Within the Illusory Fire Burning Heaven Pagoda, Yun Yan the Elixir Master was invincible. He could kill anyone below the Integrated Body Late Stage.
Even those at the Integrated Body Late Stage feared him to some extent. He could kill them if he truly wished, but doing so would accelerate the loss of his Mahayana Nascent Soul and might even plunge him into slumber.
After all, his Mahayana Nascent Soul was rootless duckweed, water without a source and a tree without roots. Every bit he used was one bit less.
However, merely altering and erasing the memories of several hundred or a thousand cultivators below the Body Integration Realm was still effortless.
Boom!
The Mahayana Nascent Soul swept forth in conjunction with the might of the Illusory Fire Refining Heaven Pagoda, instantly reaching Jiu Feng, Huan Du Chi Mei, A'shi Lan, and everyone else, erasing all their memories.
Then, the Treasure Pagoda erupted with a majestic radiance. With a single strike, it tore open space and teleported the surviving cultivators away one by one.
Li Qingyuan looked at the sleeping Ji Kun and Old Zhao, who was in seclusion digesting the Demon Venerable's divine soul. He pondered aloud, "Whenever the Immortal Ancient Relic opened in previous sessions, the trials lasted a thousand years."
"Thus, each time the trials ended and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Void Refining Army returned, quite a few Body Integration Spirit Lords would be born."
"For Peak Void Refining cultivators, and even cultivators who have entered the Three Tribulations of Body Integration, a thousand years is indeed enough to attempt Body Integration and hope to become Spirit Lords, provided their opportunity is right."
Becoming a Spirit Lord was the greatest goal of every Void Refining Cultivator participating in the Immortal Ancient Relic trial.
Li Qingyuan