The self-detonation of a Quasi-Saint unleashed enough energy to destroy heaven and earth.
For anyone incapable of withstanding it, destruction was the only possible outcome.
The Great Luo experts who had lain in ambush around Five Villages Temple and followed Hongyun consequently perished one after another.
Although one or two escaped disaster through the power of their treasures, they suffered grievous injuries and immediately fled into hiding.
As time passed, the lingering force of the explosion began to dissipate, revealing a world reduced to wreckage and ruins.
Nothing remained of its former splendor. Only desolation and death prevailed.
Meanwhile, the outer layers of treasures shielding the four Demon Sages had already been destroyed, and even the innermost fireproof barrier had been largely ruined.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The four Demon Sages emerged from their treasures, each suffering injuries of varying severity. Clearly, Hongyun's self-detonation had exacted a considerable price from them as well.
This enraged Ying Zhao and the other three demons. The sight of their destroyed treasures and the devastation around them sent their fury soaring to the heavens.
"That madman! Even in death, he wanted to drag us down with him!"
"My treasures!"
"We're lucky just to be alive. That old bastard Hongyun really threw his life away when he got ruthless."
"That fellow nearly killed us."
"Wait, where's the primordial purple qi?"
Ying Zhao was the first to react. At his shout, the other three demons also came to their senses and began searching for the primordial purple qi.
Yet after searching for ages, they failed to find even a ghost of it.
"Could the primordial purple qi have been destroyed too?"
Ying Zhao quickly rejected Gui Che's guess. Shaking his head, he said, "Impossible. The primordial purple qi is the foundation of the Great Dao. It