Chapter 992: Nine Heavens Demon Conquering Patriarch

Yuan Zhen, who was cultivating spirit energy on Tongtian Peak, suddenly seemed to sense something and abruptly opened her eyes.

The space before her was empty, but she immediately turned around and, as expected, saw a figure with a youthful face and white hair standing before the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda.

"Greetings, Master!"

The moment Yuan Zhen saw Yuan Qingque, she immediately bowed.

"Hmm, I've come to handle some matters. You should pack up as well; I'll take you to the border battlefield later."

Yuan Qingque waved her hand, signaling Yuan Zhen to rise. Then, her entire figure suddenly turned ethereal and vanished from before the pagoda.

Witnessing this, Yuan Zhen vaguely guessed what was happening, and her eyes widened in shock.

However, she knew that given her status, facing the grand trends of the Eastern Continent, all she could do was obey.

There are two ways to enter the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda.

One is through the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's secret transmission, allowing direct entry to the highest, sixth floor.

The other is to start from the bottom and climb up floor by floor.

Yuan Qingque usually entered the sixth floor directly, but today might be his last visit to this pagoda, so he decided to explore it again.

Yuan Qingque gently raised his hand and waved, and the portal at the base of the pagoda opened, revealing a passage.

At that moment, roars erupted, and countless demonic beasts with True Spirit bloodlines began to surge madly towards the opened passage.

Yuan Qingque stepped inside, and a vast, invisible surge of true energy erupted. All the surging demonic beasts were sent flying backward, crashing against the pagoda walls.

If these demonic beasts weren't still useful, that single blow would have likely turned them all into minced meat.

Yuan Qingque gracefully flew into the first floor, and the passage behind him slowly closed, as if it had never been opened.

Inside the pagoda, it was dim, but faint streaks of light filtered in from outside, faintly revealing one grotesque demonic beast after another.

Yuan Qingque hadn't been below the sixth floor for a long time, and these lower-level demonic beasts hadn't been there long either, so most of them didn't recognize him.

But after that recent attack, all the demonic beasts looked at him with fear.

Yuan Qingque strolled for a while, then suddenly felt it was uninteresting and headed directly towards the top of the pagoda.

The fifth floor was the Demon Venerable's prison.

Compared to the four floors below, this place resembled a complete minor realm, with starlight filtering down from above and a faint scent of fresh grass in the air.

In the very center was a mass of white mist, within which sat a figure: the Demon Venerable.

The moment the Demon Venerable saw Yuan Qingque ascend, a trace of surprise appeared in its eyes.

Although it had anticipated this day when the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda was frequently activated, actually seeing the Eastern Continent's top Soul Transformation cultivator made it sigh at how truly favored humanity was.

"You've actually taken that step."

The Demon Venerable's voice echoed through the pagoda, deep and penetrating.

Yuan Qingque smiled calmly. After resolving his spiritual restraints, he had no more impediments and had effortlessly stepped halfway into the Void Refinement realm.

However, if he were to fully cross the threshold and achieve Void Refinement, he would have to ascend and undergo tribulation. Thus, he currently maintained a state where one foot was in Soul Transformation and the other at the critical point of Void Refinement.

The Demon Venerable, also a peak Soul Transformation existence, knew at a glance that Yuan Qingque had made a breakthrough.

This was the realm it had yearned for, but unfortunately, after thousands of years, it couldn't even see the threshold.

It was precisely because of this that it lamented humanity's inherent advantages.

Although their lifespans were far shorter than those of true spirits, in cultivation, there would always be exceptionally talented individuals who, in a very short time, surpassed their thousands of years of effort.

"You are also a fortunate demonic beast; cultivating to such a realm is no easy feat. It would be a pity to kill you, so today I'll give you two choices."

"First, die within the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda and be refined by me into a Great Dao Pill, serving as resources for my disciple's Soul Transformation."

"Second, like that Yellow Dragon, accompany me to transcend the ascension tribulation. If we successfully reach the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, I will certainly petition the Ancestor to grant you the title of a Demonic Immortal."

