When Huo Lie woke up next, he found himself inside a cabin on the sect ship. He was laying on a bed all alone in the darkness of the cabin. He felt pain like never before. His body ached all over and his soul was throbbing with an intensity that made him want to scream out loud. He was bleeding from his eyes and he was short of breath. He felt as though something very important was missing from his body, but he could not tell what it was. He just knew that from this day on, he would be forever changed. He remembered the Inferno King's words and he shuddered with fear.
"Did that thing actually take away my bloodline?" he asked the darkness around him.
