Warning: This chapter contains intense gore descriptions that might not be suitable for all readers.
"I... I have finally—cough... cough—protected you once," Yuta murmured as blood spilled from his mouth.
The Ancestor pulled his hand out of Yuta's chest and barked, throwing his heart aside. "How dare you stain my hand with your dirty blood?"
"This sickening fiend," Vyomendra muttered, slamming the Ancestor's head to the ground.
Yuta's body fell backward into Gumiho's embrace, his head resting on her thighs.
"YU... YUTAAA!" Gumiho screamed, touching Yuta's face as tears fell from her eyes.
Yuta gave one final warm smile to Gumiho before his eyes stared into the abyss.
"If you dare kill me, Vyomendra... your son will also die. He touched Ume's hand in the Soul Domain, so he is also poisoned," the Ancestor blurted. "I'm the only one who knows the cure to this poison."