After Yuan Qingque finished speaking, the white mist around the Demon Venerable began to churn violently, seemingly brewing some powerful force. The entire fifth floor even trembled slightly.

However, Yuan Qingque remained unmoved, standing calmly in place.

At this moment, he was invincible in the mortal realm.

"You want me to help you resist the Nine-Layered Heavenly Tribulation."

The Demon Venerable's tone was slightly cold.

In the past, before True Monarch Yiyuan ascended, he insisted on subduing the fifth-tier Yellow Dragon of Yunmeng Marsh not only for karmic reasons, but also because during the ascension tribulation, if one brings a contracted spirit beast, the rules of heaven and earth regard them as a single entity.

In that case, the power of the Nine-Layered Heavenly Tribulation would be triggered by the stronger of the cultivator and the spirit beast.

However, the cultivator could undergo the tribulation together with the spirit beast.

This was equivalent to equally distributing the original 100% power of the ascension tribulation between the cultivator and the spirit beast.

However, between cultivators and spirit beasts, except for those who grew up together and shared life and death, the rest inevitably had a hierarchy.

After True Monarch Yiyuan subdued the Yellow Dragon and established a contract, the latter could only acknowledge him as its master and exert its utmost power during the ascension tribulation.

The Demon Venerable and Yuan Qingque also lacked a foundation of trust. If it were to ascend with him, they would inevitably have to establish a blood pact that prevented resistance.

Among these, there was one major problem.

That was, during ascension, Yuan Qingque would be in the Void Refinement realm, but the Demon Venerable might not be.

Even peak Soul Transformation, already the supreme realm in the Heavenly River Realm, was still insufficient compared to the ascension tribulation.

Many past ascending cultivators in the Heavenly River Realm brought contracted true spirits. Although no news came after their ascension, the Demon Venerable speculated that most of them died during the Nine-Layered Heavenly Tribulation, acting as shields for the cultivators and conserving their energy.

So it was unwilling.

Yuan Qingque said nothing more. A brilliant light ignited in his eyes, and from the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, a terrifying immortal light suddenly surged forth, causing even the void to tremble and distort.

The immortal light entered Yuan Qingque's body, and he effortlessly crossed that threshold.

This was not Yuan Qingque breaking through, but him borrowing Void Refinement power from the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda. This was one of the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's foundational strengths, usable only within this pagoda.

Because the sixth floor provided concealment, it wouldn't be discovered.

But once he left the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, it would trigger the rules of heaven and earth.

The Void Refinement aura caused the entire space on the fifth floor to begin distorting, and cracks appeared, spreading towards the Demon Venerable.

Faced with such power, knowing that either choice would essentially lead to death, the Demon Venerable also revealed its true strength.

The white mist suddenly dispersed, and a true spirit, pure white as jade with a serpent's body and dragon horns, emerged. Its scales shimmered with countless runes, each containing powerful celestial phenomena.

After a quarter of an hour.

Yuan Qingque reached into the Demon Venerable's body and extracted a luminous white inner core. As icy blood splattered, the Demon Venerable struggled violently.

However, the difference of one major cultivation realm left it feeling as helpless as when its tail was crushed by a rock in its youth, unable to budge no matter how it struggled.

"I'll give you one last chance. Make a choice."

Yuan Qingque held the Demon Venerable's inner core, speaking to the almost fully formed white dragon phantom within it.

This was the essence of the Demon Venerable's thousands of years of arduous cultivation; once lost, its path of demonic cultivation would essentially be severed.

"Haven't you already made the choice for me?"

The Demon Venerable said this while coughing.

Yuan Qingque nodded slightly, then spat out a drop of his vital essence blood, which landed on the Demon Venerable's inner core.

With the Demon Venerable's cooperation, this drop of vital essence blood quickly merged into the core of the inner core, imprinting itself on the white dragon phantom's glabella.

Afterward, the vital essence blood transformed into a dense, blood-red rune that enveloped the entire white dragon phantom, filling the inner core.

With that, the contract was sealed.

Yuan Qingque nodded in satisfaction, then once again reinserted the inner core back into the Demon Venerable's body.

"Your vital essence blood shouldn't go to waste either..."

