Looking at the figures beside him, fewer than one-third of those who had entered the Corrupt Spirit Qi had returned. Emperor Donghua felt no resentment, only relief. He was relieved that, by a stroke of fate, the Eastern Emperor Bell possessed a peculiar quality capable of resisting the unknown Daylight. That was why these sixteen people could still stand here—especially Ji, the supreme Dao alchemist of Spirit Pivot Valley, who had not perished inside with the others.
As long as Ji remained alive, more of the twenty-four spirit bodies Emperor Donghua had retrieved and brought back at top speed, whose dissipation was not yet complete, could be preserved...
In the same year, after Ji briefly adjusted his condition, he began examining the twenty-four spirit bodies... After his diagnosis, seventeen of them could be saved, whether because their spirit bodies were relatively intact, because of unique secret arts they cultivated, or because they had protective treasures.
The remaining seven could not be saved. They included Dinghai, the Dao Sect's sole Dao Array Master, one Heavenly Revelation Saint Master, and three others, including the Xinnuo Hall Master of Xinluo Liufēi Hall.
It was not difficult to understand why the Heavenly Revelation Saint Master had died. Under those circumstances, everyone had struggled even to protect themselves, much less spare the effort to protect someone so weak in combat. As for the Xinnuo Hall Master, he had been overly confident, drawing the attention of that Daylight. As a result, though he could originally have survived, he was left, like the dead Heavenly Revelation Saint Master, with only an extremely incomplete remnant thought.
As for Dao Array Master Dinghai, even Emperor Donghua's deliberate attempt to lend aid could not save him. Besides the Daylight, a terrifying demonic qi had also contaminated him. That demonic qi