Of course...
It was also possible that Sikong Jing had worried too much.
Perhaps the King of Night Charms had never encountered anyone from the Primordial Cosmos Great World at all, and had merely stumbled into some deadly forbidden ground or enormous tomb within the Burial Emperor Tomb.
Having the Demon Dream Witch accompany them to Heaven-Soaring Palace...
would allow the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow to learn of the King of Night Charms' true condition.
Thus, Sikong Jing's true body set off with Golden Dragon Wuhai.
Before departing...
he directly transformed the first three layers of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword into an inheritance and infused it into a massive Green Jade Stone Brick, handing it to the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and the other beasts so they could cultivate as they traveled.
At the same time, he summoned Ling Dongyang back and tossed him to the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and the other beasts.
Sikong Jing no longer needed Ling Dongyang as a guide. With the beasts keeping him under control, there was no fear that he would dare harbor ulterior motives.
As for the people of Purple Dust Pavilion...
Sikong Jing still kept them by his side, placing them within the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison. Originally, he had needed people from Purple Dust Pavilion to serve as liaisons and such, but now there was no need for that either—the beasts had all gathered.
Watching Sikong Jing and Golden Dragon Wuhai depart, the beasts drew deep breaths...
The Divine Turtle gazed at the remains of its comrades still scattered across the Shattered Battlefield, whose bodies had yet to be collected and whose graves had yet to be raised, and murmured, "Once everything settles down, the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts will return to collect your bodies. Please