Jiang Ding glanced at the many disciples below from the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm and the Great Sun Lineage, then nodded reluctantly.
Back then, he had caused the great calamity of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm. For so many of these disciples to ultimately receive a good outcome, he had to acknowledge that favor.
"Fellow Daoist,"
"Many thanks!"
"In the future, I will likewise look after the disciples of the Heavenly Beast Garden and Pill Heaven Immortal Sect, repaying this tenfold," Jiang Ding said earnestly.
One matter was one matter.
This was merely a small favor. He had not forgotten how the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect and Heavenly Beast Garden had once joined forces to besiege him. That was a life-and-death vendetta, not something that could be absolved by bestowing a little grace.
"Truly?"
Heavenly Beast Supreme was delighted.
He was already in his twilight years and did not care much about his own life or death.
"Furthermore,"
"Fellow Daoist Great Sun, this old man and the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect have another merit."
After considering it, Heavenly Beast Supreme said, "Since the collapse of the Anyun Protectorate, the Heavenly Beast Garden has always guarded the planar passage. We have never lost it, never allowed the Demon Race of the Vermilion Bird Star Domain to invade this place, and preserved a vast territory for humanity. Surely that counts as merit toward humanity?"
"This should be of use to you, Fellow Daoist, should it not?"
"If not for the Heavenly Beast Garden and the Pill Heaven Immortal Sect guarding this place day after day for tens of millions of years, how could there still be a pure land for humanity? How could human experts have had the chance to grow?"
He bowed deeply.
At the final moment, faced with the temptation