After Qin Yan finished sorting through the spoils, Huang Jiuli flew back from the distant horizon.
She had remained at the edge of the battlefield and watched Qin Yan single-handedly grind Red Phoenix Valley and Penglai Island, two of the Eastern Region's top powers, into dust.
She had thought herself prepared for his strength.
But when she saw the Yin-Yang Five Elements Chaos Golden Body move unhindered through the attacks of over a hundred Grandmasters, deep shock still rose uncontrollably in her phoenix eyes.
Following the custom they had long since established, Qin Yan handed all the Sword Dao Essence he had gained to Huang Jiuli.
This time, the share was larger than ever before: a full five ten-thousandths.
Huang Jiuli did not stand on ceremony. She accepted the precious Dao Essence and absorbed it into her body.
Yet her gaze grew brighter whenever it fell on Qin Yan. Something she could neither name nor explain seemed to have appeared deep in her phoenix eyes.
"Come on. Let's see what's inside the valley."
Qin Yan spoke.
As one of the Eastern Region's two top powers, Red Phoenix Valley had stood upon this land for countless millennia.
Even if the experts who had submitted to the Mystic Sanctuary had taken most of the sect's wealth with them, they could hardly have taken everything.
There ought to be something valuable left to find.
Huang Jiuli nodded and followed him toward the crimson valley.
Qin Yan casually swept out his spear. Spear Intent woven from pure Yin-Yang Qi shot from the tip of the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon.
Where it passed, Red Phoenix Valley's once-impregnable Valley Protection Array shattered with a crack, scattering into crimson motes that drifted through the air.
Strictly speaking, Qin Yan should not have been able to break this