"I... I know!"
"I'm Zhao Yu, a disciple of the South Sea's Zhao Family. The Blood Soul Cult captured us not only to drain our blood essence, but also to plant black insects inside us. They said we would become their puppets once the insects matured!"
A young cultivator raised his hand, his voice trembling. "But after taking the pill just now, I felt as though the insect inside me had been suppressed!"
Hearing this, Liu Qingmeng immediately stepped forward and placed her fingertips, glowing with pale purple spiritual light, on Zhao Yu's pulse.
"That's right. You all have spirit-devouring gu larvae inside you, but fortunately, they haven't matured yet."
A moment later, she said, "The gu-removal method I developed earlier, combined with our Divine Firmament Thunder Art, should eradicate them completely."
"Follow the Danding Peak disciples to the Divine Firmament Warship first. Once we return to Sea-Gazing City, we'll remove the gu completely."
Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief and told them, "If you wish, you may stay in Sea-Gazing City for now and return to your homes once the South Sea stabilizes. If not, the Divine Firmament Dao Sect will still provide enough resources to help you rebuild your homes."
"Thank you, Vice Sect Leader Li!"
The cultivators dropped to their knees, their eyes filled with gratitude. "We are willing to follow the Divine Firmament Dao Sect and fight the demonic cultivators together!"
After this calamity, all they wanted was to survive under the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's protection. They had long since abandoned the carefree dream of founding their own sects and lineages.
As for returning to rebuild their lineages and sects?
The Blood Soul Cult had beaten every last ambition out of them.
Staying alive under someone's protection had become their only extravagant hope.
"Rise."