Fine rain whispered down, blurring heaven and earth. Drifting mist veiled the distant mountains like gauze, filling the area outside Purple Ultimate Immortal Mountain's Mountain Gate Grand Array with fog like some uncanny illusion.
The long-running war had temporarily ceased. From time to time, human figures could be seen moving among mountainlike heaps of corpses, using spells to haul away debris.
They were disciples of the Purple Mansion Palace, clearing the battlefield.
Disciples from the Incense Accumulation Sect worked among them, joining in the cleanup.
"It really is filthy here. With all these bodies and clods of earth, how long will it take to clear everything?"
"Junior brother, things are already good enough as they are. What more could you ask for?"
"That's right. Now that the Purple Mansion Palace has won this round, its future is bound to be secure. That matters more than anything."
As they talked, they could not help voicing their feelings.
Even so, none of them slowed their work in the slightest.
Once the Purple Mansion Palace people had cleared a level patch of ground, they arranged an incense array around it and began burning incense.
This was a simplified Incense-Burning Banquet array. Using ordinary incense such as agarwood and sandalwood, easily gathered in the mortal world, they produced incense capable of dispelling corpse stench and gloom. It could improve the surroundings remarkably well, prevent plagues, and even kill venomous insects and evil creatures that depended on filthy environments, restoring the tranquility of the Immortal Mountain Paradise.
Meanwhile, senior brothers and sisters from the inner sect were also teaching on-site.
"Watch closely. This is Purification Incense. It dispels foul qi and wards off evil impurities, making it ideal for situations like this, where rotting corpses cover the ground and corruption runs rampant."
The surrounding ground