Through their conversation, Liu Yu learned that the senior sister in palace robes, whose cultivation was at the foundation establishment late stage, was surnamed Lin.
Of the Primordial Yang Sect's nine Foundation Establishment cultivators, six had now returned, one had died, and two had yet to return.
Still, there probably would not be any dramatic reversals like "turning the tables at death's door" or "the weak defeating the strong." At most, the Hehuan Sect cultivators might escape with their lives, since the Primordial Yang Sect cultivators pursuing them were generally one minor stage higher.
The gap between minor stages in the Foundation Establishment Realm was far greater than in the Qi Refining Period. Unless someone possessed fine spirit artifacts and exceptionally pure magical power like Liu Yu, or a trump card such as a talisman treasure, turning the tables was essentially impossible.
Only a tiny minority of cultivators could overcome someone above their level. It was an exceedingly rare occurrence.
Without some unique advantage of their own, more than ninety percent of cultivators would be mercilessly crushed when confronted with a gap in cultivation.
Faced with the cultivators' merciless slaughter, the mortals had no power to resist. Any struggle they put up was insignificant before magical artifacts and spells.
By the time the Foundation Establishment cultivators finished their discussion, most of the mortals had become corpses lying on the ground. Only a few "lucky ones" had escaped into the darkness and preserved their lives.
The Qi Refining disciples did not pursue the mortals who had already fled into the distant darkness. Time was tight, after all, and they could not exterminate everyone. Killing enough to prevent the survivors from organizing and mining for the Hehuan Sect would suffice.
The remaining two had yet to return, but time waited for no