"How dare you use your brother's soul as bait!" The voice of the woman in purple seemed to come from the depths of hell, cold and resentful.

Every word is like a sharp knife, piercing Xi Yu's heart.

Xi Yu felt a chill running straight from the soles of his feet and his blood seemed to have solidified.

He wanted to dodge, but found that his body seemed to be imprisoned by an invisible force and could not move.

Seeing those bronze arms about to swallow him, Xi Yu felt desperate.

He never thought that everything he carefully planned would fall into such a trap!

Could it be that I really want to die here?

At this critical moment, a sudden change occurred!

"Boom!"

A loud bang, like a thunder thunder on the ground, made the entire altar shake violently.

Immediately afterwards, a golden light soared into the sky from the ground, shaking all the bronze arms that were pounced on Xi Yu!

The golden light dissipated, and a pair of golden armor appeared in front of everyone.

The armor is golden all over, carved with complex patterns, exuding a sacred and majestic atmosphere.

It was exactly the one that Xi Wujiang wore during his lifetime!

The armor seemed to have life, and it automatically flew to the purple-clad woman, and was shocked suddenly!

A powerful force exploded instantly, nailing the girl in purple tightly into the center of the star map!

The woman in purple let out a shrill scream, and her body was shrouded in golden light, constantly twisting and deforming, as if she was about to be torn to pieces by this force!

"No... impossible!" The girl in purple had fear and disbelief in her eyes, "This... this is..."

Before she could finish her words, Xi Yu and Cai Wenshuang had already jumped onto the bronze tripod at the same time.

At this moment, the twin jade pendants on their wrists burst out with dazzling light.

Two rays of light converged in the air and turned into a huge column of light, rushing straight into the sky!

"Boom..."

The world changes color and the wind and clouds are surging.

The star map above the altar began to rotate slowly as if it had been activated.

The stars were shining with dazzling light, as if they were about to fall from the sky.

The wind is howling, and lightning is thundering.

The entire altar seemed to have turned into a huge vortex, swallowing everything around it frantically.

The screams of the girl in purple were drowned in the thunder and the wind.

Her body began to gradually dissipate under the illumination of golden light, turning into starlight and blending into the star map.

However, just when the strange phenomenon in the world reached its peak, the scream of the purple-clothed woman suddenly twisted and transformed into Cai’s father’s familiar and anxious voice: “Stop! This is the final trial of the Cai family’s bloodline!”

This voice seemed like a wake-up call, which shocked Xi Yu and Cai Wenshuang, who were originally immersed in the ceremony, suddenly looked at each other, seeing the same shock and confusion in each other's eyes, and the confusion that should not belong to this moment.

Deep in the ground, there seemed to be some kind of hard object, hitting the ground of the altar one by one. The sound was dull, slow, but unswerving.

The vibration underground became more and more intense, and the ground in the center of the altar was cracking inch and gravel splashed.

Blood-red lines spread like spider webs, and looked particularly hideous in the golden light.

Xi Yu and Cai Wenshuang subconsciously took a step back, holding each other tightly in their hands, staring at the depths of the crack, and an inexplicable sense of fear rushed straight from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.

"Boom--"

With a loud bang, the ground exploded, dust flew everywhere, and gravel splashed everywhere.

A figure slowly rose from the cracks underground.

It was Cai's father. His eyes were scarlet, his face was covered with blood, and his hair was scattered, like an evil ghost crawling out of hell.

What's even more strange is that the tattoo on his neck was emitting a strange red light at this moment, wriggling like a living thing, extending and deforming, and finally turning into two blood-red chains, entangling Xi Yu and the girl in purple.

"The engagement you stole back then was to stop me from having a thousand-year contract with the royal family!" Cai's father's voice was hoarse and low, with a creepy chill.

He stared at the girl in purple,

The body of the woman in purple trembled even more violently under the double constraints of golden light and blood chains.

She wanted to struggle, but found that she could not move at all.

Her face was filled with pain and despair, and deep... fear?

Xi Yu felt a huge force that tightly bound him and could not move.

He looked down at the blood-colored chains wrapped around him. His tentacles were cold, but they also had a burning sting.

This feeling is so familiar, but so strange.

It's like some forgotten memory being forcibly awakened.

"Thousand-year contract? What contract?" Xi Yu asked sternly, enduring the severe pain in his body.

Cai's father laughed to the sky, his laughter was shrill and crazy, like the whine of a trapped beast.

"A thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Cai family made a contract with the royal family, guiding them to protect the luck of the emperor! And you," he turned his head suddenly and stared at Xi Yu, "You, the blood of the Xi family, are the container of this contract!"

At this time, a figure slowly walked out of the shadow of the altar.

It was Su Heng. In her hand, she was holding a quaint bronze medicine box, with the same patterns as the Xi Yu jade pendant engraved at the bottom of the box.

"The blood of the Xi family is the symbiotic container between the Tianji Pavilion and the royal family!" Su Heng's voice was calm and indifferent, but it exploded in Xi Yu's mind like thunder.

Symbiosis container?

What's the meaning?

Xi Yu's brain was in chaos. He felt like he was involved in a huge conspiracy, but he knew nothing about it.

Cai Wenshuang's eyes fell deep in the altar.

There is a hidden secret lattice, with dozens of jade pendants placed inside, each of which is engraved with the same runes as the Tianji Lock.

"No wonder Master Xi always turns bad luck into good fortune..." Cai Wenshuang murmured to herself, a complex light flashed in her eyes, shock, doubt, and... a hint of indescribable sadness.

Xi Yu's eyes also fell on the jade pendants.

He suddenly remembered that he had seen similar jade pendants in his family's secret treasure.

At that time, he was still young and only felt that the jade pendants were extremely exquisite, but he did not understand their meaning.

Now, he understood.

Those jade pendants represent the heads of opera families of all generations and also represent... their destiny as "containers".

Cai’s father’s madness, Su Heng’s indifference, Cai Wenshuang’s sadness, and the jade pendants engraved with the same runes... all of this was like a huge net, surrounding him tightly, making him unable to breathe or escape.

"No..." Xi Yu spoke with difficulty, his voice hoarse and powerless, "This is impossible..."

Cai’s father’s smile was even more ferocious.

"Impossible? Xi Yu, do you think you are really a member of the Xi family? You are just a container, a container used to carry a thousand-year contract!"

Su Heng slowly opened the bronze medicine box, and a strange fragrance drifted out of the box and spread throughout the altar.

"Xi Yu, it's time to fulfill your destiny..."

"Stop!" Cai Wenshuang suddenly shouted, and she rushed forward to stop Su Heng.

However, it's too late...

The medicine box in Su Heng's hand emitted a dazzling light, covering Xi Yu...

"ah----"

Xi Yu let out a heart-wrenching scream...

The shining light from Su Heng's medicine box surged towards Xi Yu like a wave.

The severe pain instantly penetrated his body, and he let out a rough and miserable scream.

He felt as if his existence was being torn apart, reshaped, and turned into something... something else.

Then, a cold laugh echoed in the cave, as if it had crawled out of the deepest part of Xi Yu's soul.

"Do you think you won?" The voice was empty and sharp, and it was a wisp of soul left in his body by the woman in purple robe.

"The real core of Tianji Lock is..."
Chapter completed!