At the same time, Chen Ping ordered Old Black and the other dragons, “Old Black, lead everyone to thoroughly clean up the battlefield. Collect all the spoils of war and take inventory of the treasury.”
“Kill everyone and seize their storage bags. Search the entire Ten Thousand Bone Withered Cliff carefully, especially around that altar, for any clues related to the Soul-Devouring Heavenly Venerable, including classics, jade slips, transmission arrays, and so on. Do not overlook the slightest trace!”
Chen Ping was no saint. Regardless of whether they surrendered or not, he killed them all and claimed their storage bags for himself.
This enormous dragon clan army required a vast amount of resources.
If necessary, Chen Ping would lead the dragon army to sweep across the entire Ninth Heaven and seize resources.
As the saying goes, if a person does not look out for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy them…
Only those like Yan Nantian, who truly submitted to his sect, would be spared.
“Yes, Mr Chen!”
Old Black accepted the order in his deep, resonant voice and immediately led the dragons in a gleeful house-plundering operation.
For dragons, collecting shiny treasures and ferreting out secrets was an instinct carved into their very bones.
Chen Ping, meanwhile, sat cross-legged beside the altar. He urged the Demon-Suppressing Tower to refine the soul of the Evil Bone Elder and extract his memories while separating a wisp of divine sense to carefully investigate this eerie skull altar.
He was trying to find traces of the Soul-Devouring Heavenly Venerable’s remnant soul coming and going, as well as any possible hidden coordinate information.
He knew that destroying the Heavenly Evil Sect was only the first step, eliminating the greatest visible support of the Soul-Devouring Heavenly Venerable.
The real challenge was to locate and completely eradicate that cunning old monster’s true body, hidden in the darkest place!
As long as the Soul-Devouring Venerable still lived, Chen Ping knew this fellow would definitely make a comeback.
Once he himself left the Ninth Heaven, the Soul-Devouring Venerable would probably become an invincible existence.
After this fellow truly recovered, he certainly would not let Chen Ping go. He would even pursue and hunt him down in higher worlds.
With the Soul-Devouring Venerable’s strength, reaching the Tenth Heaven or even the Eleventh Heaven would be very easy.
Therefore, Chen Ping had to deal with this fellow in the Ninth Heaven. He could not allow him to remain a lingering threat.
The clues lay among these ruins, inside the Evil Bone Elder’s memories, and in the hidden places of this altar.
The dragon army busied itself clearing the battlefield, huge dragon bodies shuttling through the wreckage.
Chen Ping sat there quietly, like the eye of a storm, beginning to unravel the threads one by one, searching for the path that led to the final hunting ground.
“Nether Blood Sea, Soul-Burying Land… Soul-Devouring Heavenly Venerable, your death is not far off.”
Chen Ping’s eyes were filled with excitement.
He urgently wanted to find the Soul-Devouring Venerable and kill him with his own hands.
The terrifying power within his body made Chen Ping itch to vent it on someone.
“Mr Chen, we’ve struck it rich. The resources of this Heavenly Evil Sect are truly abundant. It seems they did plenty of robbing throughout the Ninth Heaven.”
Old Black excitedly came to report to Chen Ping.
“Good. Tell the brothers to hurry and recover. We still have to make a trip to the Nether Blood Sea.”
Chen Ping said.
“Right!” Old Black nodded, then took out a blood-red bead from his bosom. “Mr Chen, this was found beneath the statue in the main hall of the Heavenly Evil Sect. I can’t sense any aura from this bead. It’s just like an ordinary bead. Take a look.”
Chen Ping accepted the blood-red bead and probed it with his divine sense, yet he also discovered not the slightest trace of aura.
This bead was exactly like an ordinary object. It had no function whatsoever.
But Chen Ping knew that the Heavenly Evil Sect was the number one sect of the Ninth Heaven. It was impossible for them to place a bead with no aura and no use beneath the statue in their main hall.
“You go inform the brothers to recover their bodies first.” Chen Ping waved his hand.
Old Black nodded and left.
Chen Ping, however, stared at the blood-red bead, unsure how to proceed.
