After Liu Changxu and his wife and children settled on a plan for handling and resettling the captives, they began releasing the powerful cultivators of various races imprisoned in the Demon Emperor's bracelet, one by one. As these long-imprisoned cultivators saw daylight again, some looked wary, while others could barely contain their excitement. Their auras had weakened somewhat during their prolonged confinement, but traces of their former might remained.
The screening proceeded in an orderly manner in a specially designated square within the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
First, the screening team, made up of his son Liu Fuyang and others, verified these cultivators' identities and origins, recorded their cultivation levels, strength, and past experiences, and ruled out potential risks;
then Liu Changxu's wife Chen Yufei and the others questioned them individually about their plans for the future: whether they wished to join the Demon-Slaying Army to fight the Troll Race together, return to their homelands to seek their families, or remain on Taibai Star to rest and recuperate.
Throughout the process, Liu Changxu presided over the square from the seat of honor, his gaze calm yet carrying an unquestionable pressure.
He did this chiefly because these cultivators were generally too powerful for his wife and children to intimidate. He wanted to prevent them from harming his family during the screening.
When a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator of the Angel Race was first released, he saw that Liu Fuyang, who was only at the early Tribulation Transcendence stage, intended to question him. Disdain crossed his face, and he moved to teach Liu Fuyang a lesson.
Seeing this, Liu Changxu acted without the slightest hesitation and killed him on the spot.
With that, the entire screening process immediately became orderly. Once everyone had been screened, the vast majority of the cultivators from the