Furthermore, she could never use Eternal Heaven again.

Yali had told her that some of the damage caused to her body from firing Eternal Heaven the first time couldn't be repaired through treatment. She would only be able to recover from an extensive period of rest and recuperation, and even then, it would perhaps be impossible to recover fully.

Yali had told her in private that even if she could make a recovery, it would be very unlikely for her to live past the age of 60 as the impact from the blast had caused extremely severe harm to the core of her being.

This was something that Ling Zichen had kept to herself.

Now that the abyssal creatures had returned, a peculiar light began to glow in her eyes.

She cast a meaningful gaze toward the explosions in the distance,...