Despite their mighty cultivation base of the Sky Realm, all of the

cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had been killed by

Austin. Only the corpse of the man in white remained intact. The rest of

them were all smashed into minced meat.

"This...is unbelievable..." Dewey murmured. He and his companions

were the first to come back to their senses.

After all, Austin had kept them safe all this time, and the fight didn't

involve them at all.

"Austin... These people... from the Heavenly Dragon Holy

Kingdom...were...all killed..." Dewey stuttered. He was too shocked to

utter a complete sentence. His eyes were as wide as saucers, and he

stared at the bloody carnage of flesh and gore scattered on the ground.

The metallic tang of blood made him gag and he wanted to vomit, even

though he was usually a strong-minded person.

Even Austin himself couldn't help but swallow heavily when he saw the

havoc around him. He hadn't expected the battle to end so swiftly or in

this grotesque massacre.

“Wow, this is the power of the evil ape.

It's so strong!" he thought.

If I had gone to pick the soul-recovering fruits without the Flame

Emperor's Beast-subduing Skill in my possession, I guess I too would

have been killed like these cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy

Kingdom."

Thinking of it, Austin was grateful for his luck.

"Okay. Let's leave this place now," he said with a brave, but tight smile

as he turned to the people behind him.

As always, he appeared calm, as if he had not just caused the

destruction of nine cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy

Kingdom.

"Austin..." Dewey stammered

He licked his lips and regained a little composure. Finally, he was able

to speak as usual.

"Austin, you're awesome! These people were invincible in my eyes, yet

you effortlessly wiped them out. Austin, I can't admire you more..."

Dewey went on and on without stopping. Suddenly, he realized

something.

"Oh, by the way, what kind of monster was it?"

he asked curiously with his eyes locked reverently upon Austin's face, as

he was dying to hear the answer.

Upon hearing that, Maria, Denali, Iris, and Anna all turned to look at

Austin, also waiting for his reply.

They had been present the whole time while Austin was fighting

against the people from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom. They had

seen with their own eyes how Austin had unleashed the horrible

monster.

"Ahem! Guys, don't act like groupies.”

Their keen, awed eyes and curious expressions amused Austin. He

shook his head with profound resignation. Patting the dust off his

clothes, he prepared to leave.

"Stop talking nonsense. Let's go. If you don't want to leave, then stay,”

he said before he turned to leave the valley.

"Austin, come on, we're all friends. Just tell us about the monster."

Dewey didn't want to give up. Carefully minding his step over the

bodily remains, he hurriedly trotted after Austin.

Maria, Iris, and Anna also followed in their wake.

Denali turned to look at her companion, who was still unconscious.

Biting her lips, she made up her mind and ran after them. Far better to

be safely at Austin's side than left behind on the battlefield. ...

In the valley, two people had kept their cool during the confrontation—

Graham and Bruce.

When Austin had started to combat the cultivators from the Heavenly

Dragon Holy Kingdom, Bruce and Graham had taken the chance to flee

to the edge of the valley.

They had planned to escape from the valley once the situation

worsened.

When the evil ape had appeared and then massacred the people from

the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, Graham and Bruce were

dumbfounded and horrified.

They were too far away from the battlefield to actually see what skills

Austin had used. Besides, Austin had tried his best to hide his moves

when he unleashed the evil ape and then withdrew it at the end of the

battle.

As a result, Graham and Bruce hadn't seen Austin unleash or withdraw

the evil ape with their own eyes. However, they were both intelligent

people, and they somehow guessed that the horrible monster must

have had something to do with him.

The monster had slaughtered the cultivators of the Sky Realm so

effortlessly, as if they were defenseless babies. Bruce and Graham had

offend Austin many times, and even tried to kill him. Now, however,

they broke out in cold sweat.

Jeez! We were truly seeking death back then!"

As soon as Austin left the valley, the cultivators at the Mysterious Realm

from the Violet Orchid Empire arose from the ground one after another.

Seeing the scattered blood and flesh on the ground, they looked at

each other in fear and awe. "Were the cultivators from the Heavenly

Dragon Holy Kingdom really killed so easily?" one of them asked.

Someone beside him answered, "Yes. Austin killed one of them first.

Then a monster appeared out of nowhere, and smashed the rest of

them into minced meat."

When the evil ape had let out a deafening roar, the cultivators at the

Mysterious Realm had been intimidated by its strong aura and had

flung themselves down on the ground. They didn't dare to even move.

However, a few cultivators who were much bolder had raised their

heads to watch the fight. And they had seen the evil ape ravage the

cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.

After the cultivators at the Mysterious Realm had chatted among

themselves for a while, the cultivators at the Earth Realm awoke one

after another.

They got up and looked in awe at the terrible scene around them. They

began to ask others about the event.

