Liu Zhi's guess had been right. Once the dead had been freed from the obsessions weighing on their hearts, they all came to their senses.
They didn't need the dried lizard corpse to command them, either. Of their own accord, they took control of the Underworld Lamp and Sun Boat, preparing to head in a certain direction.
Liu Zhi stopped them. "That's enough. Take me to this location, and I'll set up camp here."
As the Sun Boat flew downward, Liu Zhi began considering the state of the Underworld around him.
Although he had temporarily resolved the Underworld's influence on the dead under his command, he couldn't stay here forever.
It was clear that the Underworld's influence on the dead was ongoing. Liu Zhi had saved his own undead this time, but he couldn't remain here indefinitely to keep treating them.
Besides, these weren't the only undead under his command. He couldn't follow every group that came in. He had to find a way to deal with the situation.
By the time the Sun Boat landed at the spot Liu Zhi had chosen, he had already come up with a plan.
After disembarking, Liu Zhi didn't hurry to send the Sun Boat and Underworld Lamp away. Instead, he took out another camp-building blueprint: the War Ancient Tree.
It looked like a giant tree with facial features. Once Liu Zhi activated the War Ancient Tree, a beam of green light spread out in all directions from where he stood.
The green light was incredibly dense, directly pushing aside the Underworld's heavy gray mist.
Beneath its glow, Liu Zhi quickly made his choice. Since his goal this time wasn't to attack, he chose the War Ancient Tree's defensive form.
After he made his choice, the War Ancient Tree transformed from an illusion