The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

"What's wrong?"

"This is……"

Chen Guan looked down at Yin Chen's hand gripping his wrist, then looked up and interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

"I know, I didn't do it for you."

Yin Chen loosened his grip.

Chen Guan walked up to Yin Tianzheng and put down the coffin on his back. The black iron landed on the metal platform with a dull thud.

"Sir, once the opening is made, how long will it take me before I can sense the power of the remaining body?"

"There is almost no delay."

Yin Tianzheng's palm was still pressed on the metal plate.

"The remnant body's instincts have been trying to break free of the seal, and it will immediately burst out once the opening is made."

"After it surges out, the first wave of impact is on the mental level, and the Tranquil Jade can withstand that for you."

He looked up and gazed into Chen Guan's eyes.

"But starting from the second wave, it will be an unreserved crushing force. Your divine fragments must be guided before the first wave ends to divert the attention of your remaining body from the array's core."

Chen Guan took the Tranquil Jade out of his pocket and held it in his palm.

"Within five seconds, I will pull that child's soul out and then immediately seal the opening."

Yin Tianzheng looked at the coffin and continued speaking.

"But before the seal was put on, the divine essence within you had already formed a connection with your remains. Sealing the seal can only sever the conduction of the earth's veins, but it cannot sever the resonance between you and them."

"The rest..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

Hongyuan, who was listening nearby, felt a chill run down her spine and chimed in.

"How can we help?"

Yin Tianzheng glanced at her.

"Take Guan Jinyue's sister away."

"After the soul is separated, there will be a brief period of detachment, which requires a person with a stable mental strength to take over, otherwise the soul will dissipate."

Su Yuehe raised her hand.

"I'll do this."

Yin Tianzheng looked at her for two seconds and nodded.

"A person with the ability to communicate through words, is suitable."

All eyes finally focused on Guan Jinyue.

She stood at the edge of the platform, her silver hair falling over her shoulders, her face revealing little emotion, only her fingers hanging at her sides were slightly curled.

"Ready?"

Yin Tianzheng's voice carried on the wind.

Guan Jinyue turned his head and softly uttered two words.

"bring it on."

Yin Tianzheng said no more.

He bent his knees and slowly squatted down, placing his palms flat on the metal plate beneath his feet.

Spiritual energy seeped into the metal from his palm, flowing down the structure of the tower. The buzzing sound grew louder and louder, and the entire platform began to tremble at a visible frequency.

Chen Guan pressed the Tranquilizing Jade against his forehead, closed his eyes, and pressed his other hand against the coffin beside him.

The temperature of the black iron rose rapidly under his palm.

The contents of the coffin began to stir unconsciously.

"Countdown."

Yin Tianzheng's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth.

"ten."

"Nine."

"eight."

The buzzing sound from under the metal plate rose an octave in an instant, and the entire Oriental Pearl Tower swayed slightly under this force.

Chen Guan opened his eyes, and the color of his pupils was changing.

"seven."

"six."

"five."

Guan Jinyue walked to Su Yuehe's side and stood in front of her, the two of them less than a step apart.

She didn't look at Su Yuehe; her eyes were fixed on Yin Tianzheng's back.

"Four."

"three."

Long Ao and Hong Yuan retreated to their respective sides of the platform, each gripping their weapons tightly.

Yin Chen's Frostbone Wolf let out a low growl, and the temperature dropped below freezing at that moment, with white frost rapidly spreading from the metal plate.

"two."

Yin Tianzheng pressed two deep palm prints onto the metal plate.

"one……"

The old man thrust all ten of his fingers downwards at the same time, and the entire metal plate shattered instantly.

A dark red beam of light shot into the sky from the crack, carrying a suffocating pressure as it crashed straight into the night sky.

Chen Guan's body simultaneously took a step forward.

The moment the black and red beam of light tore through the night sky, the entire Oriental Pearl Tower let out a muffled, bone-deep lament.

The cracks on the metal platform expanded outwards at a visible speed, and dense golden runes emerged from beneath the shattered surface, layer upon layer, emanating from the depths of the tower structure like burning blood vessels.

The moment the runes lit up, all the spatial rifts in the sky that were not yet fully closed began to tremble violently.

Even the Frostbone Wolf beside Yin Chen lay down, its limbs pressed tightly to the ground, its silvery-white fur bristling like needles, and it let out a soft whimper.

"Don't panic."

Yin Tianzheng's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, his ten fingers stuck in the broken metal plate, the veins on the back of his hands bulging, as he struggled with something three hundred meters below him.

"The connection points of the earth's veins are opening, and the 300-meter-long seal is being broken layer by layer."

Yin Tianzheng spoke faster, emphasizing each word.

"The seventh floor, the sixth floor, the fifth floor..."

With each dimming of the runes' light, the oppressive feeling surging up from beneath their feet intensified.

When they reached the third floor, the bloodstain at the corner of Yin Tianzheng's mouth dripped down his chin, spreading a small patch of dark red on the metal plate.

Chen Guan stood five steps away from Yin Tianzheng, his left hand holding the Tranquil Jade to his forehead, and his right hand resting on the black iron coffin beside him.

The temperature inside the coffin was rising rapidly.

At first it was warm, then it became scalding hot, and then it burned.

He did not let go.

The thing inside the coffin was restless; something had been awakened, churning and colliding within the sealed black iron walls, one after another, at an increasingly rapid frequency.

resonance.

The sensation started in the palms, traveled up the arms to the chest, and then shot straight to the top of the head, making every bone in the body vibrate.

"Second layer deactivation."

Yin Tianzheng's voice became hoarse.

"The last floor."

"Everyone, get ready."

An Changqing drew his sword, its blade shimmering with starlight. He didn't adopt an attack stance, but instead held the sword horizontally in front of him, ready to defend.

Long Ao and Hong Yuan stood on opposite sides of the platform, one with a clenched fist and the other with an axe, their muscles taut to the limit.

Su Yuehe stood beside Guan Jinyue, her hands clasped in front of her chest, her spiritual energy gathering at her fingertips into a soft light.

Guan Jinyue's gaze passed through everyone and stopped on the shattered metal plate at Yin Tianzheng's feet.

Her fingers were spread wide, palms down, and silver light flowed between her fingers—a form that only appears when the power of space is compressed to its limit.

Three years.

She waited for three years.

"Final layer, deactivated."

Yin Tianzheng pressed down three inches with his ten fingers.

The golden runes all went out.

Then, that thing came.

There was no sound, no light, and no tangible representation that could be captured by the naked eye.

But everyone present felt it at the same time.

It was a fear that came from the very soul, a primal memory of being prey hidden deep within the genes. Just being swept by that will made one's scalp tingle from the back of the head.