Song Wen's sea of consciousness.
Yin Jiu and the souls of the nine monks were all here.
However, Yin Jiu's soul body was mottled with patches of dark red.
His soul was curled up, still trembling without cease.
The nine monks, meanwhile, wore looks of horror. Their gazes shifted back and forth between the black hole overhead, Shadow Void and Gu Que nearby, and Yin Jiu's soul body at their feet.
Song Wen's figure abruptly materialized before them.
Seeing Yin Jiu in unbearable pain and his consciousness scattered, Song Wen turned his attention to the nine monks.
"Why did you bald donkeys slaughter the cities under my Divine Blood Sect?"
The nine monks trembled in fear, yet none answered Song Wen's question.
Song Wen's expression instantly turned cold.
A mass of lustrous golden liquid rapidly gathered before him.
Surging waves of heat radiated from the golden liquid.
The nine monks' faces immediately grew even more terrified.
"Benefactor..."
Someone was about to speak, but after sweeping his gaze across the nine, Song Wen fixed it upon the fat monk, Li Ku.
With a casual wave of his hand, Song Wen sent the golden liquid flying, pouring it directly over Li Ku's face.
"Aah—"
Li Ku's scream was hoarse and broken, as though his throat had been stuffed full of red-hot coals.
Under the scorching golden liquid, his nose and eyes began to melt.
Li Ku raised both hands to wipe his face, but the golden liquid smeared onto his hands as well, making his screams even more shrill.
Seeing Li Ku's miserable state, the other monks were filled with fear, and a trace of grief quietly surfaced in their eyes.
"Senior, we acted under Patriarch Fakong's orders to slaughter the city," an elderly Body Integration Realm monk answered.
Song Wen cast