What was more, quite a few cultivators had long since abandoned hope. Even if their enslavement restrictions were removed, most of them would still cut their own throats. To them, living was instead a form of suffering.
They could not possibly account for every last detail. The only way was for Heavenly Separation Realm experts like them to survive first; there was plenty of time ahead to avenge these people.
After that came the cleanup.
Yang Chen soared into the air and destroyed the Vast Black Hole and Calamity City one after another. Then, leading the gathered experts, he used his methods to help those weaker cultivators undo their enslavement restrictions.
Once they had more or less finished employing their methods, the experts departed as well, returning to the Ancient God Realm.
Not long after Yang Chen left, two Heavenly Mandate Realm Ghost Kings swept in from a distant realm, accompanied by several Heavenly Separation Realm Ghost Kings...
Yet by the time they reached the Flame Spirit Realm, Yang Chen had already vanished without a trace.
In the blink of an eye, Yang Chen had returned to the Earth Spirit Hall. By then, a month had already passed.
"We're safe."
"We've arrived in the Ancient God Realm..."
"We're actually alive. We're still alive!"
From being enslaved to being rescued, leaving the Flame Spirit Realm and returning to the Ancient God Realm—no one knew exactly what these Heavenly Separation Realm experts had gone through.
Now that they were still alive, they all felt as if they were dreaming.
All of this was thanks to Yang Chen, thanks to this existence who had appeared as though out of a dream.
Yang Chen, however, remained as calm as ever. Upon arriving at the Ancient God Realm, he understood the rules and stopped the