"I need more," Yue Lihua muttered. She forced the vision of her Heavenly Eyes to expand faster, taking another step. The markers dropped to fifty. Behind her, one elder coughed up a mouthful of blood.
She took another step. The red dots dropped to twenty. The remaining two elders spat blood, their bodies shaking under the crushing load of collapsing possibilities.
With a final, desperate surge of her remaining soul force, Yue Lihua forced the remaining paths to collapse.
The map flared with light as the red dots stopped blinking, leaving exactly seven points hovering over the continent. Instantly, the kaleidoscope vision in her eyes shattered, and she collapsed, spitting a mouthful of blood.
Jun Tianya caught her before she hit the floor, stabilizing her with his Qi.
