Martial Desolate Realm.
Song Jiyuan and Ao Wushuang hastily left.
This realm was too eerie; they did not wish to stay a moment longer.
Returning to the original void, they discovered that Rencheng and the other elders had vanished!
"Where are Elder Ren and the others?"
Song Jiyuan looked perplexed.
Could they have left earlier? That shouldn't be.
"I... am here..."
Just then, a faint voice suddenly sounded.
In the void, a segment of jade materialized.
The jade was pure white and of extremely fine quality, but it was now riddled with cracks that oozed grey blood.
"Ren... Rencheng Elder?"
Song Jiyuan was immediately shocked. How had Rencheng Elder ended up like this when they had been fine upon departure?
"It's me... We were ambushed by Wu Jianghe... He did not die in the Martial Desolate Realm..."
From within the white jade, Rencheng's weakened voice emerged, saying,
"I used my Lifesaving Jade Talisman, and only a trace of my soul remains..."