"I already understand your predicament."
Jiutian Xuanye nodded calmly. She had naturally seen the circumstances of these eight female cultivators clearly.
She knew there were special sealing methods within their bodies.
Most importantly, their eyes were indeed brimming with resentment toward Venerable Tianyu, and they had yet to be used as cultivation furnaces.
Venerable Tianyu had made them carry his sedan chair merely to humiliate them, waiting for them to lower their heads completely.
As she spoke, her fingers moved again, and a gentle stream of Star Power flowed once more from her fingertips.
The power spread out, yet it did not take their lives.
Instead, it undid the seals within their bodies.
Feeling their bodies suddenly grow lighter, the red-clad woman and the others were first stunned, then their faces filled with astonishment and delight.
They all rushed forward and knelt before Jiutian Xuanye.
"Thank you, Senior, for helping us escape this sea of suffering!"
Jiutian Xuanye merely smiled without speaking, her gaze returning to the remaining four surviving female cultivators.
She said nothing, but her scrutinizing eyes rested on the remaining four.
These four female cultivators had been inside the sedan chair earlier. Though their cultivation was at the Body Integration Realm, the essence within them was depleted. It was clearly the result of being harvested repeatedly.
"Senior, we submitted to Venerable Tianyu only to seek a path to survival.
Cultivation is not easy. We beg Senior for mercy and ask that you spare our lives."
Meeting her gaze, the four female cultivators hurriedly began pleading as well.
"You four are quite clear-headed."
Jiutian Xuanye circulated her power again and likewise helped the four undo the seals within their bodies.
As for the four female cultivators who were not clear-headed, who were determined to follow Venerable Tianyu, they