"Withdraw..."
He Pingsheng waved a hand, drawing the World-Grinding Disc, ten thousand li across, back into his grasp.
The World-Grinding Disc returned to its normal size.
The Central Pole Heaven Emperor, meanwhile, had been trapped inside the supreme treasure by He Pingsheng. Getting out was impossible.
"He Pingsheng... He Pingsheng... killing me serves no purpose!"
"Why don't we negotiate instead?"
He Pingsheng gave a cold smile. "Rest assured... someone whose soul is utterly destroyed cannot be reborn to journey through reincarnation!"
"Impossible!" The Central Pole Heaven Emperor grew frantic. "He Pingsheng... Sages are deathless and indestructible. That is a rule decreed by Heaven. You cannot kill me!"
"Is that so?" He Pingsheng asked.
"All rules are set by the Heavenly Dao, but what if the Heavenly Dao no longer holds sway?"
"Hmph..."
"Baobao!" He Pingsheng tossed the stone disc to Xin Baobao. "Absorb him right here in the Sixth Heaven!"
"Use him to raise your cultivation!"
"Huh?" Looking at the stone disc her master handed her, Xin Baobao panicked. "Master... but... what if..."
"There is no 'what if'!" He Pingsheng said calmly. "No karmic burden will descend upon you. Rest assured, he more than deserves to die!"
Just then, Shang Xihong and Ming Yue also arrived in the Sixth Heaven.
"Amitabha..." Ming Yue greeted everyone with a bow.
Xin Baobao accepted He Pingsheng's stone disc.
Gouchen asked in some confusion, "Heavenly Dao purple lightning descended just now. What exactly happened to you?"
"Hehehe..." Ming Yue chuckled. "We likely could not have withstood an all-out strike from the Heavenly Dao. For this, we must thank Benefactor He!"
"Benefactor He took us away directly through a non-spatial route, into nothingness, evading that strike from the Heavenly Dao!"
Only then did everyone understand: so that was what had happened.
At the same time,