There were many things humanity had to do, even if they demanded great sacrifice.
Firmstone True Person and Purple Stone True Person understood this. They also understood that nothing could shake the will of a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Lord, so they offered no objections. They remained silent.
"Hardstone."
"I've made arrangements for you two and for the sect as well."
Jiang Ding spoke slowly. Before he knew it, his voice had grown harder, no longer steeped in the warmth of the sect. "I'll send you both away to other minor worlds and give you the identities of another servant race. Live under those identities from now on. Whatever happens, do not reveal yourselves."
"Under normal circumstances, you won't be exposed unless a king-rank imperial scion spends centuries searching for you."
"The kings of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan cannot find you."
But if an ancient imperial scion, or even the Great Emperor himself, searched for two ants?
Then they would have to accept their fate and wait to die.
Humans were lowly as servants. There had never been any such thing as absolute safety for them.
"As for the sect,"
Jiang Ding continued.
"The Mountain-Quelling Sect will rule the surrounding hundred thousand li and become its absolute master. Every remaining disciple will receive vast quantities of heavenly treasures and countless cultivation manuals. They can use them to cultivate or squander them as they please."
"No one will oppress them. No one from the Horned Demon Imperial Clan will collect taxes. They can even indulge in imagining that the Mountain-Quelling Sect rules the whole world, supreme in heaven and earth. They need fear nothing. They can be arrogant, act as they please, curse and berate the Horned Demon Imperial Clan. Nothing will restrain them."
"The disciples only have a few decades