Chapter 703: The Dragon Roars, The Truth is Revealed

As Sangzhu Zhaluo’s gnarled fingers closed around the seventh-grade spirit bead, the world seemed to hold its breath. The bead, pulsing with an ethereal light forged from the life force of his entire sect, was the culmination of his life’s ambition, his final, desperate gambit. He didn't hesitate. With a guttural cry that was more beast than man, he shoved the orb into his own chest. The sound was sickening, a wet crunch of bone and flesh as the bead burrowed into his sternum, merging with...