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At the end of the Floating Island, a dilapidated Star Palace hung in the void. On the palace door's relief, three out of nine stars were missing, and the shape of the gaps perfectly matched that of a family heirloom jade pendant.
Yun Che embedded the jade pendant, and the palace door thunderously opened. Inside, on the Stardust-paved ground, three hundred corpses of the Starfall Clan knelt, each with a bronze dagger plunged into their hearts.
"To calm the souls of the palace... to nourish the stars with blood..." He brushed his fingers over the foreheads of the corpses, an overwhelming sorrow and rage surging from deep within his bloodline.
Suddenly, the Star Map on the palace ceiling began to rotate, and a phantom took shape. It was none other than the High Priest from his vision!
"Latercomer, if you have not fallen into darkness, then take this dagger." The phantom pointed to a blood-colored dagger on the altar. "Slay all the corpses in this palace... and you shall obtain the first key to the seal!"
Yun Che gripped the dagger tightly, its blade trembling as if weeping. A ghostly light ignited in the hollow eye sockets of the corpses, as if they were silently pleading.
"The glory of the Starfall Clan... maintained through fratricide?" He suddenly hurled the dagger into the ground, and Xing Wen transformed into chains that bound the High Priest's phantom. "Give me the truth!"
Before the phantom shattered, it sneered: "The truth is... you are just like them... all are sacrifices!"
The Star Palace collapsed with a thunderous roar, and Yun Che fell into an abyss. In his final moment, he grasped a bronze box beneath the altar. Inside lay a star key resonating with his Bloodline Resonance.
As Yun Che plummeted through chaos, the star key erupted with blood light, illuminating the surrounding rock walls. Lava writhed beneath him like a giant serpent, its heat scorching Xing Wen until he curled blackened. He thrust the star key into the rock wall; sparks flew as its tip scraped against stone, abruptly halting his descent.
With a crash, the rock wall shattered, revealing a hollow molten chamber within. Hundreds of Bronze Coffins hung upside down from above, their bodies entwined in chains that led to a pulsating crimson heart at their ends. The heart bore an unmistakable emblem of the Starfall Clan!
"To use hearts as offerings to guard the star keys..." Yun Che's pupils constricted.
Suddenly, the star key slipped from his grasp and flew toward the heart, its bloodline power being frantically siphoned away. Stumbling to his knees, he heard the remnants of the High Priest's voice:
"Offer your life and soul to gain true inheritance from Xing Yun!"
Yun Che forced himself upright and punched at the nearest Blood-Red Chains. The chains snapped with a resounding crack; one Bronze Coffin exploded open as a corpse clad in Star Pattern Battle Armor swung its sword at him!
"Ancestor... I apologize!" He sidestepped to avoid the blade's edge while Xing Wen solidified into a short dagger that pierced through the corpse's heart. The corpse froze mid-motion as a wisp of lingering soul floated out: "Future Clan Members... flee this place... The star key is a trap!"
Before it could say more, sounds of chains breaking echoed from deep within the molten chamber. Nine hearts exploded simultaneously, and blood mist coalesced into a demonic shadow: "Three hundred years... finally waiting for pureblood sacrifices!"
The demonic shadow surged forward wrapped in blood mist, causing Xing Wen to dim significantly under its pressure. Yun Che retreated swiftly using Flowing Wind Steps as deep gouges were torn into the rock wall behind him by Demon Claws.
"Your bloodline... is more delicious than those old fools!" The demonic shadow cackled madly as blood mist formed a cage sealing off his escape route.
In dire straits, Yun Che crushed a blood jade bell in his arms. Bai Ruoyou's voice pierced through space: "Use magic against magic; stab its left eye with the star key!"
The star key shot forth and exploded through the demonic shadow's left eye with a burst of blood; it let out a piercing howl: "Eclipsed Moon Envoy... how dare you betray your master!"
As the blood mist dissipated, Yun Che leaped into a dark door revealed by the shadow's collapse.
Behind the dark door was a circular altar, at the center of which floated a massive bronze cauldron. The cauldron's surface was engraved with intricate symbols, and within it, boiling silver liquid swirled around nine shimmering crystal cores. Yun Che's energy surged uncontrollably toward the mouth of the cauldron, causing the silver liquid to roil and form a phantom image.
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