Outer Heaven.
Ming He stood in boundless darkness, staring around her in bewilderment.
Nothing remained here.
The dozen or so lords of rotting, mutating organs were gone, along with all the blood, vessels, flesh, and other matter.
Just before, they had banded together and begged her to let them see Xu Yuan.
They had said they wanted to join her while keeping their original forms.
They had wanted to stand united with her.
They had even wanted to follow the Three Realms and find a way to escape the Ancient God Body as it rotted away completely from Corruption.
But—
The problem she had failed to spot had been seen at a glance by Xu Yuan's friend, even through the Barrier around the Three Realms.
"Light and Shadow Reappearance."
Ming He formed a Mystic Seal with both hands and gave a low shout.
A scene from several minutes earlier appeared in the Void.
Those beings had been floating in midair, waiting.
Then a black ball of light had flown in, unfurling into boundless light and shadow that fell across them.
In that instant,
each one had been struck by a punch.
Just one punch.
Ming He watched their bodies get smashed to pieces, scattering everywhere like minced meat.
By the time she had arrived,
the scraps had fallen out of sight.
Perhaps something else had eaten them. That was possible too.
Ming He returned to her palace in a daze. She stood on the terrace and looked toward the Three Realms.
Only then,
As she recalled how she had treated that human, Fear finally surged from deep within her and turned into belated dread.
"Ridiculous..."
"I almost decided to teach that fellow a lesson."
She had come within a hair's breadth of dying!
All thanks to Xu Yuan's words: "Don't