"Elder Zhuo, may you journey on in peace!"
After confirming that the auras of Dark Raven and Black Hound had completely vanished, the Pearl Relic House Master hovered on the wind, his eyes filled with grief as he murmured.
There were reasons his emotions ran so high.
First, it was simply his nature.
The path he cultivated was neither the nonaction of the Daoist sects nor the selflessness of Buddhism, but the Confucian Sect's punishment of evil, promotion of good, and unfettered repayment of kindness and enmity.
Thus, of the High-Ranking True Cultivators on this journey, he alone never concealed his likes and dislikes.
Second, among the many people on this journey, Elder Zhuo had been the first cultivator to answer his invitation.
He had also been the first Sword Bearer of their generation of Demon Slayers.
Although Zhuo Buming's attainments in Swordsmanship were not the highest among them, he had been the steadiest.
Whenever a newly appointed Sword Bearer fell, he was always the one who held the line.
As long as he was there, even if they suffered another defeat at the Primordial Lord's hands, they would never be completely wiped out.
Now that Elder Zhuo Sword Immortal was dead, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord was the only one left who could wield the Po Jun Sword.
If the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord could not fully master Po Jun, or was defeated while wielding Po Jun against the Primordial Lord...
Then certain annihilation awaited them.
At this thought, the Pearl Relic House Master glanced at the Primordial Lord, still slumbering ahead, then said with a bitter smile,
"The Primordial Lord's awakening is already inevitable. Whether anyone can hold the line no longer matters."
As he spoke, he looked once more toward the spot where Zhuo Buming had undergone Liberation by