"Big brother!"
The Thirteenth Elder of the Phoenix Race swept her gaze over the whole of Lone Pine Mountain.
It had endured the bombardment of several Great Emperors, then lost more than half its bulk to Zhou Qingmei's self-detonation.
What had once been a blessed land for cultivation had now become a field of ruins!
"There are still quite a few disciples here!"
"Should we..."
The Thirteenth Elder raised her hand and brought it down like a blade.
"No need!" The Phoenix Emperor shook his head. "Lone Pine Mountain is a sect with tens of thousands of people, while He Pingsheng's blood descendants number fewer than a hundred!"
"Now that all of He Pingsheng's blood descendants have left, killing these people would merely entangle us in Cause and Effect Karmic Burden. It wouldn't cost He Pingsheng anything!"
"Then what should we do?" The Thirteenth Elder looked bitter.
Not having slaughtered He Pingsheng's descendants, she acted as though she had suffered a great loss.
"No need to be so dejected!" the Phoenix Emperor said. "We are the Divine Race, not the devil race!"
"Killing brings no pleasure!"
"Our goal was to eliminate the threat He Pingsheng and his descendants posed to our Phoenix Race. Although we didn't kill them, we forced them to leave the Spirit Realm and cut themselves off in other Lesser Worlds. As far as our Phoenix Race is concerned, we have still achieved our goal!"
"Everyone, let's go!"
"Withdraw..."
"Sister Zhou... sob... Sister Zhou..."
Having witnessed Zhou Qingmei detonate herself, True Person West Lake was overcome with grief, trembling all over.
Over the years, she and Zhou Qingmei had managed all of Lone Pine Mountain together. They had worked in perfect harmony and were close as sisters.
Now, however, Zhou Qingmei had detonated herself.
How could