As Xu Nian's body was torn to pieces, the eerie ghostly aura in the world began to dissipate rapidly, revealing the devastated earth once again.

In a daze, Shen Qian saw countless resentful ghosts rise up, and under the clear sunlight, their souls scattered and completely disappeared from the world.

"Perhaps this is a kind of relief..."

Shen Qian knew that those were the souls of powerful individuals who had been enslaved by Xu Nian. Although there were no traces left, they were also free from pain.

Only a remnant soul lingered before Shen Qian, refusing to leave.

Shen Qian could vaguely make out that it was Xu Nian's appearance, but his soul was almost shattered. At this moment, he was staring blankly at the distant sky with wide eyes, muttering something.

Normal people cannot communicate with the soul, but Chen Qian attached some spiritual power to his ear and immediately heard Xu Nian's low murmur.

"There's no hope, no hope... Everyone's going to die... Everyone's going to die..."

"What?"

Shen Qian was taken aback, momentarily not understanding the meaning behind Xu Nian's words.

But Xu Nian was already on the verge of his soul dissipating, clearly unable to communicate normally. He ignored Shen Qian's questions, only muttering incessantly, "So this is the end of the Yellow Springs... Hahahaha... Do the Ninth Prince know? They must know... No wonder, no wonder..."

Shen Qian followed Xu Nian's empty gaze and saw only the broken Great Wilderness World, but could not see any strange phenomena.

"Die... Destroy all... Who can escape, ha ha ha ha..."

Xu Nian laughed maniacally again, and her fragmented soul gradually dissipated under the scorching sun, completely perishing in the world.

Shen Qian frowned deeply.

Xu Nian's life force had long been extinguished, and his spiritual core had long been shattered. His remnant soul was, in essence, just a collection of some obsessions before his death.

In other words, Xu Nian's words at this moment must have been instinctive, and not a deliberate attempt to mystify.

But what did he see before he died, or was he simply delirious from consuming too many souls?

The end of the underworld?

What place is that?

Shen Qian suddenly remembered that after being exiled by the Council of Kings and Nobles, Xu Nian was said to have wandered behind the "gate" for a long time. Connecting this with some information he had previously leaked, it was not difficult to deduce that Xu Nian had been to the ruined underworld.

After the collapse of the Three Realms, the Underworld had also long since crumbled. However, according to what Shen Qian knew, reincarnation had not stopped, and the order of life and death was still operating in accordance with the instinct of the Heavenly Dao. Otherwise, this world would have had problems long ago.

Before sinking in, I speculated that the so-called "end of the underworld" might refer to a place in the collapsed underworld.

What did Xu Nian see there, or what did he see before he died, relying on his close connection with the laws of life and death?

Shen Qian wasn't quite sure, but the other party's mention of "Ninth Prince" gave Shen Qian a gut feeling that there must be some kind of secret involved.

"By the way, Bai Fei once mentioned that the reason he was able to come back to life was because he accidentally entered the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld. We can ask him about it later."

Chen Qian stroked his chin. "And there's also Fourth Senior Brother Wu Jun. His place of enlightenment, that place called 'Sea of ​​the Dead,' is said to have a great connection with the underworld. We can ask him if he knows what the so-called 'End of the Yellow Springs' is."

Shen Qian subconsciously took out his bracelet, then realized that he was still in the Great Wilderness World, where there was no signal at all.

"It's time to go back."

Shen Qian shook his head, looked around, thought for a moment, and then suddenly extended his mental power.

Buzz!

The air within a hundred miles rippled like water, and after a moment, specks of light of varying sizes gathered and floated in front of Shen Qian.

Most of these hundreds of points of light were various kinds of spatial crystals, in addition to some psionic weapons and some squad badges that symbolized their identity.

These items are the relics of all the powerful beings from the mountains and seas who died here. The spiritual weapons that survived the great battle, such as Nie Han's spear, are almost all of S-grade or higher quality.

Besides the spoils from Xu Nian, Shen Qian considered taking the other people's belongings back with him and handing them over to their families.

Now that Shen Qian has settled down, he no longer needs to accumulate wealth through such wanton plunder. Moreover, he doesn't really care about the possessions of most martial artists from the Mountain and Sea Realm, as keeping them would only take up space.

He packed everything up in one go, planning to sort it out slowly when he got back.

At this moment, as the "Ten Directions Creation Body" disappeared and the fierce energy of the tiger and wolf subsided, an extreme sense of weakness began to take over Shen Qian's entire body.

After a moment of dizziness, Shen Qian quickly regained his footing, summoned his clone, and handed everything over to it.

Although the clone was also seriously injured in the previous battle with Xu Nian, with Wang Hou's recovery ability, it has already recovered to about 70-80%. However, the main body seems to have been completely drained, and it will probably take a day or two to recover.

However, this is already a good result. After all, Shen Qian did not maintain his ultimate form for too long. If Xu Nian had been stronger, Shen Qian probably wouldn't have been able to stay conscious at this point.

After the array set up by Xu Nian dissipated, the "gate" located not far away also appeared in mid-air.

Led by the clone, Shen Qian soared into the air, and the two sped toward the "door," disappearing into it moments later.

...

After the sense of spatial distortion subsided, a blur appeared before my eyes, revealing a devastated landscape with the lingering smell of burning in the air. I was momentarily stunned, then filled with horror.

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