Through Secret Treasures, everyone kept their eyes fixed on the Golden Scorpion's dissolving body.
They watched until they were certain it showed no signs of coming back to life.
A few seconds later, unprecedented joy spread across every face.
The Ape Star cultivators cheered in delight.
"We won! We won!"
"We beat it!" a woman whispered.
She turned around and saw no one.
Every senior from her sect had perished in the battle.
She had become the only Saint left in her sect after the war.
Ape Star had won this battle.
But it was a bitter victory!
Many people were overcome with emotion. Some cheered, while others wore tragic smiles.
Their faces were filled with sorrow.
War meant death. It meant people would lose those who mattered to them.
For a time, the starry sky above Ape Star was steeped in both joy and grief.
"Master, didn't you say you wouldn't use your trump card?"
Bai Yu'er looked at Li Ye in surprise.
She looked about eighteen, with delicate features as if carved by Heaven's own hand. Tall and graceful, she had a striking figure.
Standing beside Li Ye, she was like a blooming daffodil.
Her smile remained as sweet as ever.
"The old thief Zi Xian only wanted my life."
"But the Golden Scorpion wanted the lives of countless beings across this starry sky."
"They're not the same!"
"When facing an invader, we must never hesitate."
Li Ye said.
Although they had been to the Heavenly Domain, they had never slaughtered innocents.
Some factions in the Heavenly Domain were different.
They would casually sacrifice all living beings in blood rituals, destroy entire planets, and seize whatever they wanted by force.
Under those circumstances, Li Ye naturally wouldn't hold back.
Bai Yu'er had grown up in the Heavenly