The Overall Situation Was Decided

Healing others of poison was also a form of cultivation, and she could even earn a certain amount of Battle Merit from it. Among all Nine Provinces cultivators, Hua Ci alone enjoyed such a boon.

The Nine Provinces cultivators had arrived on the Peerless Continent for only a single day when the Corpse Race's foundation in the Heavenly Saint Hall was destroyed. Seventy percent of the Corpse Race had been slaughtered, while the remaining thirty percent fled in disarray as the Nine Provinces cultivators scattered to hunt them down.

War instantly engulfed the entire Peerless Continent. Beneath the raging flames, the day when the Peerless Continent would rise from the ashes in rebirth was not far away.

The clamor within the Heavenly Saint Hall had faded. Amid the palace ruins left behind by the battlefield, only Lu Ye and Jujia remained behind.

Lan Ziyi had already left.

She and Lu Ye had never been on the same path. Their earlier cooperation had merely been forced by circumstance, and now that the dust had settled, there was naturally no reason for her to remain.

Lu Ye and Jujia stayed for two reasons. First, to recover from their injuries. Their battle with the Golden Corpse King had left both of them badly wounded. Even with Hua Ci's treatment, and even with their powerful physiques, a full recovery would not take merely a day or two.

Second, to guard that severed hand.

The object was sinister and bizarre. It might have been the source of the Corpse Calamity.

To prevent some shortsighted Nine Provinces cultivator from setting their sights on it, Lu Ye had kept watch here. However, he had no idea how the thing should be dealt with.

After giving it some thought, bringing it back to Nine Provinces and having the