Ling Wuce hurried towards Sea Stone City with one person and a spirit in tow, looking over the vast sea, unable to find its former semblance, his face full of disbelief.

The destruction was so complete, this wasn’t just the destruction of a city; the very terrain had changed!

The Wood Spirit bleated as it searched for its main body. Although the massive tree still stood, its state was miserable.

The immense trunk was riddled with countless cracks, with some places even having huge gaps caused by residual waves, leaning precariously, its once luxuriant canopy now a scene of decay.

The Wood Spirit sorrowfully cried out, then transformed into a light that merged into the tree, and only then did the giant tree slowly straighten, as green light began to fill all the gaps in the trunk.

Qing Wan spoke with a dejected face, "Lord Wood Spirit says it might need some time to recover."

Ling Wuce nodded solemnly; to preserve the main body in such a dreadful battle was already fortunate.

"You stay here with Wood Spirit!"

Han Yu wasn’t here, Ling Wuce guessed he should be nearby or should look in the direction where the signal had just been sent.

When he arrived in haste, his hair stood on end!

Is it not over yet?

Han Yu’s current state was truly terrifying, exuding an aura of destruction to the extreme; even though... even though he was distant, standing a league away, he almost couldn’t breathe.

What left him even more aghast was the two avatars at Han Yu’s feet; how could there be two?

There was a fourth person in the scene, a Daoist!

Ling Wuce naturally recognized him; back in Minzhou City, it was this person who appeared and drove away the avatar.

Could he be an enemy rather than a friend?

The atmosphere was clearly off; he was contemplating hiding first when Han Yu suddenly withdrew his power.

The compressed power within the domain vanished without a trace, and Han Yu spoke with a smile, "Don’t mind me, I was just scaring this guy who wouldn’t speak the truth."

Liu Zongyuan’s mouth twitched visibly; he didn’t believe such nonsense, saying it was to scare the avatar, yet surely there was an intention to scare him too.

But fortunately, he hadn’t acted to snatch; that suddenly revealed power, he admitted, he had no ability to withstand.

Han Yu had the ability to kill him too!

Damn it, merely a month, and the cultivators of the Central Continent have advanced so much?

Yet he wanted the avatar regardless; to return with a living avatar would certainly be of great benefit, the secrets on the avatar, the secrets behind it, these were extremely valuable intelligence.

After pondering for a moment, he concluded and then pondered further, with a peculiar and slightly embarrassed expression.

"Friend, do you remember, a month ago, I saved you?"

To bring such matters onto the table, for a Divine Platform Realm expert, it was overly shameful.

"This guy is asking for a favor in return!"

The Artifact Spirit couldn’t help but mock within the Sea of Consciousness.

To give or not to give?

Although Liu Zongyuan didn’t say it directly, Han Yu understood his meaning.

"Why not just kill him; thirty years of my Qi Fortune, he wants to seize?"

Concerning Qi Fortune, especially in such a large amount, the Artifact Spirit would not let it slide, bluntly suggesting to kill him.

"Give it to him."

Unexpectedly, Han Yu said.

"You don’t want the thirty years of Qi Fortune?"

The Artifact Spirit showed a face of disappointment, teeth gnashing, seemingly truly wanting to chew Han Yu to bits; could he afford to be so generous?

Han Yu spoke in the Sea of Consciousness; essentially, the two avatars were the same person as the avatar.

"Do you think Quan Xiaotong would be easy to trick?"

The Artifact Spirit was at a loss for words; though they had never met, Quan Xiaotong indeed left an impression on them as someone astutely cunning.

Now that the avatar was reduced to a wreck by Han Yu, the only valuable thing was the so-called Spiritual Treasure body, aside from whatever was in its intriguing mind.

It indeed wasn’t confident in seizing another advantage.

"Give it to him gratuitously! Yet just now, you seemed ready to act."

Just now, Han Yu’s stance, it certainly didn’t believe was to intimidate the avatar reduced to a wasteland.

"Nonsense, didn’t you see that Daoist’s malicious gaze just now?"

Liu Zongyuan’s gaze moments ago was very much like those who once wished to snatch his Pills, except they wanted to seize the Pills, but he wanted to seizing a person.

"I can give, but he can’t snatch."

Behind that Daoist was clearly a force comparable to the Corpse Refining Lineage; having already provoked the Corpse Refining Lineage, Han Yu wasn’t keen on provoking another.

"Giving him an extra avatar, returning the favor, I’m not losing out."

Upon thinking this, Han Yu grinned as he grabbed one of the avatars, tossing it towards the other side like a sandbag.

Liu Zongyuan was greatly surprised as he caught the sudden figure, unable to conceal his joy; in his view, exchanging a casual favor for an avatar’s avatar, he greatly profited.

"Thank you!"

With a smile, Liu Zongyuan thanked while lifting the avatar.

"You’re welcome, give and take."

