A moment of distraction caused Ling Luochen, who saw Qiu Yuanxi's light-element spiritual energy, to almost lose his grip on his own spiritual energy.
"Don't stop!" Qiu Yuanxi shouted, seeing this. As Ling Luochen regained his senses, Qiu Yuanxi explained, "This Heart of the Continent belongs to the Ancient Spirit Continent. The Heavenly Dao's control over it is too weak now, and it needs the continent's spiritual energy as a guide to restore its control. My spiritual energy does not belong to this continent, so it will only make things more difficult."
After listening, Ling Luochen nodded, indicating he understood. He watched as the Heart of the Continent's black mist gradually thinned and increased the spiritual energy he was injecting.
"Miss Qiu, why does your spiritual energy have a light attribute?" Ling Luochen finally asked after enduring for a while. Qiu Yuanxi was an alchemist, possessing fire and wood dual attributes. Why was she suddenly using light-element spiritual energy?
Seeing Ling Luochen's question, Qiu Yuanxi was initially stunned, then replied, "Because I naturally have the light attribute."
The light attribute could purify all dark powers. Qiu Yuanxi's cultivation was also stronger than the extraterrestrial celestial demon they had just encountered, so she could counter the dark power of the extraterrestrial celestial demons. This was Qiu Yuanxi's trump card that allowed her to take this gamble.
"Miss Qiu, so you have fire, wood, and light three-attribute spiritual roots?"
"No," Qiu Yuanxi shook her head, surprising Ling Luochen. She said, "I have four-attribute spiritual roots. I also have the ice attribute, but I rarely use it, so I don't know much about it. I most frequently use fire and wood attributes."
"So Miss Qiu is so powerful," Ling Luochen praised with a smile, but his heart was filled with apprehension. Was he truly worthy of her?
"This is nothing. Little Luo'er is the truly powerful one."
"Luo'er?" Hearing Qiu Yuanxi say Ling Luoyi was powerful, Ling Luochen felt a bit strange. This was because the test results when Ling Luoyi was young indicated she had a single fire attribute spiritual root, and he had always believed that to be the case.
Seeing the surprise on Ling Luochen's face, Qiu Yuanxi said curiously, "Ling Luochen, hasn't Little Luo'er told you? Little Luo'er has all attributes and possesses the Primordial Chaos Body."
"Luo'er? All attributes? Primordial Chaos Body?" Ling Luochen was even more astonished.
"Yes. The Primordial Chaos Body is also a type of Sacred Body. It's just that you cultivate the power of stars, while she cultivates the power of Primordial Chaos. In that regard, Little Luo'er's physique is even stronger than yours." Seeing Ling Luochen's confusion, Qiu Yuanxi asked, "Ling Luochen, hasn't Little Luo'er told you any of this?"
"No," Ling Luochen shook his head, feeling a bit disappointed.
Qiu Yuanxi quickly comforted him, "Ling Luochen, don't be disappointed. I think Little Luo'er must have her reasons for not telling you these things."
"Miss Qiu, you don't need to worry. I won't become distant from Luo'er because of this." Seeing Qiu Yuanxi flusteredly explain, Ling Luochen smiled and said, "Luo'er is my sister. If I were to become distant from her because of this, what kind of siblings would we be?"
Her intentions discovered, Qiu Yuanxi turned her head awkwardly, unable to speak. Ling Luochen, with his mind preoccupied, also remained silent, and the two fell into a period of quiet.
Half an hour later, Qiu Yuanxi looked at the Heart of the Continent, which had been completely purified, with a heavy heart.
The Heart of the Continent had returned to the Heavenly Dao's control, and Ling Luochen had withdrawn his hand. He walked to Qiu Yuanxi's side and, seeing her preoccupied expression, asked with concern, "Miss Qiu, is there anything else left undone?"
Hearing Ling Luochen's question, Qiu Yuanxi quickly snapped back to attention and shook her head as if to hide something, smiling as she said, "No. Everything here is resolved, and we can leave. I wonder how things are outside. Little Luo'er should be able to handle it, right?"
