The evening glow spread across the sky like dye bleeding through cloth, layer upon layer.
One bank of the river lay pitch-black. Moisture soaked into the scorched earth, and before long, life would flourish there again.
A corpse that looked neither human nor ghost lay among the ashes, Baleful Qi billowing from it. No living creature dared touch it.
Feng Xu landed beside the corpse, his chest so tight he could barely breathe.
He lifted the corpse and carried it toward the fleet.
Twenty days had passed between killing the wolf demon and finding Iron Pillar's body. Another thirty passed before Feng Xu returned to the fleet.
The Baleful Qi had been purged from Iron Pillar's body, but his appearance remained unchanged.
When the others saw the Baleful Corpse, none dared approach.
Hearing that Feng Xu had arrived, Yunfeng forced himself out of bed.
"Iron Pillar's body was steeped in Baleful Qi, so the Demon Race didn't dare touch it. The other humans probably don't even have bodies left to bury."
Yunfeng sighed, then broke into another fit of coughing.
"He wasn't defeated. He was just exhausted. His power was spent, his very essence drained dry, and still he held back the Demon Race's entire army alone..."
"If you could kill a Mysterious Immortal demon, why didn't you come sooner?"
Wang Qi stormed onto the deck and pointed at Feng Xu as he demanded an answer.
Feng Xu offered no explanation. He did not know how to explain. Even if he told them about the Human Dao System, no one else would understand.
"You had the cultivation of a peak True Immortal before, yet now you're back to Mid Heavenly Immortal. Did you use some secret technique?"
Yunfeng suppressed his cough, his voice weak.
"It wasn't a secret technique. It's