Bodhi Patriarch, on his way to the Five Evil Realm, felt a knot in his heart over this seemingly victorious battle.
Dao Sect was currently using the "Demon Sealing Tower" within his Mount Fangcun world to lock down the shattered Resentment Crystal inside his body, but his condition was worsening. The loss of Immortal Essence could not be stopped at all. Now that the great battle had been won, no one would expend a massive amount of power to restore Dao Sect's body. What awaited him in the end was true death.
There was another matter as well. Gui Zhong had been captured alive by Azathoth. Having comprehended the Great Dao of Life and Death, Gui Zhong had ventured into the Chaos Realm more than once over the past several centuries. Although he had lost to Azathoth every time, his life had never been threatened. The fusion of the Great Dao of Life and Death had placed him in a state of immortality and indestructibility.
But now that he had fallen into Azathoth's hands, coupled with the recent instability in his mind, corruption would be even easier to carry out on Gui Zhong than it had been on Xing Shi. Gui Zhong's true strength was directly tied to his position as the Second Apostle of Lingjian. In Bodhi Patriarch's eyes, this was an exceptionally troublesome matter.
"Bodhi."
While they traveled, a voice emerged from the dark aura beside Bodhi.
"What is it?"
"There was an old cultivator with decent strength. Why didn't he join us earlier?" Unexpectedly, Guo Chen remembered Dao Sect.
"He was seriously wounded while fighting the undead. He is currently recovering in my world. I don't know whether he can hold on."
"I remember him quite clearly. He was obviously a soul body formed from resentment, yet