Luo Xiu's eyelids felt heavy as he dragged his exhausted body, struggling to swing the sheathed sword in his hand. If not for that single drop of Moonlight Divine Water, which had revived six powerful warriors at once, he never would have lasted this long.

Blood had stained nearly his entire body red, yet he bore no wounds. The swords and knives of the Penglai Warriors could only tear his clothes; they could not pierce his skin. However, getting slashed by a knife or stabbed by a sword was still incredibly painful. But for every stab of pain he felt, another Penglai Warrior fell beneath his sword!

Time ticked by.

One after another, the Penglai Warriors fell!

He didn't know how much time had passed. It was only when he swung his sword through empty air that he realized everyone had fallen. He forced his heavy eyelids open and looked around in a daze. There were no enemies left.

"How long has it been?"

Lin Tong replied, "An hour has passed."

Hearing this, Luo Xiu's expression sharpened. An hour. Chi Sha had said it would only take half an hour to reconstruct her body.

"Could something have gone wrong?" Luo Xiu asked.

"Shall we go have a look?" Lin Tong suggested.

Luo Xiu scanned the area one last time. After confirming that no one was left standing, he stored Dream and Asura in his Holy Lotus Jade Pendant and turned to walk through the great gate.

Before long, he came to a stop before the Jade Coffin. He called out her name a few times, but there was no response. After a brief hesitation, he reached out and pushed the coffin lid open. As it moved, a mysterious, misty aura rushed out to meet him.

Luo Xiu fixed his gaze inside the coffin, his brow furrowing involuntarily. A woman's skeleton now lay in the clear water, its flesh regenerating at a visible, albeit very slow, rate.

Suddenly, Lin Tong spoke. "Big Brother, I've been speculating about this for a while. Now that I see it, my guess must be correct… This must be the Li Insect."

"Li Insect?" Luo Xiu frowned.

Lin Tong explained, "The Li Insect is the ancestor of all living things. It's a creature so small it can't be seen with the naked eye. You could even say it isn't a material thing at all, but a form of energy. Any matter in this world, including the cells that make up a physical body, is nothing but a sliver of energy if you shrink it down infinitely. It isn't solid."

"That's why people say… everything in this world is both real and illusory."

Luo Xiu said, "Put it in terms I can actually understand."

"In any world, the first life to be born is the Li Insect, which then gives rise to all things," Lin Tong said. "The fundamental substance that makes up birds, beasts, fish, insects, flowers, trees, and even people, is the Li Insect."

After a moment's thought, Lin Tong added, "Of course, 'Li Insect' is what we call it in the Spirit Realm. In your world... it would be called Chaos Origin."

Luo Xiu's face contorted in frustration. "You fraud, couldn't you have just said Chaos Origin from the start?"

Ignoring Luo Xiu's complaint, Lin Tong sighed. "However, these Li Insects have been in this Jade Coffin for over a thousand years. They've likely degraded and are no longer sufficient to reconstruct a complete physical body for the Little Queen. The process can only go this far."

Hearing this, Luo Xiu's expression grew grave. He stared at the skeleton submerged in the water, noticing that the flesh was growing more and more slowly.

Just then, Chi Sha's voice echoed in Luo Xiu's mind. "My apologies. I overlooked this point."

"Lin Tong is correct. The Chaos Origin here is no longer enough to support the reconstruction of my complete physical body."

Luo Xiu suggested, "Then why not return to Luo Ying's body?"

"That's impossible now. My soul has fused with the Chaos Origin and can no longer separate. If I cannot reconstruct a complete physical body, I will simply dissipate over time."

Lin Tong hesitated for a moment before speaking up. "Actually... there is another way."

"What is it?" Luo Xiu asked hurriedly.

"Big Brother, your Essence Blood should be able to help the Little Queen reconstruct her body. It would probably take three or four drops, but the toll on you would be immense. Last time, when you refined that Holy Origin Golden Pill, you nearly..." He sighed. "That's why I didn't want to say anything."

Luo Xiu, however, paid no mind to the warning. "Are you sure this will work?"

"Certain," Lin Tong confirmed.

"No!" Chi Sha interjected forcefully. "This is my fate! It was meant to be this way. Luo Xiu, you don't need to waste your Essence Blood on my account."

Luo Xiu simply gave a faint smile. Without another word, he gathered a thread of Sword Qi on his fingertip and slit his wrist. Clenching his jaw, he began to refine his blood.

"Luo Xiu, stop!"

"I command you to stop!"

"Don't worry," Luo Xiu said. "It's only three or four drops. I won't use it all up like last time. This won't kill me. I promised I would help you find a body. Since I made a promise, I have to keep it!"

"Luo Xiu, you..."

As a few drops of Essence Blood fell into the coffin's water, Luo Xiu saw the flesh on the skeleton begin to grow at a dramatically faster rate. In just a few breaths, a network of blood vessels had formed.

Luo Xiu stumbled to the side and sat weakly on the ground. Looking at the healing wound on his wrist, he muttered to himself. Why does my Essence Blood have such a miraculous effect?

"Big Brother, you don't know this, but your Essence Blood contains the essence of creation," Lin Tong said. "A single drop is a priceless treasure! After absorbing your Essence Blood, even the weak Chaos Origin can grow. Once the Chaos Origin has been augmented, it will be enough to reconstruct the Little Queen's complete physical body."

Luo Xiu slowly lay back on the ground, his face as pale as snow. He closed his eyes, his consciousness fading, as if he hadn't heard Lin Tong at all. He suddenly cracked a smile and whispered, "Her Majesty the Queen, after you're resurrected this time, you'd better give me a high-ranking post in the Nation of the Great. Otherwise, it would be a real waste… of these few drops of my Essence Blood..."

As Luo Xiu was muttering, a sharp whistling sound cut through the air, instantly shocking him back to a sliver of consciousness. He clenched his teeth and forced himself to sit up, fighting through the exhaustion.

Looking up, he saw a towering figure fly through the gate and land on the stone corridor. It was Chi Xun.

At this moment, Chi Xun's magnificent royal robe was in tatters, his body covered in bloody marks. He looked utterly disheveled.

Luo Xiu's heart sank. He struggled to his feet, his gaze fixed on Chi Xun. His arrival meant that Dou Dou had been defeated.

"How is she?" Luo Xiu asked.

Chi Xun's face was savage. "Are you asking about that little girl? Honestly, she was quite a nuisance. For a Mahayana Realm cultivator to hold off a Half-step Earth Immortal like me for so long, and even manage to injure me… truly remarkable."

As he spoke, he slowly reached out and pulled something from his Storage Magical Treasure.

He pulled something out. As Luo Xiu fixed his gaze on it, his body shuddered. He went completely stiff, his eyes welling with tears. It was a head—Dou Dou's head!

For a moment, he simply couldn't accept it. That the adorable, gluttonous little girl, the fourth-ranked powerhouse on the Celestial List, had died here in battle.

Chi Xun threw back his head and laughed, grabbing the head by its braids and tossing it in front of Luo Xiu.

His eyes bloodshot, Luo Xiu fell powerlessly to his knees and tremblingly reached out to cradle Dou Dou's head.

Chi Xun strode toward him, a smile on his face. "You seem very sad. But there's no need. I'm about to send you to meet her."

"YOU... DAMNED... BASTARD!" Luo Xiu's head snapped up, his blood-red eyes blazing with fury at Chi Xun.

"I will make you accompany her in death!"

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