He could not help but recall the Jiao in the Endless Valley. Now, with his current strength, he no longer feared great beasts at the peak of the Demonic Spirit Realm. It was finally time to collect the Jiao's spirit!
With Sword Qi Thunderclap and the Nine-Dragon Heavenly Chariot Talisman combined, his evasion speed would rival that of early-stage Core Formation experts.
This was the source of Qin Sang's confidence.
Even if something went wrong on Daoist Jiupao’s side, he would have no trouble escaping. Not to mention, he still had the Xutian Thunder and other cards up his sleeve.
Qin Sang’s eyes flashed. He withdrew the ebony sword, summoned a cloud beneath his feet, and returned toward the Chaotic Island Waters.
Quietly entering the grand array, Qin Sang did not seek out Senior Brother Rong and the others. Instead, he flew straight to Misty Island.
Half a day later, Qin Sang left Misty Island, his expression somewhat grim.
He had already learned that during the battle a few days ago, Ji Wu had never appeared. Ji Wu had already left the Chaotic Island Waters.
Perhaps he had taken another route.
Or perhaps Ji Wu did not know the secret art of the Heart-Devouring Insect.
After all, he was not a member of the Kuiyin Sect, but someone whom Daoist Jiupao had taken in afterward.
When the Kuiyin Sect was destroyed, the remaining insect gu had been destroyed along with Yi Tianye. Without the corpse of a Heart-Devouring Insect, the secret art had become essentially useless. It was perfectly reasonable for Daoist Jiupao not to have passed it on to Ji Wu.
Qin Sang had long been prepared for this possibility.
He did not stay long at Misty Island. After meeting briefly with Manager Bao—the one interested in purchasing a living corpse—Qin Sang once again left the Thousand-Illusion Array of True Waters.
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Sunken Cave.
Nearly a century had passed. Though the people had changed, the baleful aura remained as it had always been.
Qin Sang no longer feared the cold of the Sunken Cave. Familiar with the paths, he slipped through the gaps in the barriers and quietly approached the cave dwelling inside the Sunken Cave.
Within, a disciple was cultivating bitterly. He had prepared numerous artifacts to ward off the cold, but the chill here was not so easily dispelled. Nevertheless, he persevered.
It was here that Qin Sang had once killed Sun De, claiming the first astra of his life—a critical piece that would later enable him to defeat Yu Hua.
Every step, every encounter, seemed destined from the start.
After a glance, Qin Sang continued his descent, eventually passing through the layers of malevolent yin qi and arriving at a stone platform close to the Earth Malevolent Qi.
He laid down a concealment barrier.
Then Qin Sang opened the Corpse Puppet Pouch. First, the malevolent corpses at the late stage of the Foundation Building Realm flew out, dispersing around him on guard.
After that, Qin Sang, exercising utmost caution, retrieved two corpses that still retained faint traces of aura but had already been stripped of consciousness, and laid them before him.
Yu Hua and the Yellow Armored Man.