Li Muyang felt a sense of alarm in his heart.

Last time everyone discussed ascendants, he had stayed invisible and silent, so the masters of the Immortal Artifacts’ discussion on ascendants had been superficial at best.

Now that he had spoken up to probe, he hadn’t expected to burst out with such explosive information.

Yet, looking at the illuminated avatars of the group members on the group list, Li Muyang’s brow furrowed, and he recalled the content of the last conversation.

He remembered that Jing Muan had even mentioned wanting to get in touch with an ascendant, right?

…If ascendants truly ate people, Jing Muan wouldn’t have suggested such a thing.

Looking at the chat group that remained silent, Li Muyang felt rather speechless.

—Since ascendants don’t eat people, what are you all afraid of?

Such an intense reaction scared me too.

Li Muyang felt speechless and began to wait as he stared at the chat group, wanting to see how others would respond.

However, the eerie silence continued in the chat group.

Even though everyone’s avatars were lit up, not a single person spoke up.

This tense silence lasted for another two minutes, and finally, it was Li Muyang who broke it.

[Big Shot Cang Su: Why isn’t anyone speaking anymore?]

Li Muyang asked directly.

But after his words, everyone in the chat group still remained silent.

It was Zi Weiheng who finally responded.

[Zi Weiheng: Haha… Big Shot Cang Su, as humorous as ever. It’s only the ancient spirits that eat people, ascendants don’t.]

Zi Weihang tried to lighten the mood.

But after he spoke, the others in the chat group went offline.

In the blink of an eye, the avatars in the member list all turned dark.

Only Zi Weiheng remained online.

Seeing the intense reaction of the other masters of the Immortal Artifacts, Zi Weiheng heaved a sigh.

[Zi Weiheng: Big Shot Cang Su, refrain from making such jokes in the future.]

[Zi Weiheng: Everyone is already wary and vigilant of you, worried that you are a pawn planted by the ancient spirits… and you make jokes like this…]

Zi Weiheng said with a sigh.

[Zi Weiheng: Before you came on the scene, Xu Suwu was eaten by the ancient spirits, and Wei Suyi even lost an arm and an eye in that battle, injuries that have yet to heal to this day.]

Zi Weiheng’s words resolved Li Muyang’s confusion.

So it turned out that these masters of the Immortal Artifacts were suffering from PTSD due to the ancient spirits.

Although they had managed to repel the ancient spirit with the combined efforts of everyone, the creature in the Misty Sea had severely injured this group of masters of the Immortal Artifacts, an ordeal that they still dreaded to this day.

Now aware of the situation, Li Muyang thanked Zi Weiheng.

Then, with a gleam in his eye, he inquired about Zi Weiheng’s revenge plan.

Li Muyang expressed his willingness to lend a hand with Zi Weiheng’s plan for revenge, curious to find out whether Zi Weiheng intended to act today.

The response from Zi Weiheng in the chat group eased Li Muyang’s mind.

[Zi Weiheng: I appreciate Big Shot Cang Su’s kind offer, but I don’t plan to take action just yet.]

[Zi Weiheng: I am here to observe the battle today, just to gauge the truth and falsehood of the Sect Master of the Refinement Demon Sect.]

[Zi Weiheng: As for my plan for revenge, it is only missing the last step… hmm, once everything is perfectly prepared, I shall single-handedly annihilate the Refinement Demon Sect and slaughter their entire order.]

[Zi Weiheng: Big Shot Cang Su, just wait for the news. If I emerge this time, it will certainly shock everyone… hahaha…]

Zi Weiheng logged off with a happy laugh, and his avatar quickly darkened.

Zi Weiheng, who had previously wanted to invite the masters of the Immortal Artifacts for help, now declined Li Muyang’s assistance.

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No one knew exactly what his plan was, but it certainly filled him with confidence.

As he eyed the members logging off in the group chat, Li Muyang’s eyes narrowed.

“…At least one thing is certain, Zi Weiheng won’t make a move today.”

