Inside the Underground Palace.
Fang Shu surveyed the vast palace square, his eyes filled with emotion.
Hundreds of lives and two Foundation Establishment Earth Immortals—now only he and Er Daiyuan remained alive.
After looking around and repeatedly confirming that no other survivors remained in the Underground Palace, Fang Shu looked toward Er Daiyuan atop the stone pillar. A faint smile appeared on his face as he said:
"I betrayed my master, and you destroyed your ancestor.
"Fellow Daoist Daiyuan, we truly do make a fitting pair."
Still chuckling, he flashed onto the stone pillar before Er Daiyuan could react and reached out to help her up.
"Everything is settled now. You can get up, fellow Daoist."
He also placed the one tael of mid-grade spirit stone he held into Er Daiyuan's palm.
Feeling the purity of the spirit stone in her hand, Er Daiyuan looked surprised and hurriedly said, "Thank you, my dear Fang."
After they exchanged a few words, Er Daiyuan returned the artifact and sat cross-legged nearby to focus on recovering. Operating the Foundation Establishment artifact had consumed a great deal of her blood essence.
Fang Shu, meanwhile, moved to where Immortal Long Gu's and the Er Family ancestor's remains lay.
First, he retrieved a bracelet-like object from Long Gu's ashes, then found a dingy gray pouch on the Er Family ancestor's corpse.
These were Long Gu's and the Er Family ancestor's storage artifacts.
Fang Shu had hoped to find other things on them as well, such as the artifacts they had refined.
But Long Gu's body had already turned to ash, while the Er Family ancestor's flesh had been charred by lightning. His remains were hardly any better; even salvaging the scraps would be difficult.
*Fortunately, this cloth bag seems to be a Foundation Establishment artifact. It