The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning had fallen!
The news raced through the Great Sects!
The cultivators were stunned, especially those of the Heavenly Dao Sect, who thought it was a false report. The Spring Returning Church had evacuated early, and almost all its cultivators had already reached the Heavenly Dao Sect. How could the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning have fallen?
Upon hearing the news, the cultivators immediately sought out those from the Spring Returning Church to find out what had happened...
Meanwhile!
In the Spring Returning Church's Spring Renewal Valley, the entire valley had vanished, leaving only an enormous crater a hundred li across. Within it, a thousand-zhang-tall giant covered in horns roared furiously, "Damn them!! Damn those humans!!!"
Plenty of Demon Soldiers still hovered in the sky a hundred li away, but their numbers had dwindled considerably from the terrifying army of over two million...
Li Xiaoya and the others soon found Alchemy Spirit Child of the Spring Returning Church. He and his fellow cultivators were steeped in grief. Clearly, they had already heard the news.
Although Li Xiaoya and the others knew this was a poor time to ask about the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning, they spoke up anyway, needing to understand the situation.
Choking back sobs, Alchemy Spirit Child recounted everything that had happened.
As it turned out!
After receiving the Heavenly Dao Sect's message, the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning had decided to take his entire church there for refuge, but he himself would leave last!
Yet after all the cultivators had departed, the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning had not teleported over to join them.
"...Although I don't know exactly what happened to Master, his Lifebound Primordial Spirit Lamp has already gone out!" Alchemy Spirit Child said through his sobs. He