"How strong Senior Ge is—does everyone really not know? Even I could never have defeated him. His death at my hands was actually because he himself was bent on dying! After accumulating so many demon hearts, even seeking death was no longer up to him. Although I was only entrusted with the task unwillingly, I understood Senior Ge's intentions. He wanted to give everyone a place to stand and somewhere to recuperate! That might be effortless for the immortals of the Nine Immortal Realm, but for us immortal citizens of the underground city, how difficult was it?" I declared loudly.
The immortal citizens of the underground city fell silent when they heard me speak. Though most of them were still discontented, the fact that Ge Yuan was powerful coming from my mouth still convinced them deeply. When no one answered, I knew they had tacitly accepted this point, so I continued in a ringing voice, "The immortal citizens of the underground city have waited a very long time for this day. To everyone, this is hope—and even more so to Senior Ge. But why did Senior Ge choose to walk this path at this time? Surely none of you still fail to understand?! It was because of the demon hearts as well! That was why he chose me to be the one to destroy the demon hearts, simply to complete the task none of you could bring yourselves to undertake! Or are you saying that if Senior Ge asked you to kill him, any of you could actually do it?!"
All the immortal citizens of the underground city fell silent. Of course, they had no way to kill Ge Yuan.
"Senior Ge knew that when the ship carrying the ruins of the Supreme Immortal Realm docked at the harbor, and