Mr. Gui was truly extraordinary; he saw through the Nine Spirit King's method of crossing the Starry Sea. Unfortunately, that method was anything but simple—it required continuously using his own subordinates for Alchemy. With every one sacrificed, he could guarantee his own safety for a period of time. In other words, if Fang Xing and the others wanted to use this method, they would have to sacrifice someone to refine an identical pill. The problem was, the Nine-headed Worm had countless subordinates he could throw away, but among them, who was willing to have their own heart refined into a pill?
Mister Lan and the others naturally already had the most suitable candidate—Lusou!
Lusou had already been tainted by that dark matter; even if he could preserve his life for the moment, it would only be a brief, lingering existence...
