Retribution

Joyful Desire Venerables fled toward the eastern side of the Black Corner Region.

Before anyone realized it, such a rumor began spreading in secret and naturally reached the ears of those Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns who had come for Joyful Desire Venerables, all of them arriving at the same thought without prior discussion.

They had been discovered by Joyful Desire Venerables!

Not a single person doubted the authenticity of the rumor. Instead, they became even more convinced of what they had heard before—Joyful Desire Venerables was indeed in the Black Corner Region!

These people knew full well that they were not the only ones who had come for Joyful Desire Venerables, while Hun Miesheng possessed only one Bodhi Pill. That meant only one thing.

First come, first served!

At almost the same moment, the nearly twenty Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns sprang into action. Afraid that someone else might get there first, they did not even bother concealing their identities, treading through the void and racing toward the eastern side of the Black Corner Region beneath the astonished gazes of the people below.

Among the crowd below, Yuan Yi and Su Mei blended in with the others. Watching those Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zuns who looked ready to tear off at any moment, a trace of mockery curled at Su Mei's lips.

"They really believed the news we casually put out."

"No, you're wrong." Yuan Yi softly refuted Su Mei. "Breaking through to Dou Sheng is their lifelong goal, as well as the sole reason they remain alive. In their minds, if they cannot even break through to Dou Sheng, then the rest of their lives hold no meaning whatsoever."

"So even if they know this news might be false, they will convince themselves that it is true."

"They have already been