Although they had lost the Imperial Envoy's control, Azure Lion and White Elephant were not in good condition.
White Elephant had had nearly half his life force devoured by the Imperial Envoy. Coupled with the contamination of divine power and the influence of the blood pool Azure Lion had evolved beside him, his once-snow-white body was covered in filth. A faint bloody hue and black patterns had surfaced upon his six tusks, unsettling anyone who saw them. He could clearly fall into the demonic path at any moment.
In comparison, Azure Lion was no better off. The curse within him had been activated. The pure qi within his body, along with the blood qi and dead souls he had devoured, endlessly tangled around him, using his body as a battlefield as they continually ground away at his life force and spiritual wisdom.
Seeing this, Yu Chen raised a hand and pointed. A lotus blossomed, supporting Azure Lion and White Elephant and cutting off the blood pool's influence. Then, a wisp of pure qi surged from his crown and formed a mu-wide cloud of celebration in midair.
A deity sat upon it, holding a jade ruyi, wearing a hibiscus crown and a Nine Heavens Daoist robe.
The deity looked upon Azure Lion and White Elephant and waved the ruyi in his hand. The Three Scenes Mysterious Edicts, Eight Assemblies Spiritic Chapters, phoenix-script dragon-writing, and gold-bound jade characters embroidered upon his sleeves fell one after another, transforming into eight-cornered inscriptions that cast down rays of light. They pierced the mysterious void, illuminated all directions, and guarded the remnants of the two beasts' spiritual wisdom.
Then Yu Chen looked toward the countless dead souls within the blood pool.
He had no intention of delivering these dead souls. The netherworld of the main world