After contracting the Demon Venerable, Yuan Qingque waved his hand towards outside the pagoda, and the Azure Mirage Bottle from Yuan Zhen's storage bag immediately flew into his palm.

The bottle's opening revealed the Demon Venerable's vital essence blood splattered on the ground, which instantly transformed into a stream of blood light that vanished into the bottle, completely absorbed.

Witnessing this, the Demon Venerable remained silent.

It had actually wanted to reabsorb this vital essence blood back into its body, but Yuan Qingque clearly intended to leave something for the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect before he departed.

The quantity of this vital essence blood, if given to the Moral Sect, would probably be enough to refine a True Spirit Transcendent Pill.

Moreover, the white dragon's vital essence blood was highly compatible with the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's water-attribute cultivation techniques and could also be used to refine other elixirs to enhance the cultivation of Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Demon Venerable, would you be interested in touring the sixth floor with me?"

After tossing the Azure Mirage Bottle back outside the pagoda and handing it to Yuan Zhen, Yuan Qingque turned to the Demon Venerable and asked this question.

"Very well."

Since the contract had been established, the Demon Venerable knew it could not resist Yuan Qingque and could only accept his commands.

Furthermore, it was indeed very curious about the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda!

Yuan Qingque gently waved his hand, and an upward ladder suddenly appeared in the starry sky at the top of the fifth floor. He took the lead, ascending the ladder.

The Demon Venerable followed closely.

Upon entering the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, the Demon Venerable was greatly astonished.

This place was actually a vast cosmic starfield. He and Yuan Qingque stood in the void, with spiral galaxies in the distance, resembling the Heavenly River that cleansed the Nine Heavens.

"Yuan Qingque, 37th generation disciple of the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect, pays respects to the Ancestor!"

Yuan Qingque bowed towards the Heavenly River formed by countless galaxies. Under the Demon Venerable's astonished gaze, endless starlight coalesced into a Daoist wearing a dark robe, with unbound hair and bare feet.

Is this the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Ancestor?

In its inner shock, the Demon Venerable noticed the Daoist's star-swirl eyes looking towards it, and it couldn't help but lower its head.

"What a pity. The Heavenly River Realm will undergo a great change in a thousand years. If you stayed in the lower realm, my Dao lineage would be more at ease."

Before Yuan Qingque could speak, the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Ancestor already knew of his imminent ascension, displaying a look of regret.

"My disciple Ye Qing possesses exceptional talent, no less than my own."

To this, Yuan Qingque merely uttered this sentence.

"Let's hope so. But your lifespan is also nearing its end; it is indeed time for you to ascend."

As the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Ancestor spoke, he extended a finger, and a spherical light immediately appeared out of thin air, descending onto Yuan Qingque's head and finally merging into his Violet Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

"Before you ascend, if you still have time, help me investigate something."

Yuan Qingque listened, then respectfully nodded, "Ancestor, please instruct me."

"It is rumored that True King Taixu, who had already transcended, recently reappeared in the Spirit Void Immortal Realm and sought out a few of us, intending to revert the Great Dao of the Heavenly River Realm, which was altered by the True Demons, back to its original state."

"Given his realm, there must be something extremely important to him in the Heavenly River Realm, something he wishes to descend personally for."

"You can observe the actions of the Taixu Ethereal Palace. If you notice anything unusual, inform me after you arrive in the Spirit Void Immortal Realm."

"Also, ensure your disciple reaches Soul Transformation as soon as possible. Without the Soul Transformation realm, they cannot enter the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, and it will be difficult for me to convey anything in the future."

After the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Ancestor finished speaking, Yuan Qingque also looked astonished.

The legend of True King Taixu resonated like thunder in the Heavenly River Realm.

He was one of the creation spirits of the Heavenly River Realm.

Such an existence, long, long ago, had already transcended the Immortal Realm with the Mother of Waters and reached the other shore.

And now he had returned!

Could something have changed on the other shore?

Knowing this, Yuan Qingque also felt that his ascension seemed a bit rushed.

But it was too late now.

