She's still alive!
Layered Heavens Palace was completely destroyed in the attack; there were ruins everywhere, and not a single place was intact.
Sang Ying led the group in a long search and unexpectedly found several Layered Heavens Palace disciples who were still alive.
The group quickly sped up the clearing of the rubble and rescued the disciples.
Perhaps because they had been trapped underground for too long, those people, despite being given medicine and water, showed no signs of waking up for the time being.
The group had no choice but to settle them on the airship first, and then continue with their work.
Because of the previous examples of survivors, they became even gentler in clearing the rubble, afraid that they might accidentally kill those who should have been alive.
But since everyone was a cultivator, even with the lightest movements, they were still quite fast. Before long, the ruins were almost completely cleared away.
After Sang Ying carefully lifted a huge stone slab, she was startled by the scene below.
She looked at Fang Chi not far away, her voice filled with complex emotions. "Fang Chi, come here."
Fang Chi paused, as if she had realized something.
Not only her, but everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Sang Ying. Fang Chi walked to her side with almost weak steps, and when he looked down, he met a quiet and peaceful face.
The master of the Layered Heavens Palace lay peacefully among the rubble, his eyes closed.
"Master!" Fang Chi called out to the person who seemed to have fallen asleep, and then rushed forward.
The woman, who still looked young, wore a purple-gold crown, and her armor gleamed with a dazzling golden light. The long sword beside her was broken in two, losing its former terrifying intimidation.
Fang Chi staggered to the woman's side, but for a moment he didn't dare to reach out and touch her.
Seeing this, Sang Ying also stepped into the deep pit and grabbed her friend.
"Master, I'm late." Fang Chi's voice trembled, but he controlled himself from shedding tears.
She knew her master would never want to see her cry, so no matter what, she forced herself to hold back her tears and refused to cry.
Sang Ying hugged her, feeling her friend's trembling body.
She let out a deep breath, her resentment towards the Demon Lord's Fusheng reaching its peak at that moment.
Suddenly, the chest of the person who had been lifeless in Sang Ying's sight rose and fell!
Sang Ying's gaze sharpened as she stared intently at the Palace Master. The next second, her chest heaved again!
Confirming that this was not a hallucination, Sang Ying quickly patted Fang Chi: "Look, Palace Master Shen seems to still be alive."
"Sang Ying, you don't need to comfort me. I know very well what the result will be if Master uses the last layer of his Cultivation Method. Master will not be coming back..." Fang Chi was still immersed in grief when Sang Ying grabbed her hand and placed it on the Palace Master's neck.
Fang Chi instinctively tried to pull her hand back; she dared not touch her master's cold, lifeless body. But the moment her hand touched the Palace Master's, the warmth beneath it made her unable to struggle any longer.
"Yes, it's hot!" Fang Chi exclaimed in surprise. As if to confirm repeatedly, she checked her master's pulse and then tried to feel her breathing.
When that warm breath sprayed from the palace master's nostrils onto her fingers, Fang Chi's tears instantly welled up.
"She's still alive! My master is still alive! Sang Ying, my master is still alive!" Fang Chi's words were incoherent for a moment. She didn't know how to express her joy, she just kept pulling Sang Ying and repeating the words "she's still alive."
Sang Ying nodded at her, "Yes, Palace Master Shen is still alive. The backbone of your Layered Heavens Palace is still intact!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Chi could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
The final cleanup was completed quickly, and the corpses of all the disciples in the Layered Heavens Palace, except for those demons, were properly disposed of.
Palace Master Shen's physical injuries were too great. After examining her, the accompanying physician said to Fang Chi, "This Cultivation Method has robbed Palace Master Shen of most of her life force. She will probably need many life-restoring spirit medicine before she has a chance to wake up. This process will be very long, so you need to be mentally prepared."
"Thank you, but as long as Master is still alive, I am already very content." Compared to only being able to see the other's corpse, seeing that Master still has a chance to wake up, Fang Chi had nothing to complain about.
The disciples who had woken up earlier had told her that her senior brother had led a group of younger disciples away before the Layered Heavens Palace collapsed. So even though the Layered Heavens Palace was gone, some embers remained outside.
These messages rekindled Fang Chi's hope, which had been somewhat desperate. She was no longer afraid of the days when she had to support the sect alone.
"Now that the matter at the Layered Heavens Palace is temporarily resolved, let's head to the Myriad Phenomena Sect as soon as possible." Looking at the Layered Heavens Palace, Sang Ying couldn't help but worry about the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
Although there are many people there, the power of the demons should not be underestimated.
Upon hearing this, the others immediately nodded in agreement. The flying boat quickly set a new direction and headed towards the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
Because of the lesson learned from the Layered Heavens Palace, the flying boat moved exceptionally fast this time, and Jiulian even added a Spirit Crystal to the array plate in order to save Myriad Phenomena Sect in time.
By the time everyone arrived, the battle at the Myriad Phenomena Sect had reached its climax.
The exhausted cultivators were still making their last struggle, and the protective formation of the Myriad Phenomena Sect was already on the verge of collapse.
If Sang Ying and the others hadn't arrived in time, the cultivators here probably wouldn't have escaped their fate.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the cultivators of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, who had originally planned to give up resistance, rallied again. With the combined efforts of both sides, they not only repelled the demons but also caused heavy casualties to their army, forcing them to slink away in disgrace.
The Myriad Phenomena Sect, exuding a fierce aura, personally received Sang Ying and the others, and even wanted them to stay for a banquet.
However, considering that the Demon Lord was still guarding the town at the foot of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, Sang Ying and the others had no intention of staying for the banquet, so Jiulian helped them refuse.
However, to everyone's delight, the Hai Household actually escaped to the Myriad Phenomena Sect and happened to run into Hai Tingzhou!
When Haizhou City fell, most of the Hai Household died in the battle to defend the city. Only the severely wounded City Lord Hai led the remaining members of his clan to escape at the last moment, fleeing to the Myriad Phenomena Sect to Haizhou City.
The City Lord Hai originally only intended to send a letter to his son, warning him to simply not return and instead follow the Twin Orchid Realm to his death. Who would have thought that his son would actually have such incredible luck, that the people he befriended in his youth were so capable, leading a group of cultivators back to aid the Twin Orchid Realm!
City Lord Hai had previously thought only that his youngest son was cowardly and unable to shoulder heavy responsibilities, had mixed feelings. He never imagined that it would be Hai Tingzhou who would ultimately save the Hai Household.
Despite his complicated feelings, City Lord Hai was still very happy to have been saved by his son.
So much so that before his injuries had fully healed, he boarded Ten Thousand Daos Born's flying boat, intending to accompany his son to the Flowing Light Sword Sect.
Sang Ying and the others naturally did not refuse. Since Hai Tingzhou also did not want to be separated from his family, they took the opportunity to take all the Hai Household members who had escaped with them.
Remembering that the Flowing Light Sword Sect was not yet completely out of danger, the group did not stay at the Myriad Phenomena Sect for long before hurrying back.
But when the flying boat reached the foot of the Flowing Light Sword Sect mountain, a crisis quietly descended.
Fan Nanjun led a group of demons to ambush the flying ship on its inevitable route. As the enormous creature slowly flew overhead, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes:
"Let's get started!"