410. Myriad Phenomena

"Should we seize the Merak Holy Son and use him as a bargaining chip...?"

Old Knife Handle sent a covert message, tentatively offering the suggestion.

"That would be unwise. The Merak Three Saints are not people we can afford to provoke. One careless move could bring catastrophe upon the village."

"...Sigh, true enough. Still, it's truly hard to accept that our sect's inheritance has been lost outside."

The grandfather and grandson secretly conversed for a while before finally dropping the matter.

"Holy Son, Heaven's Village belongs to the Heavenly Court in life and death alike. If you ask us to abandon everything and fully merge into Merak, forgive us, but we cannot comply."

Leaning on his cane, Qi Luo slowly rose to his feet.

"I understand, I understand. So there's nothing left to discuss?"

Ye Fan dusted off his backside and politely confirmed it.

"The inheritance can be found again, but our ancestors cannot be forsaken."

Qi Luo's eyes shone brightly, his words firm and resounding.

"Caw, caw, caw, caw, caw..."

At that moment, seemingly endless Fire Crows rushed in from the horizon, blotting out the sky and sun. Like a vast moving sea of burning clouds, they swept toward the mountaintop.

There were at least a million of them!

As such an enormous number of fire spirits gathered together, the temperature between heaven and earth soared sharply, and even vast stretches of space twisted along with it.

A million divine creatures were equivalent to a million cultivators, their might towering to the heavens.

"That is..."

Qi Luo, the Half-Saint, immediately changed expression and flashed in front of his direct grandson to shield him.

"Caw, caw, caw..."

The million Fire Crows surrounding the nameless mountain surged downward in a great torrent, joining and melding together to form an exceptionally towering