He could only hope that his disciple, Ye Qing, would be able to protect the Dao lineage of the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect during the coming great changes.

At this moment, the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Ancestor had already transformed into starlight and dissipated before Yuan Qingque and the Demon Venerable.

From beginning to end, the Demon Venerable had only been glanced at by him.

"Under the Ancestor, there is a seventh-tier Black Tortoise True Spirit. If you can ascend to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm with me, I will request Old Ancestor Black Tortoise to bestow a drop of vital essence blood upon you."

As Yuan Qingque turned to speak to the Demon Venerable, he handed it a storage bag.

The Demon Venerable opened it and saw a full bag of Water Essence Profound Stones and some potent restorative pills.

It understood that this was for it to restore its primordial energy and vital essence blood.

Facing the ascension tribulation, even Yuan Qingque wasn't entirely confident.

If the Demon Venerable recovered to its peak, it could at least handle the first two layers of the heavenly tribulation, saving Yuan Qingque's strength.

"You can rest here. I'll come call you before we leave."

Yuan Qingque said, the spiritual energy on the sixth floor of the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda was so abundant it was unlike anything found in the mortal realm.

It was seventh-tier immortal spiritual energy.

Here, with supreme-grade spirit stones and pills, the Demon Venerable could quickly recover to its peak state.

"For you to break through to Void Refinement, it seems the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect outside has encountered a powerful enemy. My cultivation is also decent. Now that we've signed a contract, you can rest assured I won't cause trouble. Why not let me accompany you outside and help you resolve the immediate issues first?"

The Demon Venerable thought for a moment, then spoke these words.

Although the future Yuan Qingque described was grand, it guessed that after entering the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, it would merely be a small white dragon under the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's reins, perhaps even used to pull carriages or as a mount.

Thus, it wanted to see if it could seize the opportunity to go outside and leave some contingencies for its future escape.

"No need. With just me and my sword, I can resolve all the troubles."

But Yuan Qingque shook his head, directly rejecting the Demon Venerable's proposal.

He was also very clear that although the contract now allowed the Demon Venerable to submit, it was still a peak existence in this realm, and even under his watchful eye, it might still cause some trouble.

To be safe, it was better not to let it leave the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda before ascension.

The Demon Venerable looked disappointed upon hearing this.

After Yuan Qingque left, it frowned deeply.

At this time, it also didn't perform any secret techniques to go to the third floor to see the Heavenly Demonic Holy Embryo, lest it be discovered.

However, even if it left a contingency on the Heavenly Demonic Holy Embryo, if the latter couldn't leave the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, it would eventually be transformed into a Great Dao imprint within the pagoda.

At that point, all its plans would be a joke.

But even with the Demon Venerable's cultivation, it couldn't break free from this Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, let alone the embryo.

It only hoped that one day, the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect would fall due to the karma of this pagoda, and preferably not too long from now...

The Demon Venerable could only pin its hopes on this now.

With Yuan Qingque ascending and Ye Qing yet to reach Soul Transformation, this was precisely when the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect would be at its weakest. It believed that if the true spirits of the demonic royal courts had any sense, they would act to try and overturn this Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda.

Because the karma between this pagoda and the true spirits of the demonic race was simply too profound.

After Yuan Qingque finished dealing with the Demon Venerable and emerged from the Tongtian Dao Refining Pagoda, an additional figure, a middle-aged man in a tall crown and broad sash, stood on Tongtian Peak alongside Yuan Zhen.

"Greetings, Master!"

The middle-aged man was Yuan Qingque's eldest disciple, Ni Yuanzhong, also the Sect Master of the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect.

The Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect possessed three Dao Fruits.

Taihe, Nine Heavens, and Demon Extermination!

Among these, the inheritor of the Demon Extermination Dao Fruit was precisely Ni Yuanzhong.

Before Ye Qing, he had been held in high hopes by Yuan Qingque and was believed by countless people to be able to become the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect's next Soul Transformation cultivator. Unfortunately, three hundred years ago, he failed in his attempt to break through to the Soul Transformation realm.

Even so, Ni Yuanzhong remained the strongest cultivator in the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect, second only to Yuan Qingque.