Li Muyang shared this message with Yan Xiaoru.

Hearing that Zi Weiheng wouldn’t cause trouble today, Yan Xiaoru visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body relaxed.

“If that’s the case, then I can rest easy.”

If Zi Weiheng didn’t take the opportunity to strike amidst the chaos, then even if Tianxin the Elder were strong, he wouldn’t be able to turn the tide.

After all, Tianxin the Elder was facing an ancient demon that had been lingering and cultivating in the shadows for over a thousand years.

The so-called Gong Yanghong was nothing more than a borrowed shell, a body taken over by the Ancestor of Demon Refinement after possessing it.

At this moment, Li Muyang stood atop the Flying Boat, overlooking the mountains and lands below, feeling completely relaxed.

He decided to watch this grand battle to its end, then return to his quiet room to continue strategizing for the BOSS fights.

The monster BOSSes in the Buddha Cave Temple were formidable, but now Li Muyang and Nie Yubing had leveled up, and it wasn’t difficult for Li Muyang, who controlled the remains of an Ancient Sword Immortal, to defeat these monsters.

He has already killed three BOSSes, and now he was challenging the fourth monster BOSS.

Li Muyang wanted to complete this game as soon as possible; aside from claiming the rewards, he also didn’t want Emperor Lu’s plotting to truly succeed.

If the emperor did succeed in turning the Tianyuan Continent into a realm of demons, then all beings living upon this land, including the Sword Cultivators of the Mysterious Sword Sect, would have no way out.

Whether it was Chu Qingxue or her fellow disciples and sisters, Li Muyang had a good impression of them all.

A friendly and harmonious cultivation sect like the Mysterious Sword Sect should not perish from this world.

Not to mention, the Shen Yan sisters above the Misty Sea should be arriving at the Tianyuan Continent soon.

If the Tianyuan Continent was overrun with monsters, and they were surrounded by these creatures upon reaching land…

Li Muyang shook his head, casting out the terrifying image from his mind.

He looked up at the distant sky, where the Sect Master of the Refinement Demon Sect sat cross-legged in the void, the demonic aura around him growing ever more solid.

In the far horizon, a streak of urgent light sped swiftly towards them.

The Alliance Hierarch of Qing Yang Meeting, now a powerful demon cultivator who reached the Heaven Persistent Realm, Tianxin the Elder burst through the clouds, arriving in a blink of an eye.

The speed of his arrival, so fast it was beyond belief, shocked all the cultivators who were watching.

“…Is this the power of the Heaven Persistent Realm?”

“Such a swift flight!”

Every cultivator witnessing this scene had their pupils contract with alarm.

Especially those mighty beings of the Purple Mansion Realm who stood on the Flying Boats; they all stood up disconcertedly, their faces showing astonishment.

They knew the Heaven Persistent Realm was stronger than the Purple Mansion Realm, but they had not expected the gap between the two realms to be this immense!

Yan Xiaoru also narrowed her eyes, muttering, “…Such a terrifying speed of flight!”

With such speed, a life-or-death strike from Tianxin the Elder would be enough to instantly kill any Purple Mansion cultivator in the world!

But Li Muyang, who had seen much and knew much, was unimpressed by this speed of flight.

He had encountered Immortals before and had even soared through the stars and traversed the vacuum of space with Xiao Ye Cao, traveling to the moon.

To him, Tianxin the Elder’s speed was nothing special.

However, when Tianxin the Elder appeared, a look of astonishment still flickered across Li Muyang’s eyes.

Because, at the moment he saw Tianxin the Elder, the pull of his aura caused Li Muyang to enter yet again into that profoundly mysterious state of soul ascension.

His soul drifted into the sky, surveying everything in this world from a God’s perspective.

But the Tianxin the Elder seen in the state of ascension was not a great cultivator of the Heaven Persistent Realm at all.

The figure riding the flight light beneath the sun, was actually a pale, grotesque body, covered in strange, writhing maggots and reeking of decay.

Tianxin the Elder was a corpse?!

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