When they heard that the nine cultivators at Sky Realm from the

Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had been killed, they were thrilled, and

indulged themselves in the joy of being survivors amidst the hellish

carnage. Suddenly a loud cheer sounded as if it were a festival or

something.

During the past few days, the nine cultivators from the Heavenly

Dragon Holy Kingdom had been bullying the cultivators from the Violet

Orchid Empire. They had killed many people and raped many women.

In order to deal with them, cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire

had all gathered in this valley in an attempt to battle them together.

They hadn't expected things to turn out this way. The nine demon-like

cultivators had been killed all of a sudden, and no one would mourn

their passing as they had been so evil and depraved.

Suddenly, everyone remembered one man—Austin.

Their gut feelings told them that what had happened in this valley must

have had something to do with him.

But, he had already left the valley.

There were no more than ten days left before they had to leave the

Mysterious Nether World.

Since the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had

been killed, the cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire were much

relieved and began to freely wander around the Mysterious Nether

World, looking for surprises and opportunities.

Austin and his companions explored and also found many medicinal

materials, herbs, and level 5 to level 7 beast cores.

They even found a small vital energy crystal vein.

They mined the vein, and each of them now possessed more than ten

million vital energy crystals.

Dewey and the four women were deeply thrilled as they had never seen

so many vital energy crystals before.

During this time, Austin returned to the depths of the Medicine Valley

to visit Angus. He spent three days with him

Under Angus's guidance, Austin practiced pill refining.

Angus was an experienced pill refiner. With his help, Austin had made

rapid progress. He felt his pill refining skill was much improved.

There were also various kinds of medicinal materials and herbs in the

valley where Angus lived, many of which were at level 7 and level 8.

Meanwhile, Austin had refined the Scorching Evil Fire. With it, he could

control the temperature and duration of the fire more easily.

Within just three days, Austin had managed to become a level two pill

refiner, and he had produced a wealth of Energy-boosting Elixirs.

Staring at the Energy-boosting Elixirs laid out before him, Austin

couldn't help but recall the earlier times when he had been a grunt

disciple and an outer disciple of the Sun Sect. Back then, he would have

been thrilled when he received a few Energy-boosting Elixirs. But now,

he could effortlessly produce many more Energy-boosting Elixirs. He

just sighed at this memory.

Austin wanted to rebuild a body for Angus as he respected him very

much. He asked Angus whether he could come back to life after he had

rebuilt a body for him.

Angus said it might be possible if Austin could secure several precious

materials required.

He also said that it would be easier to rebuild a body for him than to

rebuild a body for the Flame Emperor.

The answer came as a pleasant surprise to Austin. He kept it in mind

and swore to himself that he would find those precious materials at any

cost.

He would also devote more effort to reach the Basic Sacred Realm as

soon as possible. Then he would return to the Mysterious Nether World

and rebuild a body for Angus.

Angus realized the young man's noble intentions. Although he was not

sure whether Austin could achieve it, he felt grateful as Austin was a

good man.

Finally, ten days had passed.

The cultivators had entered the Mysterious Nether World almost a

month ago.

Soon, the cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire would be

transferred back to the Prime Martial World.

Their explorations of the Mysterious Nether World would soon come to

an end.

Before Austin had departed, Angus had gifted him with many level 7

and level 8 medicinal materials.

With nothing else to be gained from staying, Austin then journeyed to

the river which flowed next to the lake where he had found the soul-

recovering fruits. Two groups of people had already arrived.

One was the group of imperial members led by Bruce and Graham. The

other was the nine mysterious men from the Ghost Sect.

When these two groups arrived at the river, they saw more than ten

lilac colored sunflower-like plants. The fruits of the plants had already

been harvested, however, and the cultivators’ faces turned as dark as

ink.

Obviously, someone had beaten them there and had already taken

possession of the soul-recovering fruits.

Somehow, they all suspected Austin of this crime. Their gut feelings

told them that these soul-recovering fruits had all been picked by him.

They gnashed their teeth in anger, but could do nothing.

After the gruesome manner in which the nine cultivators from the

Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had been killed, Wilson, Leo, and their

companions didn't dare to antagonize Austin again.

Wilson, Leo, Garret, Caden, Symon, and the others had all witnessed the

deaths of the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.

They finally realized that they couldn't hold a candle to Austin. Even

though they had some trump cards, they also knew that they were ill

equipped to defeat him.

Finally, the time to leave the Mysterious Nether World arrived.

All the cultivators were prepared to be transferred.

Without warning, all of them were illuminated by streaks of mysterious

light coming down from the sky.

Then their heads became dizzy and it felt as if the sky and earth were

spinning madly around.

After a disorientating moment, they opened their eyes again, and they

were already standing on a giant square. All of the cultivators from the

Violet Orchid Empire were there.

Everyone was familiar with the square—it was located at the imperial

garden of the Violet Orchid Empire.

"Ah! Finally, we're back!"

They laughed and cheered happily upon realizing that they were home.