"This Tongtian Peak, I leave it to you."

Yuan Qingque said to his eldest disciple Ni Yuanzhong, then waved his sleeve and vanished from the spot with Yuan Zhen beside him.

"Disciple respectfully bids farewell to Master!"

Although Yuan Qingque was no longer there, Ni Yuanzhong remained utterly respectful, bowing in the direction he had disappeared to bid him farewell.

That day, as Chen Mobai was arranging the withdrawal matters for the Dongwu region, he suddenly received a message from the Eastern Land.

It was sent by Ye Qing.

After Chen Mobai opened and read it, he fell into contemplation.

Ye Qing didn't state anything critically important in it, merely mentioning that the righteous-demonic war between the Eastern Land and Dongli had reached its most crucial, life-or-death moment.

He also wrote that the Lord of the Northern Demonic Dao, the current Bone King, had crossed the sea, and the situation had reached its most perilous point.

However, Ye Qing also stated that the Eastern Continent Holy Land possessed profound power, and even with the addition of the Bone King, they had sufficient strength to cope.

However, the Holy Land was now focused solely on the demonic path, adopting an attitude of abandonment towards the three border regions and even the Dongyue situation.

Therefore, Ye Qing wrote to Chen Mobai, advising him not to overemphasize the gains and losses of the Dongwu territory.

During the upcoming critical righteous-demonic Soul Transformation battle, he hoped Chen Mobai would be able to protect his own safety amidst the onslaught of the desolate sea and desolate ruins demonic beasts.

At the end of the letter, Ye Qing added a piece of advice.

Even if the Five Elements Sect perished, Chen Mobai should ensure his own survival.

Although the words weren't too explicit, Chen Mobai already understood Ye Qing's meaning.

If the Five Elements Sect perished, the One Yuan Dao Palace in the Eastern Land would still await Chen Mobai's inheritance. But if he died, the connection between him and the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect would likely become a dead end.

However, Chen Mobai felt that besides these explicit points, Ye Qing's message contained a deeper hidden meaning.

Combining the current intelligence with the fact that the Eastern Continent Holy Land showed no retreat but continued to hold fast at the border despite the Lord of the Northern Demonic Dao arriving by sea, Chen Mobai vaguely realized the truth.

Could it be that Yuan Qingque intended to break through to Void Refinement, clearing a path to a brighter future?!

It was precisely because of this that Ye Qing specifically mentioned the "connection" between Chen Mobai and the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect.

Even though he had guessed this, Chen Mobai dared not verify it.

For him, the most important matter at hand was to deal with the Desolate Sea demonic beasts.

"Daozi, everything is ready."

At this moment, Su Zilu flew into the camp and informed him of something.

After she successfully cultivated her Dharma Body Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai immediately dispatched her to inspect the integration of the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder with Dongwu's spirit veins.

Although theoretically, this divine thunder could detonate spirit veins, destroying heaven and earth.

In the past, Zhou Ye, at the Core Formation realm, used this to scare away Old Ancestor Baiwu after the death of Grandmaster Hunyuan.

But Chen Mobai had never personally witnessed its actual effectiveness.

Even at the One Yuan Dao Palace, opportunities to employ such a method were rare.

After all, the spirit veins in the Eastern Land all had owners.

For the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder to detonate a spirit vein, it needed to be combined with a grand formation to spread throughout the entire vein.

And they certainly couldn't experiment on their own Five Emperors Mountain.

As a result, Su Zilu, as the Saintess, also lacked experience in using the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder to detonate spirit veins. However, there had been a few instances of such world-shattering acts in the history of the One Yuan Dao Palace.

Su Zilu had heard about these matters from her master, the previous Palace Lord, when she was still the Saintess.

Therefore, compared to Chen Mobai, she was actually more adept at this.

"How are things with the Desolate Sea demonic beasts?"

Hearing that the work to detonate the spirit veins with the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder was complete, Chen Mobai immediately called in Mo Douguang and others, inquiring about the situation on the front lines.

