chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng chén yín piàn kè ， méi yǒu shén me yóu yù ， yī jiù chū le xiān méng zǒng bù 、 zhí bēn shì jiān sì nüè de shén mó men ér qù 。
传法者蒋沉吟片刻，没有什么犹豫，依旧出了仙盟总部、直奔世间肆虐的神魔们而去。
The instructor, Jiang, pondered for a moment but showed no hesitation. He continued straight to the chaotic gods and demons in the mortal world.
jí biàn zhī dào jiē xià lái děng dài tā de kě néng réng rán shì sǐ wáng ， tā yě méi yǒu sī háo yóu yù 。
即便知道接下来等待他的可能仍然是死亡，他也没有丝毫犹豫。
Even knowing that his next destination might still be death, he felt no second thoughts at all.
bì jìng zuò wéi dì yī chuán fǎ zhě ， tā zǎo yǐ jīng bù zhī dào “ sǐ ” le duō shǎo cì le 。
毕竟作为第一传法者，他早已经不知道“死”了多少次了。
After all, as the first instructor, he had already experienced countless deaths long ago.
bù guò xìng hǎo yǒu chuán fǎ tiān zūn tā lǎo rén jiā suǒ liú de shǒu duàn 。
不过幸好有传法天尊他老人家所留的手段。
Fortunately, there were methods left by the Heavenly Sage Instructor for him.
zhǐ yào xuán huáng bù miè 、 tiān zūn dìng lǐ bù yì ， zuò wéi yī fù tiān zūn cún zài de tā ， yě jiù yǒng yuǎn bú huì huǐ miè 。
只要玄黄不灭、天尊定理不易，作为依附天尊存在的他，也就永远不会毁灭。
As long as Xuanhuang remained unextinguished and the Heavenly Sage's principles did not change, he would never perish.
zhuàng tài yǒng yuǎn dìng gé zài dāng chū de nà ge shí jiān diǎn ， zhǐ yào tā yuàn yì ， jiù kě yǐ suí shí 【 guī yuán 】。
状态永远定格在当初的那个时间点，只要他愿意，就可以随时【归原】。
His state was forever frozen at a certain point in time. With his willingness, he could always return to that moment through [Return Origin].
bù jǐn jǐn shì tā ， jiù lián tā suǒ zài de guī xū yī jiè yì shì rú cǐ 。
不仅仅是他，就连他所在的归墟一界亦是如此。
Not only himself but also the world of the Return Void were similarly unaffected.
zhè shì chuán fǎ tiān zūn wèi xuán huáng jiè suǒ liú de yī dào bǎo xiǎn 。
这是传法天尊为玄黄界所留的一道保险。
This was a safety measure left by the Heavenly Sage Instructor for Xuanhuang's realm.
ràng tā kě yǐ wú jù shēng sǐ de qù jiě jué xuán huáng jiè zhōng kě néng chū xiàn de gè zhǒng wèn tí ， bìng qiě zài bù duàn dì sǐ wáng zhī zhōng ， tā de yìng duì néng lì yǔ jīng yàn dū huì bù duàn tí gāo 。 chǔ lǐ shì wù lái ， yù fā yóu rèn yǒu yú 。
让他可以无惧生死的去解决玄黄界中可能出现的各种问题，并且在不断地死亡之中，他的应对能力与经验都会不断提高。处理事务来，愈发游刃有余。
It allowed him to fearlessly face life and death while solving various problems in Xuanhuang. His response capabilities and experience would continually improve through repeated deaths, making his handling of matters more fluid over time.
ér rú guǒ yù jiàn shí zài chǔ lǐ bù liǎo de shì wù ， jiù yǐ shēn wèi lǒu 、 jiāng qí dài huí guī xū jiè 。
而如果遇见实在处理不了的事物，就以身为篓、将其带回归墟界。
If he encountered something truly unmanageable, he could use his body as a receptacle to bring it back to the Return Void realm.
jiè zhù 【 guī yuán 】 shí de qiáng zhì zhuàng tài huán yuán ， shí xiàn duì qí de chè dǐ qīng chú 。
借助【归原】时的强制状态还原，实现对其的彻底清除。
Through the mandatory state during [Return Origin], he could completely eliminate such threats.
