Yang Yuanhong's righteous and awe-inspiring words deeply moved the Divine Temple cultivators.
The breadth of mind, vision, methods, ideals, and ambitions displayed by this Venerable Lord had already won their wholehearted admiration.
"I understand, Venerable Lord."
"I'll go save our brethren right away."
Seeing that the others were still silent, Lorraine and Mont, the Venerable Lord's most steadfast followers, were the first to step forward.
They voluntarily left the protective light barrier and entered the perilous black smoke, carrying the unconscious cultivators who had collapsed to the ground back beneath the barrier.
After the two of them, the three former Judgment Divine Envoys who had joined the Venerable Lord's camp also flew into the sky and began bringing down the Divine Temple cultivators who had been severely corroded by the power of calamity.
With these people leading by example, the remaining cultivators also began to act, following the Venerable Lord's guidance and bringing the Divine Temple cultivators back beneath the light barrier one by one.
After the Divine Temple cultivators were brought back, the Venerable Lord removed the power of calamity from them and bestowed his blessings upon them. Every one of them was overwhelmed with gratitude, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
In their eyes, today's disaster had already been a hopeless dead end. If not for this Venerable Lord's selfless rescue, they would all have lost their lives within this black smoke that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
And while treating everyone, Yang Yuanhong conveniently pinned the blame for this great calamity squarely on the heads of the Divine Temple's priests.
Combined with the "priests harm others" theory he had been promoting all along, these Divine Temple cultivators who had received rescue and blessings immediately defected on the spot.
About half an hour later, nearly