Journey to Tianya City, Absorbing the Treasures!

Lu Heng kept reading.

Thick Earth Xuanhuang Essence, an eighth-grade Earth Attribute treasure. White Rainbow Gold Origin Stone, an eighth-grade Metal Attribute treasure... Together with what he had taken from the Black Emperor Sect, he now had the high-grade Heavenly Treasures of all five attributes needed to advance his Five Elements Spirit Body.

He had them all.

Lu Heng spent nearly two hours sweeping everything worth taking from Demon Flame Valley's treasury into his Storage Ring. Ores, medicinal herbs, essence blood, cultivation manuals—he left nothing behind.

Outside the treasury, Lu Heng stood before Earth Demon Old Ghost.

"One last thing."

Earth Demon Old Ghost tensed instinctively.

Lu Heng raised a hand and sent a thread of gray-white Chaos Dou Qi into Earth Demon Old Ghost's body.

The Five Elements Chaos Dou Qi surged straight in, precisely destroying three layers of Dou Qi barriers around Earth Demon Old Ghost's dantian. His Seven-Star Dou Zong cultivation was forcibly shattered, leaving him at the level of a Three-Star Dou Zong.

Earth Demon Old Ghost grunted and collapsed to the ground, his face deathly pale.

Most of the cultivation he had built over centuries was gone.

"Don't try anything, and you can live." Lu Heng withdrew his hand. "From today on, Demon Flame Valley leaves Jia Nan Academy alone. Otherwise, whoever comes next won't waste words on you."

Earth Demon Old Ghost braced himself against the ground. His lips moved a few times, but he said nothing.

The gaunt elder and the disciples beside him all knelt with their heads bowed, not daring to make a sound.

Lu Heng turned and left.

As he reached Demon Flame Valley's gate, Zi Yan came up to him with a roasted sweet potato she had found somewhere between her teeth.

"Finished hauling everything out?"

"Finished."

"You didn't