"The human migration from Dongwu's twelve prefectures and counties was not hidden from the demonic beasts; they likely knew about it long ago. A few days ago, as per your instruction, we deliberately conceded the eastern area of the Myriad Rivers Returning to Sea Formation, allowing a large force of Desolate Sea demonic beasts to occupy it."

"And now, the western and southern sides are also gradually falling due to our insufficient number of cultivators."

"Only on the main front, at Jinfeng Slope, where you and I, along with the Five Elements Sect's army, are stationed, are we still resisting."

"If we withdraw at this point, the Desolate Sea demonic beasts will definitely believe they repelled us through their superior strength."

After Mo Douguang finished, Chen Mobai nodded slightly, looked at the 3D map in the tent, and marked the fallen areas within the Myriad Rivers Returning to Sea Formation in red.

Besides the collapse along three sides of the formation's periphery, many small red dots also lit up throughout the grand formation, indicating the twelve prefectures and counties of Dongwu. These were areas occupied by previously invading Desolate Sea demonic beasts, as well as some traces of the demonic path.

Looking down from above, nearly a quarter of the entire Myriad Rivers Returning to Sea Formation's 3D map was already occupied by demonic beasts.

Upon seeing this, Chen Mobai reached out and overturned the sand table before him.

"It's time. Inform Dongwu that the Desolate Sea demonic beasts are too powerful; prepare to withdraw!"

Faced with this news from the Five Elements Sect, Sun Huanglong and the others, though appearing troubled, had no other recourse.

After all, the might of the Desolate Sea demonic beasts was evident before them.

Thirteen fourth-tier demon kings, even after so many years of attrition, still had an endless supply of demonic beasts coming ashore, maintaining a million-strong force of low to mid-tier demonic beasts.

If not for the Five Elements Sect's intervention, their various Dongwu families, facing such a scale of demonic beasts, would have undoubtedly collapsed at the first contact and fled.

That they had held out until now, they understood, meant the Five Elements Sect had already done its utmost.

"On behalf of the Dongwu cultivation world, I, Sun, thank your esteemed sect for its protection these past ten years. Your great kindness will never be forgotten by the people of Dongwu."

As they withdrew, Sun Huanglong led representatives from several major Dongwu families to Chen Mobai's tent, bowing deeply to express their gratitude.

"I only hope that when this war concludes, you all won't turn around and blame me."

Chen Mobai, feeling a sense of guilt, said this.

In response, Sun Huanglong and the others repeatedly shook their heads, stating that for this lifetime, they would only feel gratitude towards the Five Elements Sect, never resentment.

"In the Dongwu cultivation world, anyone who dares to harbor resentment towards the Five Elements Sect would truly be worse than pigs and dogs."

The Core Formation Old Ancestor of the Jin family directly uttered this remark, and the old ancestors of other Dongwu families beside him all nodded in agreement.

The Five Elements Sect could have entirely relied on formations and remained in the Eastern Barrens, yet they still led their sect's elite, even two Nascent Soul Old Ancestors personally, to protect Dongwu.

And they guarded it for a full decade.

Such kindness was almost like a rebirth.

In the eyes of the Dongwu cultivation world, the Five Elements Sect seemed more like a Holy Land than those in the Eastern Land.

"Everyone, for your journey to the Eastern Barrens, I have arranged for disciples to receive you. The matter of covering your retreat, leave it to me."

Feeling contrite, Chen Mobai personally left his tent and saw Sun Huanglong and the others onto the Five Elements Sect's flying boat.

Currently, only the Five Elements Sect's flying boats could enter the Eastern Barrens from outside. Dongwu's treasure ships, transporting their own disciples, could only first dock at Yunmeng Marsh.

However, Core Formation cultivators like Sun Huanglong all owned residences in the Eastern Barrens, so Chen Mobai specifically dispatched a flying boat to transport them.

Mid-air, Sun Huanglong and the others saw Chen Mobai standing on the mountaintop, watching them depart, and were even more deeply moved.

"Once they leave Dongwu territory and reach the waters of Yunmeng Marsh, begin the detonation."

After the flying boat disappeared, Chen Mobai said to Su Zilu beside him.

This was his final act of mercy.