While Su Yuan was in seclusion, the Yaksa sailed along the coast of the East Continent.
Xuan Haoran, Zhu Tianqing, and Leng Qianliu had already left the Yaksa. They took Wei Chenghai and Qin Jin, two Golden Core experts corrupted by Black Mud, and began recruiting the Blood God Cult's remaining members in various places.
Blood Soul True Monarch never showed up during this time. It was unclear whether he was watching from the shadows or had already been so terrified by the power behind Su Yuan that he had fled.
Motis had not appeared during the operation to recruit the Blood God Cult's members.
It wasn't that they distrusted the former Saintess of the Blood God Cult. They were simply worried that Blood Soul True Monarch might target and capture her.
To keep the girl safe, Su Yuan planned to take her with him to the Cold Plum World. There, she could leave the Blood God Cult's conflicts behind and put her talents to use in a suitable position.
That night, Su Yuan immediately slipped into a coastal prefectural city in the East Continent.
He released more than five hundred thousand civilians in an empty lot outside the city, removed their shackles, and purged the Black Mud's corruption from them.
Only after soldiers patrolling outside the prefectural city discovered the vast crowd, summoned the city's garrison commander, and brought local officials to inspect them did Su Yuan secretly leave.
With that, the more than five hundred thousand civilians captured by the Blood God Cult were finally safe.
But the people killed by the cult while capturing the civilians could not be brought back.
All Su Yuan could do was investigate the Blood God Cult's scum afterward, turn them all into soldiers without free will, and avenge the dead and