The Mad Dragon Faction and the Origin-Restoring Heavenly Ginseng Fruit Tree (double-length chapter; please vote and subscribe)

"Mu Huayuan certainly was decisive!" the Heavenly Nirvana Phoenix Saint remarked as she watched the soul light scatter into the distance and peace return to the world.

Her eyes were filled with emotion.

After all, cultivators spent their entire lives striving for higher realms, yet even someone at the spirit transformation middle stage could turn to dust after a single wrong step.

"He truly was a formidable man." Ye Jingcheng could not help nodding.

From just a few words, Mu Huayuan had deduced that he had searched Mu Mingqing's soul.

As for his self-destruction, besides keeping Ye Jingcheng from learning about the power behind him, he had probably also wanted to protect his friends and relatives in the Spirit Realm.

They had been fortunate, really. Had the Ye Family not stumbled into the Southern Sea and learned the Profound Heaven Sect's secret, and had the vine of mysterious heaven not bought them time, the outcome might have been very different if the Mu Family had bypassed the Heavenly Beast Sect and attacked the Ye Family directly.

With Mu Huayuan wielding two Heaven-Reaching spirit treasures, backed by the formidable Mu Minghe and Mu Mingqing, two Demon Saints, and a sixth-stage spirit puppet, the best outcome for the Ye Family would have been to expose the Ancient Demon Race and leave both sides grievously wounded.

After pondering for a while, Ye Jingcheng took out the Heaven-Observing Treasure Mirror and inspected the surroundings again.

Mu Huayuan was most likely dead, but with a precedent already set, it was better to remain cautious.

He would never have known without looking: there was also an inheritance valley in this Grotto-Heaven.

He headed toward its entrance, with the Demon Saints and Ye Jingyu following behind him.

Above the entrance hung a plaque bearing the name Mad