You had originally planned to wait until Lin recovered somewhat, then find a way to deal with the troublesome Flame Winged Clear Sinking Demon, even if it meant consuming more Time Sequence Spiritual Machine. Even if you could not kill it, severely wounding it would still be good.
You believed that, with your rate of growth, by the time the Flame Winged Clear Sinking Demon recovered from the time needed to heal such grievous wounds and encountered you again, it would no longer be able to pose any threat to you... Yet now that the Flame Winged Clear Sinking Demon had vanished without a trace, it instead made you uneasy. It introduced countless variables into your future plans, forcing you to take into account that fellow lurking in the shadows whenever you did anything.
Fortunately, after controlling Lin, you could at least enter secluded cultivation with peace of mind, without worrying that someone might attack Qingming Hetong Heaven at any moment while you cultivated.
Yet such days could not last forever. Although Lin was a Fallen Immortal Monarch, he too needed to continue growing, and there was still room for his strength to improve. On the other hand, you also needed Lin to make extensive use of Resentful Energy in the fallen Lost Land to create "Mourners."
If done well, an army of Mourners could also provide you with no small amount of help. After all, not every Mourner was like those you had seen at the beginning, with the strongest possessing only Quasi-Emperor strength. That had merely been the situation when they had no master. Once a Fallen Immortal Monarch such as Lin took command, Mourners could also potentially be cultivated to Emperor Realm strength.
Moreover, there were differences even among Mourners. Mourners created from high-quality Resentful Energy left