Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor withdrew all the Outer Realm Evil Clan forces. The vast Outer Realm territory across from the Southern Border was left completely vacant; even the permanently stationed demon armies and defensive strongholds were cleared out without a trace.
After that previous one-on-one battle, Ling Yuan had gained complete confidence in his own strength.
Now, by himself alone, he was enough to deter the entire Southern Border front and keep the Outer Realm Evil Clan from daring to set foot there lightly.
The Outer Realm Evil Clan had suffered considerable losses this time. With him guarding the Southern Border, they had no chance of breaking through, so they would most likely turn their attention toward the Great Thousand World's other defenses, searching for weak points to regain some face.
That was what had happened on Burning Sky Continent last time.
With the enemy gone, there was no point in keeping a large number of puppets stationed on an empty front line and wasting resources.
Ling Yuan simply sorted through the puppet forces at his disposal, specifically selecting the two Heavenly Demon Emperors he had just slain and refining them into top-tier puppets to remain behind and guard the Southern Border.
As for the remaining several dozen Heavenly Sovereign Puppets, Ling Yuan packed them all up and rented them to Qin Tian for deployment in exchange for more cultivation resources.
Ling Yuan still had a whole household to support. If he did not earn more, he truly would not be able to make ends meet.
Qin Tian called Ling Yuan a money-grubber, but Ling Yuan really was not asking for much. It was practically half rental, half gift, so Qin Tian did not resist too strongly.
After breaking through to Late Saint Grade, Ling Yuan became much more easygoing.