"Phew..."
After a chilling thud, Ye Kang awoke from the endless darkness.
Thankfully, the Snake Shedding Immortal Robe had been upgraded once. Though this time, too, the annihilation had left him drenched in cold sweat, it was still within what he could bear.
Then he looked at Luo Qilin, whose life had completely faded away, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Old bastard, you really planned this all the way through."
In truth, Ye Kang hadn't suspected him at all before. It wasn't until the Incense Grotto Heaven opened that Luo Qilin revealed a flaw.
If Ye Kang hadn't had a cheat, he would have died without even knowing how. But in the end, he had been the one to win.
Luo Qilin must have had plenty of other tricks up his sleeve, but faced with Ye Kang's resolute annihilation, he'd had no chance to use them.
And since annihilation had killed him, Luo Qilin's body was perfectly preserved, along with all his Storage Magic Treasures and his Grotto Heaven.
Ye Kang sent out his true qi, yanked the Storage Ring off Luo Qilin, then gave his body a forceful shake, turning it to ash.
All that remained in its place was a Grotto Heaven radiating white light.
Luo Qilin's Incense True Meaning also shattered with its master's death.
Ye Kang didn't care about the incense. He directly merged the ownerless Grotto Heaven into the Ink Jade Realm.
The Ink Jade Realm had undergone many upgrades and evolutions, and had long since become a world with fully developed Rules. A mere Grotto Heaven required no time at all; it was immediately transformed entirely into part of the Ink Jade Realm.
Soon, the Ink Jade Realm expanded, a vast stretch of new territory spreading outward while retaining its original appearance.
It was