Han Yu merely smiled faintly; if the other party wasn’t stupid, naturally he could understand that this was to settle accounts.

Liu Zongyuan naturally understood, nodded, and then intended to leave.

"The matters entangled with the avatar aren’t fit for you to probe; if you trust my words, it’s better to kill him than dig deeper."

Before leaving, Liu Zongyuan left a thought-provoking statement before stepping onto the green leaf and drifting away.

"Tsk! Everyone likes to speak in riddles, is it fun?"

Han Yu shook his head indifferently; he most despised wanting to say something but deliberately being obscure, leaving riddles for others to solve.

The more I guess, the more I want to know.

Then I slowly peel away the layers of mist, it’s so old-fashioned.

"I’m not guessing at all, I’ll sell it and leave."

Han Yu mocked himself.

Watching the Daoist leave, Ling Wuce finally felt his restless heart settle, and only then did he cautiously fly over.

"What’s going on here?"

He actually had too many doubts, like what was with the two divided souls, what was with the Daoist, and what did the Daoist’s words mean?

"That’s a long story, come closer, like this, like this..."

Han Yu grinned and waved him over, and afterward, Ling Wuce had a strange expression.

"Are you fooling an old man? Can eight characters contain so much information?"

...

Inspectorate.

An urgent letter flew directly into the Ascension Tower.

Soon, a cultivator quickly ran into the building holding the letter.

"Sea Stone City, urgent!"

The cultivator hurriedly arrived in front of Quan Xiaotong.

Something happened to Sea Stone City?

Quan Xiaotong was shocked and stood up, hastily grabbing the letter and spreading it out, scanning it with a grim expression.

Until he finished scanning the entire letter, fortunately, he didn’t see what he was most worried about.

Only then did he place his suspended heart back in his chest.

But what replaced it was an incomparably surprised expression; the letter contained a lot of information, but it was too chaotic.

Sea Stone City was indeed destroyed, ruined in a great battle.

The divided soul was captured!

Quan Xiaotong was overjoyed, this guy’s weight was not comparable to those small fries. Catching him alive, Quan Xiaotong did so with a try-and-see mentality.

It was like gambling entirely on Han Yu being unreasonably strong all the time.

But what about the two divided soul avatars?

And one was given to a Daoist?

Sea Stone City was also involved with that mysterious Daoist?

The message in the letter intended to say too much, yet it couldn’t be clarified in just a few words, so at the end of the letter, Ling Wuce simply asked Quan Xiaotong and Che Dapao to come in person.

The reason was also very simple.

"This person is not suitable to be brought back to the Fifth Tower."

The divided soul was too powerful, and how many similar associates were there, no one knew, but they must be strong and not weak.

Ling Wuce really didn’t dare to let such a guy into the Fifth Tower, once an incident occurred, the blow to the Fifth Tower would be fatal.

Quan Xiaotong attempting to capture the divided soul was inherently a near-suicidal act, too crazy.

If the Corpse Refining Lineage retaliated against the Fifth Tower, the Fifth Tower absolutely couldn’t withstand it.

So, he would rather let Quan Xiaotong and Che Dapao come over than send the person back right away.

When Gao Feng arrived upon hearing the news, he happened to meet Che Dapao, who came together.

As they entered, Quan Xiaotong was already ready to move.

"That kid reached this level in such a short time?"

Che Dapao entered still with disbelief, compared to Gao Feng and Quan Xiaotong, his attention to Han Yu was less, naturally unaware of Han Yu’s current changes.

Gao Feng, however, looked stern, as Quan Xiaotong’s actions were still a bit too aggressive.

Now that the divided soul was captured, it also meant that the Fifth Tower would thoroughly poke a hornet’s nest.

"Too weak, completely lacking in coping ability."

He spoke, referring naturally to the strength on their side?

After all, Quan Xiaotong was too impatient, if it were up to him, he would rather proceed slowly. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Whether I do or do not, the opposing force is always there, practicing living corpse refinement, massively slaughtering cultivators for some eerie energy, intentionally stirring conflicts among cultivators..."

All this was just what they knew on the surface, secretly, what the other side intended to do was likely more bizarre.

"The Fifth Tower wants to integrate the Cultivator Realm, the other side may not let you proceed, take a risky step, and gamble."

The most Gao Feng feared was Quan Xiaotong gambling recklessly.

This was betting with the Fifth Tower!

"What do you want to gamble on, gamble on whether they care about the divided soul?"

"No!"

Quan Xiaotong shook his head, "I bet they can’t come into the Central Continent that easily, I bet those two overseas forces restrain each other."

"If any one of them comes in, our side can’t handle it, what’s the use of that gamble?"

Gao Feng chuckled bitterly.

"If any one of them happens to come in, I’ll prepare more of that thirty-year vintage, Han Yu should really like it."

"I wish they’d come in one by one."

Quan Xiaotong thought of this and instead laughed confidently.