Jiang Ding looked at the many disciples below from the Great Yin Yang Sword Realm and the Great Sun lineage, then nodded reluctantly.
"Fellow Daoist,"
"Thank you!"
"From now on, I will likewise look after the disciples of the Heavenly Beast Garden and the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect, repaying this tenfold."
Jiang Ding said seriously.
One matter was one matter.
This was merely a small favor. He had not forgotten how the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Beast Garden had once joined forces to besiege him. That was a life-and-death vendetta, not something that could be absolved by bestowing a little grace.
"Truly?"
Heavenly Beast Supreme was overjoyed.
He was already in his twilight years and did not care much for his own life or death.
"Besides,"
"Great Sun Fellow Daoist, this old man and the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect have another merit."
Heavenly Beast Supreme thought for a moment before saying, "Since the collapse of the An Yun Protectorate, the Heavenly Beast Garden has always guarded the Planar Channel without ever losing it. We have never allowed the Demon Race of the Vermilion Bird Star Domain to invade this place, preserving a vast territory for the human race. That should count as merit for humanity, should it not?"
"This should be of use to you, should it not?"
"If the Heavenly Beast Garden and the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect had not guarded this place day after day for tens of millions of years, how could there still be a pure land for humanity? How could human experts have had the chance to grow?"
He bowed deeply.
At this final moment, faced with the temptation of living tens of thousands more years, he was not as tranquil or detached as he had imagined. He had not truly looked