Ash.
Gray ash.
Endless white ash.
This was the blood, bones, and flesh of living beings, turning to ash beneath the sun's radiance, scattering on the wind and filling the sky, spreading across the heavens of the realm. For a time, it even obscured the clouds overhead, turning the sky gray and murky, dimming the light.
These Flesh and Blood Heavenly Demon Puppet soldiers had died long ago.
They had been tortured for countless years, existing somewhere between sentience and inhumanity. They contained the Artifact Sect's exquisite Immortal Path Technology. They could manipulate arrays with the flexibility and precision of living beings, without burdening the array master, yet possessed none of a living being's fear, confusion, or selfishness. They had easily attained the realm of "ten thousand hearts as one" for Dao soldiers, and no longer had selves.
Death at this moment was merely liberation, the end of endless torment.
This sight of blood and bones becoming ash, scattering across the world and blotting out the sky and sun, filled people with boundless terror, as though the end of the world had arrived.
Countless Immortal Cult spies felt a chill in their hearts and trembled without end.
The Pure Yang Sword Son was far too ruthless!
Though sword cultivators valued slaughter, sword cultivators who massacred so many living beings in one stroke were still exceedingly rare. Looking from this scene toward the future, they seemed to see endless bloody storms awaiting the Upper Realm.
Clang!
Jiang Ding's Sword returned to its sheath.
With a beckoning gesture, a female cultivator puppet with icy skin and jade-like flesh appeared in his hand.
This was the Natal Spirit puppet of the Artifact Sect's Heavenly Inquiry Inheritance, as well as her trump card for fleeing. Had the sword been even a fraction slower, this