Chapter 7085 Kind Words Cannot Save Those Set on Dying

“Long Chen, don’t you think that was a bit... rude?” Zi Yan side-eyed Long Chen. The redness on her face had yet to fade after Long Chen’s latest shenanigan. After all, that was Long Chen’s father, her father-in-law. She didn’t want to leave behind a bad impression.

“Dad is the most magnanimous person I know. Do you think he’d be angry about a joke? You’re worried for nothing!” Long Chen comforted her.

In this regard, he considered his father every bit the peer of the five Sovereigns. Long Zhantian had suffered tremendously at the hands of the Long clan and the Jiuli race. Yet his heart had never changed, and even though he had made sure to exact justice upon those who had wronged him, he never blamed innocent people for what their relatives had done.

With Long Zhantian’s cool-headed wisdom, there was no way he would let his own personal feelings affect his decision making. In this aspect, there was no chance Long Chen could ever compete with him.

“Come!”

Once they left the Jiuli Divine Realm, Long Chen smiled at her. Zi Yan once more blushed and held onto him from behind. Last time, they had been in too much of a rush for her to process what was going on. But this time, this feeling made her heartbeat quicken.

Long Chen’s Earth Dao essence rune spread, and then starlight flashed.

“Without the violet-gold polearm, I can barely afford to use the divine Star Cloud Steps!” Long Chen sighed, sensing that his violet blood energy was almost exhausted.

Although he had reached the third Heavenstage, resulting in his violet blood being many times stronger than before, carrying someone with him was particularly exhausting, especially when it was a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign.

If it hadn’t been for Zi Yan suppressing the man with the Heavenly Devil Zither, there was no way his violet blood energy would have been sufficient to drag him to the Jiuli Divine Realm.

The divine level of the Star Cloud Steps required his violet blood energy working in conjunction with his astral energy. But his violet blood energy was used up faster.

In truth, let alone among Sovereign Lords, even among Divine Sovereigns, those who reached such incredible mastery of the Star Cloud Steps were as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns. The best evidence of this fact was that even a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign of the nine star line had not managed to touch upon this level. As for using violet blood energy to lock down a position and then using the Star Cloud Steps to shift there in one single move, that was something unprecedented even back in the primal chaos era, an era of countless monsters.

Long Chen took a step, and he appeared over the divine capital. The battle was already over, and the Full Moon Sect’s disciples were cleaning up the aftermath.

“Big brother!”

“Brother Long!”

Shen Qingxue, Zi Nuo, and the others immediately swarmed Long Chen.

“Come, greet your sister-in-law!” Long Chen smiled and beckoned to Shen Qingxue, Shen Mengxue, Xie Wanyi, and the others.

“Greetings, sister-in-law!”

They had heard of Zi Yan. After all, Long Chen had charged into the Zither Sect for her. That had been a major piece of news at the time. Moreover, they had all seen Zi Yan unleash that massive cage and block a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign. They were in awe at her power.

“Sister-in-law, you’re so beautiful! Only a fairy like you is a match for our big brother!” Xie Wanyi smiled and took Zi Yan’s hand.

Among the people here, Xie Wanyi was the one who knew Long Chen the earliest, and was the closest to him. Back at Sovereign Mountain, Long Chen had looked after her, and she had long since viewed him as a big brother. However, Long Chen’s light was too radiant, and she had refrained from getting too close, lest she be burned. Here in the Violet Abyss, Long Chen took all the disciples as his brothers and sisters, and so she no longer had any further misgivings.

“Sister-in-law, you’re incredibly strong! If you hadn’t been looking after us, you probably would have been able to fight that expert from the nine star line!” said Shen Qingxue excitedly.

At the time, even though she possessed the violet-gold polearm, she felt terrified in front of that triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign, yet Zi Yan had faced him head-on.

“Sister-in-law, do you think you’ll have some time to give me some pointers?” Shen Mengxue gazed at her worshipfully.

Zi Yan might have only exchanged a single blow with that man, but when her devil qi erupted, she seemed both beautiful and valiant. The sight alone was enough to set her blood ablaze and raise goosebumps. She had never thought that a woman could possess such an unmatched domineering air. She seemed like a supreme existence.

Being called “sister-in-law” by so many people made Zi Yan’s whole face red. She was too embarrassed to respond properly.

As for Long Chen, he went to a corner of the battlefield. The Zither, Chess, and Painting Sect’s disciples were still standing where he’d left them... some of them, at least. More than half their numbers had vanished. That was especially true of the Zither Sect. Only a few hundred of them remained, and their leader was Liao Yuhaung.

Long Chen went to Liao Yuhuang and greeted her with a smile. “Fairy Yuhuang, it’s been a long time. I hope you’re doing well.”

He truly did wish the best for Liao Yuhuang. From the moment he met her, she had never given him a bad impression.

Originally, the disciples here were shaking in fear, but when they heard Long Chen’s greeting to Liao Yuhuang, they felt a wave of relief.

“Senior Long Chen...”

Long Chen cut her off. “You can just call me Long Chen, or brother Long. You can pick one!”

Liao Yuhuang smiled. In truth, this time, Long Chen felt rather foreign to her. It felt as if he was a different person. That was due to Long Chen’s Dao comprehension and Dao merger, which had caused his aura to change substantially. However, his response made her realize that he was still the same Long Chen. His heart had not changed.

Thus, any nervousness inside of her disappeared. Now she could afford to show her sadness.

Seeing her expression, Long Chen asked, “What is it? Do you feel guilty because you couldn’t save more of the Zither Sect’s disciples?”

Liao Yuhuang bit her lip and nodded.

Long Chen shook his head. “Aiya, it seems that you haven’t truly comprehended the Grand Dao in this mutated world. Kind words cannot save someone set on dying. You must respect their choice. This is their karma!”

Liao Yuhuang nodded. “Many thanks for the reminder, brother Long! I will remember it.”

The triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign had broken the cage, and some of these disciples had fled in the chaos. In truth, Liao Yuhuang would have been able to convince more of them to stay behind if she had wanted to. But Long Chen’s foreign aura made her hesitate, and she ultimately didn’t say anything.

Due to that hesitation, she felt a great deal of guilt. She knew that by asking them to stay behind, Long Chen was actually giving them a chance to survive. Those who left would have no such chance.

The Zither Sect’s disciples who had fled would definitely return to the Zither Sect’s territory, but the Zither Sect had lost the Heavenly Devil Zither, as well as Cao Yiyang and the higher-ups. The sect’s only possible destiny was destruction. Even if Long Chen did not exact vengeance on them, due to the Zither Sect committing countless evil deeds in order to repair the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither, countless forces would unleash the flames of war on them under the banner of justice.

The Zither Sect no longer had the power to protect itself, and it especially lacked the power to defend the enormous stockpile of karmic luck it had. In other words... the Zither Sect was as good as gone.

One of the Painting Sect’s disciples stepped forward nervously.

“Senior Long Chen... can I ask how you plan on dealing with us?”

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