Nine colossal Bronze coffins, resembling slumbering giants, slowly rose from the darkness. The lids of the coffins glimmered with ancient runes, emitting a faint glow as if these massive sarcophagi possessed life and were breathing.
Xuan Yang gazed at the coffins, and suddenly, a wave of intense dizziness washed over him. In his mind, it felt as though countless versions of himself were screaming in madness from the depths of his consciousness. The cacophony was deafening, nearly unbearable.
He tightly shut his eyes and took a deep breath, striving to calm himself. When he opened his eyes again, the figures within the coffins gradually became clearer.
Each figure wore garments from different eras—some in ancient attire, others in modern clothing, and even a few in bizarre outfits. However, what was shocking was that their faces bore an uncanny resemblance to Xuan Yang himself!
"Reincarnated bodies through the ages..." Qu Si Yang's voice trembled as her body was almost entirely enveloped by Bronze, and the shadowy power around her strangely settled. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at the figures in the coffins. "Are we... merely vessels?"
A wave of indescribable fear surged within Xuan Yang; he could hardly believe what lay before him. Were these figures in the coffins his past lives? Was he just a container meant to carry their souls?
At that moment, the Bronze Sovereign, also known as the Old Village Chief, was pierced through by Xuan Yin's spider-patterned sword. Unexpectedly, he let out a deep and eerie laugh: "Ha ha, how clever! But realizing it now is far too late."
Before his laughter faded, the Bronze Sovereign suddenly raised his hand. The nine previously sealed Bronze coffins emitted a low rumble as if awakened by some powerful force. The lids began to slowly open, releasing an ancient aura that washed over them.
The "Xuan Yangs" sleeping within the coffins abruptly opened their Dual Eyes, their gazes ablaze like burning flames radiating intense light.
The once tranquil night sky shattered in that instant as violent waves of energy surged forth like crashing tides—buzz!
The sound echoed like thunder, deafening and shaking the very heavens and earth.
Nine brilliant beams of light shot up into the sky like a volcanic eruption, intertwining in the night to form a massive cage that tightly imprisoned the phantom of the Spider Mother!
"Did you think my three-thousand-year plan could be so easily disrupted by your little tricks?" The Bronze Sovereign sneered coldly as the wound on his chest began to visibly writhe and heal at an astonishing speed, as if this fatal injury meant nothing to him at all.
"The reincarnations were specifically prepared by me..." Before the Bronze Sovereign could finish his words, an unexpected change occurred! A powerful backlash surged forth like a black torrent, erupting from the nine Bronze coffins and rushing straight towards the Bronze Sovereign.
Xuan Yin suddenly let out a piercing scream as his arm, which held the sword, rapidly withered and carbonized, spider-like patterns spreading wildly along his veins!
"No! This isn't what we agreed—" His scream was abruptly cut off as his entire being exploded into a cloud of black sand. In the center of the black sand, a palm-sized Bronze spider revealed itself, its eight compound eyes glinting with a cold light.
"Fool," the Bronze spider spoke in human language. "Shadows have always been the servants of the Spider Mother."
Even more terrifying was that the "Xuan Yangs" within the nine Bronze coffins suddenly began to chant an obscure incantation in unison. Their bodies started to melt, transforming into nine streams of light that flowed into the body of the Bronze Sovereign!
"At last... it is complete." The hunched form of the Bronze Sovereign began to crack apart, revealing a flawless Bronze divine body within. A third eye slowly opened in the center of his forehead—its pupil reflecting a swirling galaxy!
Xuan Yang felt an irresistible pull as his light power was forcibly extracted!
"Si Yang!" He desperately grabbed hold of Qu Si Yang, who was also being drawn in. "Sever the connection!"
The two of them simultaneously channeled their power, creating a violent turbulence where light and darkness collided.
In this life-and-death moment, Master suddenly appeared before them, forming profound seals with his hands:
"Thirty-seventh generation sect master of the Puppet Sect, please grant me your power!"
He ignited in golden flames as a Bronze ancient sword shot forth from his brow, temporarily severing the devouring power of the Bronze Sovereign!
"Go!" Master shouted, blood streaming from his seven orifices, yet he did not retreat an inch. "To the Ruined Temple... there lies the last..."
Suddenly, a Bronze spider lunged at him, and Master's body froze for an instant before shattering like porcelain.
Xuan Yang pulled Qu Si Yang and they fled frantically, the entire mountain gate of Puppet Sect collapsing behind them.
"Why the Ruined Temple?" Qu Si Yang's shadow power instinctively constructed an escape route. "It clearly..."
"Because we were all wrong." Xuan Yang recalled the details of the murals he had seen in his childhood. "That isn't a temple; it's a prison!"
As the two stumbled into the Ruined Temple, the sight before them sent chills down their spines—
Beneath the dust-covered floor lay countless Bronze skeletons, all maintaining a kneeling posture, and at the center of their worship... was a bottomless well.
Two lines of small characters were carved on the edge of the well:
"Light and Darkness Give Birth"
"When the Spider Mother Descends"
The most terrifying part was that a "clicking" sound echoed from within the well, as if some giant arthropod was climbing!
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