"Alright." Ling Luochen naturally saw that Qiu Yuanxi was hiding something from him, but he knew that Qiu Yuanxi was hiding it because even if she told him, he couldn't solve it, so he didn't ask.
The two returned to the surface. Qiu Yuanxi hurled a fireball at the ground, instantly filling the large hole, though the ground there had sunk a few inches. The two blended into the crowd. As the situation was no longer critical, Ling Luochen went to find his younger siblings, while Qiu Yuanxi waited for Ling Luoyi at the spot where her spiritual energy had disappeared.
At this point, the remaining extraterrestrial celestial demons were no match for the remaining people. After killing the last extraterrestrial celestial demon, the people felt no joy, only a profound sadness. Looking at the almost completely destroyed Heavenly Profound Domain, everyone present had mixed feelings. However, they had no time to process their emotions; they only wanted to know what those things were and if they would return.
Seeing that those things were gone, the sect leaders and elders from other factions came to the Ancient Spirit Academy. This was because Wen Zonglin knew more than they did. Moreover, over the past year, Wen Zonglin had been aggressively selling resources everywhere. At the time, they had mocked him, wondering if he was running out of money. Now, connecting these events, they realized Wen Zonglin must have known something.
When asked by everyone, the elders of the Ancient Spirit Academy looked bewildered, as they also had no idea.
Seeing everyone's growing fear, Wen Zonglin said, "Everyone, please be quiet."
Upon hearing Wen Zonglin speak, everyone quieted down, waiting for him to continue.
"Since everyone wants to know what those fellows are, this old man will tell you. Those fellows who came out of the black hole just now are called extraterrestrial celestial demons, and they come from a place called the Outer Realm. I believe everyone saw it just now; they feed on people's spiritual energy, blood, lifespan, and vitality."
Hearing Wen Zonglin's words, they recalled the scene when those things first entered the Heavenly Profound Domain. The first one that entered grabbed a living young girl, and in an instant, the girl turned into a withered corpse, devoid of any vitality.
Wen Zonglin recounted everything Ling Luoyi had told him to them. If it were before, they would never have believed in the existence of extraterrestrial celestial demons. But having witnessed it with their own eyes today, they had to believe, even if they didn't want to.
"Dean Wen, will they come again?"
This was the question on everyone's mind. All eyes were now fixed on Wen Zonglin, desperately hoping for a negative answer.
Unfortunately, Wen Zonglin shook his head and said, "This old man also hopes not, but where there is one, there will be a second. Rather than fantasizing that they won't return, it is better to improve our strength before they come and prepare for their arrival. Perhaps next time, the casualties will not be as heavy as today."
They were dissatisfied with Wen Zonglin's answer, but they also knew that it was the truth.
Suddenly, someone noticed a crucial point and asked, "Dean Wen, how do you know all this?"
That's right, extraterrestrial celestial demons had appeared for the first time, so how did Wen Zonglin know all this?! Everyone looked at Wen Zonglin with suspicion.
Facing so many scrutinizing gazes, Wen Zonglin remained unfazed and said with a hint of pride, "Because my little disciple told me all of this! I didn't believe it at first, but I still made preparations. And I am fortunate to have made preparations, otherwise, the casualties today would have been even greater."
"Then why didn't you tell us?!" Connecting Wen Zonglin's large-scale actions to the present, it had been nearly a year and a half. During this long period, Wen Zonglin hadn't told them. Judging by the expressions of the other elders of the Ancient Spirit Academy, Wen Zonglin hadn't even informed them.
"Because I had no proof, you wouldn't have believed me at all!"
Wen Zonglin's statement successfully extinguished the rising anger of the crowd. That was right; without evidence, they not only wouldn't have believed him but would have thought Wen Zonglin had gone mad. Hadn't they thought so before? Before meeting Ling Luoyi, hadn't they suspected that Wen Zonglin's constantly mentioned little disciple was merely his imagination?