starfall Royal Court—floated into the air.
A Qing's shrill scream echoed from above, "Stop! That's mine!"
Yun Che swallowed the Chen Ji Pearl, and Star Scar patterns spread across his body. "Yours? Even you were stolen!"
The Chen Ji Pearl resonated with the God-Slaying Remnant Sword, and the remnants of the Vessel of Guixu began to reorganize as if alive.
Standing at the bow of the ship, Yun Che unleashed the power of Star Scar as a beam of light that shattered through the sealing array of Fallen God Abyss.
A Qing's Puppet form was torn apart by the shockwave, and her last trace of spirit clung to a shard of blood-red eye. "You can't escape... Above and below, all is part of the Heavenly Emperor's game!"
As the starship broke through to the surface, blood tears streamed from Yun Che's left eye. Xiao Qingli's Soul Fire was about to fade. "Go to Beihai... find the Eternal Silence Ice Coffin... freeze my soul..."
He clenched his Ice Blue Flame tightly as the starship crashed through space. "In three days... I will defy fate for you!"
Above Beihai, blizzards raged like blades. Yun Che's right eye socket was sealed by frost, and the power of Star Scar grew increasingly violent in the extreme cold.
The God-Slaying Remnant Sword pointed towards a distant glacier. "The Eternal Silence Ice Coffin... is right beneath there."
Suddenly, the glacier shattered, and a colossal Ice Dragon surged forth from the sea, standing atop its head was a figure in black robes—the supposedly "dead" Grand Elder of the Starfall Clan from Three Hundred Years Ago!
"Yun Che, do you know why the Starfall Clan must perish?" The black robe lifted to reveal a face strikingly similar to Yun Che's own. "Because from the moment you were born... you were chosen as a vessel by the Heavenly Emperor!"
The snowstorm in Beihai coalesced into Ice Blades as Yun Che's Star Scar flickered ominously amidst it.
On top of the glacier where the Ice Dragon coiled, the Grand Elder’s black robe fluttered wildly while cracks spiderwebbed across the ice beneath his feet.
"When your mother carried you, I mixed Heavenly Emperor’s blood into her food." He formed an ice crystal spear with his fingertips. "Every inch of your bones was born to bear the Heavenly Mandate!"
Yun Che’s God-Slaying Remnant Sword trembled as if in response; within his chest, he felt a burning sensation from the Chen Ji Pearl. "So slaughtering my entire clan... was to silence them?"
"No." The Grand Elder chuckled softly. "It was to sever your ties to mortality—only with a blood sacrifice from your closest kin can you fully awaken the Heavenly Emperor Soul Seal!"
The Ice Dragon roared, its breath freezing the surface of the sea. Yun Che dashed across the ice, the power of Star Scar erupting beneath his feet, melting the ice into boiling water in his wake.
The Grand Elder's spear pierced Yun Che's left shoulder, and the extreme cold of the ice marrow spread through the wound. The force of Star Scar retaliated fiercely, but instead, it transformed the ice marrow into a deadly poison, black blood gushing from his seven orifices.
"Your struggles will only accelerate your fusion," the Grand Elder said, his pupils swirling with the unique chaotic patterns of the Heavenly Emperor. "Once your soul is devoured, this body will be able to host my master's arrival!"
Suddenly, a burst of blood light erupted from Yun Che's hollow right eye—the remaining fragments of Kuitian Tong resonated with the ice marrow! The dual agony tore at his Sea of Consciousness, yet amidst the chaos, he grasped a thread of clarity: the reverse scale on the Ice Dragon's forehead held the key to the Eternal Silence Ice Coffin!
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