At some point, fierce winds had risen over the lake in the Grotto-Heaven, stirring towering waves like a tsunami.
The evergreen whisker carp all sank to the lakebed, not daring so much as to breathe.
The eight figures in the sky, however, wore different expressions.
Purple Sun Divine Lord looked at Divine Lord Zhengyuan, while Heaven-Breaking Divine Lord and Vast Righteousness Divine Lord continued staring at the demon saint in tiger robes, their thoughts unreadable.
Even Divine Lord Zhengyuan was utterly astonished.
He had not believed Ye Jingcheng could kill that demonic corpse, yet Ye Jingcheng had already emerged from the Grotto-Heaven.
The other side's claim that the demonic corpse had entered Ye Jingcheng's Grotto-Heaven could not have been groundless, or these demon saints would never have said it.
After all, no one who had reached Spirit Transformation was easy to fool.
Just as now, Purple Sun Divine Lord trusted him, but the other two wore strange expressions. They clearly believed he had given his disciple a treasure so that he could secretly hunt down the demonic corpse.
"Old Daoist Zhengyuan, aren't you going to explain yourself to the other fellow Daoists?" Sky-Rending Demon Saint spoke up at that moment.
He had studied the human race and naturally knew that, for treasures, even blood brothers could slaughter one another.
Now he wanted to see whether these people would still stand together as they had before once they learned of this.
Sure enough, at Sky-Rending Demon Saint's words, the other Spirit Transformation cultivators turned toward Divine Lord Zhengyuan.
Just as Divine Lord Zhengyuan was considering his response, he noticed his token light up.
He glanced at it, then smiled.
"Space Ripper, Lei Yuan, Profound Ox, you had better not let me catch you alone. In all my years, I have yet