Jiang Yun watched the scene quietly without speaking up to stop them. Admittedly, if he acted, none of these people would need to die; he alone could wipe out the Blood Evil Clan.
But he did not do so. A general's triumph was built on ten thousand withered bones. If Zi Yan wanted to gain the Plane Embryo's recognition, he could not interfere too much.
Moreover, the moment everyone knelt, he vaguely sensed a power settling upon Zi Yan. This power had appeared when Zi Yan was eliminating the Blood Evil Clan.
Only now, it had grown even more concentrated. Jiang Yun could not have been more familiar with this power: it was the Plane Embryo's Plane Power.
There were only two ways to gain the Plane Embryo's recognition. One was to act like the Outer Realm Evil Clan, thoroughly polluting the plane until the Plane Embryo had no strength to resist, then forcibly refining it.
The other was to gain the recognition of all living beings and gather the power of their wishes. This, too, offered a slim chance of refining the Plane Embryo.
However, a Plane Embryo was also a living being. Yearning for freedom was the instinct of living beings, and they instinctively resisted being refined. Thus, the most effective method was to work both approaches together.
As with Lin Dong and Mu Chen, when it sensed the threat of pollution while one also had the support of all living beings' power, the chance of refining the Plane Embryo would increase greatly.
Thus, for Zi Yan's path of cultivation, he would never be softhearted, nor would Zi Yan show misplaced mercy.
Having made her decision, Zi Yan nodded to Jiang Yun beside her. With a shift of her figure, she became a streak of light and headed