Wraith, Deity

The Soul-Calming Bell was a top-grade quasi-immortal artifact. Its former master had once been the overlord of Gu Frontier before the spiritual tides changed.

How could a quasi-immortal artifact forged by True Person Barbaric Blood compare?

Kong Jiao estimated that the Blood-Coalescing Pearl artifact was, at most, a low-grade quasi-immortal artifact.

Then Kong Jiao's thoughts stirred again.

He controlled the Grand Void Cauldron to wrap around Zhan Rudong's divine soul, sinking it into his own body. Suppressed by the Grand Void Cauldron, it was sealed within him.

As for that blood pearl, Kong Jiao suppressed it with the Soul-Calming Bell and sent it into his sea of consciousness.

Having gained a quasi-immortal artifact for nothing, Kong Jiao's face nearly split with laughter.

Naturally, Zhan Rudong's corpse did not escape his grasp either. Kong Jiao put it away.

Though the physical body had already been corroded by the Sun-Eroding arrow intent until it was riddled with holes, it was still the body of a peak Life Dominion Realm body cultivator. It was more suited for refining puppet constructs than an ordinary peak Life Dominion Realm body. With a little patching and mending, it would still be superb material for crafting a puppet construct.

And, of course, there was Zhan Rudong's storage pouch.

Other than spirit crystals, however, it mostly contained spiritual items related to body cultivation, as well as Dao arts. Kong Jiao clearly had no use for them.

"Keep the spirit crystals. Toss everything else into the Soaring Firmament Treasury—it should all fetch something."

After casually sweeping his gaze through Zhan Rudong's storage pouch, Kong Jiao thought with little interest.

Having finished all that, he happened to see Duan Yufei, who had been observing the battle outside Heaven-Splitting Valley, finally darting toward its interior after the battle ended.

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