No one else dared approach him to speak.
For a time, silence reigned before the gates of the Nine Serenities Sect.
Wenren Qihan's golden, slit-pupiled eyes swept coldly over the Nine Serenities Sect disciples. Ignoring their terrified gazes, he held his head in place with one hand and walked into the sect.
Sword Qi had severed his head. Despite his abundant vitality, the lingering Sword Qi kept the wound from healing. To recover, he would either have to wait for it to dissipate naturally or ask a powerful higher cultivator to clear it away.
Wenren Qihan could not afford to wait for the Sword Qi to dissipate. His only choice was to seek out a higher cultivator.
But with Ao Xiu still alive, he could not return to his clan in the South Sea. Here on land by the East Sea, he was not quite isolated and helpless, but close enough. Those higher cultivators he could turn to for help were scarcer still-practically nonexistent.
Although the Wen River Deng Clan had agreed to cooperate with his clan, that cooperation was solely intended to kill Zhang Yuan. Each side harbored its own ulterior motives; the Deng Clan had no sincere desire to help the South Sea Dragon Clan. He could not seek help from them.
And even if the Wen River Deng Clan were willing to lend a hand...
Wenren Qihan would not dare go.
The Wen River Deng Clan was an artifact-refining aristocratic clan, after all. In their eyes, his Celestial Person-level True Dragon body was undoubtedly a first-rate refining material. If he really went to them, whether he would leave alive was another question entirely.
With no other recourse, he could only choose another faction.
The Nine Serenities Sect of the Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm had an Outer Dao