On the other side

Enraged that Mu Qing and Murong Yu had been hit, Huo Feng and A Zao charged fiercely towards Jiao Li.

Azao transformed into a giant algae hundreds of meters tall, knocking Jiao Li, who was still absorbing magic crystals, to the ground. Countless leaves flew up, taking advantage of the severe lack of magic power in Jiao Li's body, and beat Jiao Li to the point of no return.

Seeing this, the fire phoenix, who was originally preparing to forcibly break the seal to restore its cultivation and kill Jiao Li, silently stopped its actions of breaking through the restriction, flapped its wings and shouted, "Azao, keep it up, Azao, you're really amazing."

Upon hearing this, Azao fought even harder.

Xie Aotian suddenly appeared behind Jiao Li and, taking him by surprise, injected the Soul-Devouring Insect into Jiao Li's body.

After the Soul-Devouring Insect entered Jiao Li's body, it traveled along his meridians into his dantian, absorbing his demonic power. After absorbing the demonic power, it transformed it into spiritual power and fed it back into Xie Aotian's body through a contract.

Azao used the leaves to tightly bind Jiao Li. Jiao Li couldn't break free, but he didn't care. He conserved his strength, closed his eyes to absorb demonic energy, and restored his internal demonic power.

They did not discover that the magic power he absorbed into his dantian was stolen by the Soul-Devouring Insects.

When Azao returned to Mu Qing's side, Murong Yu and Yu Xiaoyao had already woken up after being treated by the Saving Lotus.

Mu Qing watched as the one-meter-tall Azao dragged the bound and immobile Jiao Li to her side to claim credit. She touched Azao's leaves and praised, "Azao, you're really amazing."

Upon hearing this, Azao excitedly shook her leaves, which transformed into a tiny green person and flew to Mu Qing's shoulder, affectionately nuzzling his neck.

Mo Chu looked at Jiao Li on the ground and asked, "What should we do with him?"

Xie Aotian stepped forward and said, "Leave it to me."

Somewhat puzzled, Mu Qing looked at the location of Jiao Li's dantian, understood, and nodded, saying, "In that case, I'll trouble you, Fellow Daoist."

Xie Aotian: "Thank you."

Having said that, he took out a magic-suppressing chain from his spatial ring and bound Jiao Li.

Seeing this, he felt slightly relieved.

The magic-suppressing chains that Xie Aotian took out were seventh-grade magic artifacts. They had no effect on Jiao Li in his prime, but they were just right for dealing with Jiao Li when his magic power was exhausted.

The Golden Lotus returned to Mu Qing's side. The Saving Lotus circled Mu Qing twice before transforming into a stream of blue light and flying into the sky. The Purifying White Lotus flew out from Mo Jingxin's body, transforming into a white stream of light and chasing after the blue light. The Golden Lotus stopped in front of Mu Qing, who reached out and touched its petals. The Golden Lotus also transformed into a golden stream of light and flew into the sky.

Ye Feiqing cried out excitedly, "Yaoyao, Yaoyao, Qinglian is gone! What should we do? What should we do?"

Tao Yaoyao glanced at Ye Feiqing, who was startled and flustered beside her, and said reassuringly, "Don't worry, he'll be back."

Mo Heze and Mo Heyu stood guard beside Mo Jingxin, watching as the Pure World White Lotus flew out of Mo Jingxin's body and soared into the sky.

Mo Heze: "Was that the ancestor's magic weapon that just flew out of his body?"

"Where did it fly off to? How can we find it?"

Mo Bu, who had just arrived beside Mo Heyu and the others, spoke up:

"No need to worry."

“That is the Pure World White Lotus, a sacred object of our Pure Immortal Sect.”

"Legend has it that when the first Holy Son of the Pure Immortal Sect attained Nirvana and became a Buddha, the Pure World White Lotus was born. Grateful for the sect's nurturing, the Holy Son left it in the mortal realm to protect the sect and all living beings."

Having said that, looking at the black demonic energy permeating the air, he thought, "The Pure White Lotus must have gone to evolve the demonic energy."

Just as I was thinking this, a huge white lotus phantom appeared out of thin air in the sky, and white light enveloped the entire Canglan Continent. After being in darkness for a whole month or two, the Canglan Continent was finally bathed in light once again.