The old man felt panic rise in his chest as a strange, invisible power pulled at him.
It felt like he was being absorbed.
"Don't worry, old man.
MingHao will fulfill your dream.
Just do your work."
Those were the last words he heard. Everything went dark for him and stayed that way until MingHao later used the ring.
The skeleton collapsed and crumbled into dust.
MingYue bent down and picked up the ring.
With the core gone, the protective array inside the Ancestral Hall started to shut down.
Only some leftover energy in the circuit kept it barely active.
MingYue did not rush out of the room. There was no one else around.
For her, this quiet hall was the best place to break through.
She sat down in a lotus position and closed her eyes.
Vesa knew what to do. It began converting all the excess life force into MingYue's cultivation.
Green threads of life force appeared in her body and flowed toward her core formation.
