After the Five Viscera Temple's party left first, the other four immortal sects also swept into the sky with a roar and departed in their respective directions.
Before long, the once-bustling Five Elders Peak fell cold and quiet.
Even the wandering cultivators either left with the Beauty Palace or hurriedly vanished into the mountain forests.
Although they no longer carried any thousand-year spirit herbs, anyone who had emerged from the secret realm was bound to possess considerable wealth. They had to hurry home.
Otherwise, if someone killed them on the road, even the Beauty Palace avenging them afterward would do them no good.
Once everything settled down, Five Elders Peak became no different from any ordinary mountaintop in Mount Lu.
Some birds and beasts finally dared to venture into the area to forage and drink.
Suddenly, however, another upheaval shook the earth and mountains, sending flocks of birds scattering and beasts fleeing wildly.
What caused this commotion was none other than the five neighboring peaks themselves—Five Elders Peak.
Crack, crack!
Huge rocks peeled away and fell. Five enormous figures of spiritual light—red, yellow, blue-green, white, and black—swayed out of the mountains, standing a hundred zhang tall, perhaps even a thousand.
The five gigantic divine beings included both men and women. Some wore lofty crowns and broad sashes, some wore crane-feather cloaks, and some had smooth, hairless heads.
"The secret realm's affairs are concluded. The flourishing of Mount Lu's fortune is now assured."
"Many inheritances have appeared within the mountain. The revival of our Mount Lu Dao Lineage is at hand. At last, we can wash away our reputation as an unorthodox, crooked path!"
Their booming voices echoed endlessly through the mountain forest.
Every living creature that heard those voices and saw those divine beings bled from both ears, suffered festering