At the Hunyuan Immortal Sect's grotto-heaven entrance stood all the disciples who had remained behind. As one of the four great immortal sects of this world, although it had declined somewhat before, it still had ten times as many disciples as the Penglai Sect. With a cursory sweep of his gaze, Shi Xuan saw that sixty or seventy percent of the disciples had Dao Companions, naturally making the welcoming crowd much larger.
They had already received word from some of the Heavenly Sovereigns who had returned ahead of time to make arrangements. They knew that this expedition had succeeded in one stroke, smoothly annihilating the Inner Demon Sect, and that their sect had gained two formidable Three Tribulation Mighty Ones. True Lord Shi Xuan in particular, aside from lacking the ability to manipulate time, was practically at the Fourth Tribulation level. Their fortunes were bound to those of the sect—sharing in both its losses and its glory—so they were filled with delight as they welcomed the Sect Master, True Lord Leng, True Lord Ink, and True Lord Shi in unison.
A faint smile appeared on Yan Qingying's fair, lovely face, yet she brought forth a jade tome in her hand. Her Immortal Awareness sank into it, activating the aura within. At once, quite a number of disciples and Dao Companions twisted, black shadows emerging from their bodies. Then, one by one, they were slain by the Heavenly Sovereigns who had returned earlier. Having been prepared for this, the inner demon thoughts were caught completely off guard. They had no time to sever their karmic connections and perished utterly.
After obtaining the Inner Demon Sect's Sect Jade Slip, Yan Qingying, Mu Yang, and Lu Rui had each imprinted a copy of the aura within it, using it to distinguish friend from