Even if the First Island Lord survived and successfully possessed another body, his cultivation would suffer. Retaining sixty percent of it would already be a heaven-defying feat.
When Li Yan and Gong Shanhe first escaped here, they had briefly analyzed the situation. The escape of the Qionglin Sect's First Island Lord's nascent soul had actually helped make their own escape possible.
Their pursuers had given up after chasing them for over two hours. Aside from the reasons they had already considered, another possibility was that the First Island Lord's nascent soul had lost consciousness after escaping, forcing the Qionglin Sect to take him back for treatment as quickly as possible.
With Sea-Sundering Beasts joining the pursuit, Li Yan felt that the Qionglin Sect would not dare linger outside for too long with the First Island Lord's nascent soul. However furious they were, they could only return early and find a way to save him.
If the First Island Lord's nascent soul had also perished, the Qionglin Sect's two remaining Nascent Soul Cultivators would surely have gone mad. With only those two left, they clearly would no longer have been able to hold on to their sect.
Li Yan and Gong Shanhe believed that, under those circumstances, their enemies might have abandoned everything to pursue them. Thus, the First Island Lord had most likely survived thanks to his towering cultivation.
Over a month later, Li Yan and Gong Shanhe appeared in a market town. After making a circuit through it, they immediately flew out and headed toward a sect with a long-distance teleportation array.
"That Second Island Lord of the Qionglin Sect certainly acted decisively. He moved the entire sect within a month of the incident, and did it without a sound!"
As they flew, Gong Shanhe rubbed his chin. This