116: The cunning reincarnation and Yang Mei

Especially those Great Experts at the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal who had been promised benefits by Luo Hou.

Now that Luo Hou was dead, it meant Hongjun had achieved the final victory.

The promise Luo Hou had made to them to divide the Honghuang World could no longer be fulfilled.

Not only that, but Luo Hou had also sent the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures they were fighting for flying away in the explosion.

They had fought to the death on this trip, yet not only did they fail to gain even half a benefit, but they also ended up covered in trouble.

Furthermore, because of this matter, they now stood completely on the opposite side of Hongjun. Once Hongjun merged with the Dao, wouldn't that be equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the Heavenly Dao?

If Hongjun hadn't disappeared, it would have been fine, as they could have gathered together to slay Hongjun to resolve their Karma.

The key was that Hongjun had disappeared.

They conducted a carpet search of the area where the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had been, but they utterly failed to find Hongjun.

If Luo Hou were not dead yet, these powerful experts who had assisted in the battle would have all joined the ranks to crusade against Luo Hou.

"All Fellow Daoists, return and enter seclusion properly to attain the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable.

The coming period of time will likely be the last peaceful days for All Fellow Daoists in the Honghuang World."

Reincarnation and Yang Mei offered this advice, then transformed into streaks of light and flew toward the east.

On the spot, the various Great Experts at the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal had different expressions, no one knowing what they were thinking.

Eventually, they all cupped their hands in a salute and vanished as streaks of light.

Only the scarred Western Continent remained, along with Mount Sumeru, which was broken down to its base.

It served as proof that a world-shaking battle had once taken place here.

With the fall of Luo Hou and the disappearance of Hongjun, the terrifying Great Calamity of the Dao-Demon Conflict finally came to an end.

The terrifying calamity qi between heaven and earth quickly receded.

In this terrifying Great Calamity, the four continents—East, South, West, and North—miraculously suffered extremely minimal losses.

They only lost those living beings who were slaughtered by others who had lost their sanity due to the infection of calamity qi and Evil Qi.

But the entire Western Continent had completely turned into a dead land.

Not a single living being survived on the entire continent, and not a single plant existed.

Even those immortal mountains, Immortal Caves, and blessed lands were completely shattered.

Fortunately, because of a variable this time, Luo Hou did not detonate the Earth Veins of the entire Western Continent.

With the Earth Veins present, the Western Continent could still quickly recover its Origin Qi.

Those immortal mountains, Immortal Caves, and blessed lands could also rely on the blood transfusion from the Earth Veins to reconsolidate and evolve once more.

After Reincarnation and Yang Mei left Mount Sumeru, they exerted their full strength and sped toward the direction of the ten-odd Spirit Treasures that had been blown away by Luo Hou.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to be able to return together with you."

Seeing Yang Mei with him, Reincarnation knew Yang Mei's purpose.

Reincarnation spoke directly without blushing or his heart skipping a beat.

"Fellow Daoist Reincarnation, don't try to hide things from this poor Daoist anymore.

Just say how many Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures you marked.

That way, this poor Daoist can see if the Spirit Treasures I marked overlap with those you marked.

Lest the two of us damage our harmony over this."

Seeing Reincarnation's appearance, the corners of Yang Mei's mouth couldn't help but twitch. This Reincarnation was truly scheming; was he really putting on an act with him, Yang Mei?

They were both experts at the Celestial Venerable Realm; who didn't know whom?

It turned out that when Luo Hou self-detonated, these two sly fellows, Reincarnation and Yang Mei, had marked several of those ten-odd Spirit Treasures.

Now, the two Celestial Venerables were following their marks to collect those several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

In this way, they could not only earn a favor from those Great Experts at the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal,

But also harvest several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures without any effort. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Those Fellow Daoists at the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal were probably still thanking Reincarnation and Yang Mei in their hearts for stepping in to block the power of Luo Hou's self-detonation.

Although these Fellow Daoists were all Hunyuan Golden Immortals at the moment and their favors weren't worth much,

Most of them would certainly be able to attain the Celestial Venerable Realm after returning from this great battle.

At that time, these favors would be very valuable.

Moreover, Reincarnation and Yang Mei had saved those Fellow Daoists more than once.

The favor those Fellow Daoists owed them was immense.

Reincarnation and Yang Mei's harvest from this trip was not limited to that.

There was also the huge Karma owed to them by the entire Western Continent and that Old Thief Hongjun.

These were all tangible benefits.

Just then, boundless golden power of Karma descended from the high heavens, falling toward Reincarnation and Yang Mei.

"Aiya, not bad, not bad at all. With so much Karma, we've really hit the jackpot this time."

Reincarnation and Yang Mei were grinning so hard their mouths were crooked.

This Karma was naturally the reward from the Heavenly Dao for Reincarnation and Yang Mei's actions in protecting the Western Continent.

Although the Heavenly Dao had fallen into a slumber, its various rules were still in operation.

The heavenly dao merit reward rules were naturally still functioning as well.

It was like an operating machine that was being watched over.

As long as it wasn't turned off, even if the person left, it would still continue to run.

Reincarnation and Yang Mei had prevented the Western Continent from being shattered.

For such huge Karma, the reward rules of the Heavenly Dao would naturally bestow boundless Karma.

Although the Heavenly Dao had its own selfish motives, it could not violate these basic rules.

As for those Great Experts who participated in the battle, it was because they caused the destruction and extinction of life on the Western Continent.

Not only did they not receive Karma, but they instead bore quite a lot of Karma.

This made their expressions look quite ugly.

They really hadn't gained any benefits from this trip; instead, they had attracted trouble and were even burdened with Karma by the Heavenly Dao.

"Not bad, not bad. With so much Karma, it's all thanks to Disciple Xuan Qing's reminder to this master.

When I get back, I'll use the Karma to condense a merit golden wheel for Disciple Xuan Qing to play with."

Having obtained the Karma, Reincarnation immediately thought of his own disciple.

However, he didn't forget to exchange information with Yang Mei.

"This poor Daoist marked three Spirit Treasures, which are..."

In his haste, Reincarnation had only marked three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

However, Reincarnation had also taken that broken section of Mount Sumeru into his possession.

"This poor Daoist marked four, which are... It seems my marked Spirit Treasures do not overlap with yours, so let us each collect our own marked Spirit Treasures.

In that case, this poor Daoist will take his leave first. We shall meet again."

Yang Mei impatiently increased his speed, disappearing from Reincarnation's sight in an instant.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, until we meet again."

"What an impatient fellow, thinking I would steal your Spirit Treasures. Am I that kind of person?"

Reincarnation rubbed his nose awkwardly; to tell the truth, Yang Mei really did feel that he, Reincarnation, was that kind of person.

"Forget it, I'd better quickly collect the three Spirit Treasures and return to my Daoist Rite to refine that half-section of Mount Sumeru into a Spirit Treasure.

Given Mount Sumeru's existence, this half of the mountain body should be able to be refined into a decent acquired supreme treasure.

When Disciple Xuan Qing returns, I must give him a surprise."

Reincarnation took out the broken half-section of Mount Sumeru's body, which possessed a very powerful spiritual aura.

Storing it into his Primordial Spirit, Reincarnation transformed into a streak of light and sped toward the place marked by his Primordial Spirit.

Somewhere in the territory of the Eastern Continent, Xuan Qing once again sneezed three times fiercely.

"Three sneezes again? Another good thing is happening?"

This time, Xuan Qing was certain that sneezing three times meant something good was about to happen.

He thought of how the Dao-Demon Conflict had ended and the terrifying calamity qi between heaven and earth had receded.