guī xū jiè de 【 guī yuán 】 zhī lì ， nǎi shì chuán fǎ tiān zūn chéng dào zhī hòu ， shén yóu tiān wài jìn qiān zài ， yú zhòng lì wàn xiān méng zhī shí suǒ lǐng wù de 。
归墟界的【归原】之力，乃是传法天尊成道之后，神游天外近千载，于重立万仙盟之时所领悟的。
The power of [Return Origin] in the Return Void was discovered by the Heavenly Sage Instructor after nearly a thousand years of spiritual wandering outside the heavens when re-establishing the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
tiān zūn céng duì tā yán ， jiù suàn shì zhēn xiān zhuàn zì zhī wēi ， dōu kě zài yī cì yòu yī cì de 【 guī yuán 】 zhōng huà jiě wú xíng 。
天尊曾对他言，就算是真仙篆字之危，都可在一次又一次的【归原】中化解无形。
The Heavenly Sage had once told him that even the danger from True Immortal Inscriptions could be resolved through repeated [Return Origins].
“ lián xìn xī dōu méi yǒu liú xià ， zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng yǐ wǎng zhǐ chū xiàn guò liǎng cì 。”
“连信息都没有留下，这种情况以往只出现过两次。”
"Only twice before have such situations occurred without any information left behind."
“ kàn lái ， zhè cì de dòng luàn bèi hòu ， yào me tóng yàng shì zhēn xiān zhuàn zì ， yào me shì ……”
“看来，这次的动乱背后，要么同样是真仙篆字，要么是……”
"It seems this disturbance either stems from a True Immortal Inscription or..."
chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng cháo zhe xuán huáng jiè dōng bù biān chuí kàn le yī yǎn 。
传法者蒋朝着玄黄界东部边陲看了一眼。
Jiang looked at Xuanhuang's eastern border with a cold snort, then continued on his journey.
lěng hēng yī shēng ， jì xù gǎn lù 。
冷哼一声，继续赶路。
He immediately controlled one of the rampaging gods and demons upon encountering it.
yù dào le yī zūn sì nüè de shén mó ， chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng lì kè jiāng qí kòng zhì zhù 。
遇到了一尊肆虐的神魔，传法者蒋立刻将其控制住。
A strand of divine consciousness entered its body. After a moment, that grotesque god and demon exploded in a burst of light.
ér hòu fēn chū yī lǚ shén shí zuān rù qí zhōng 。
而后分出一缕神识钻入其中。
Jiang frowned slightly: "Just an empty shell left? They ran so fast."
piàn kè zhī hòu ， nà zūn miàn mù zhēng níng de shén mó hōng rán bào kāi 。
片刻之后，那尊面目狰狞的神魔轰然爆开。
He then tested this method on over ten other gods and demons. All were similarly resolved.
chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng wēi wēi zhòu méi ：“ zhǐ shèng xià yī jù kōng ké le ？ pǎo de hǎo kuài 。”
传法者蒋微微皱眉：“只剩下一具空壳了？跑的好快。”
"Even though we won, he's still being overly cautious..."
jiē xià lái ， chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng yòu zài shí duō zūn shén mó shēn shàng shì yàn le yī fān 。
接下来，传法者蒋又在十多尊神魔身上试验了一番。
"What is his true objective?"
jǐn jiē rú cǐ 。
尽皆如此。
This unknown opponent brought Jiang a sense of pressure that hadn't been felt in ages.
“ míng míng shèng le ， què yī jiù rú cǐ jǐn shèn ……”
“明明胜了，却依旧如此谨慎……”
As if he could see a thick cloud slowly approaching from the horizon, obscuring the entire sky.
“ mù dì jiū jìng shì shén me ne ？”
“目的究竟是什么呢？”
"Enough. Let's first deal with these foreign objects."
zhè wèi zhī de duì shǒu ， ràng chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng xīn zhōng xǔ jiǔ wèi jiàn de ， gǎn dào le yī sī yā lì 。
这未知的对手，让传法者蒋心中许久未见的，感到了一丝压力。
"When they reveal their hand again, we'll handle it specifically."
tā fǎng fú kàn dào le ， yī duǒ nóng hòu de wū yún 、 zhèng huǎn huǎn cóng tiān biān ér lái 。
他仿佛看到了，一朵浓厚的乌云、正缓缓从天边而来。
"If all else fails..."
yào jiāng xuán huáng jiè de zhěng gè tiān kōng dōu zhē bì 。
要将玄黄界的整个天空都遮蔽。
"I can only seek aid from the Heavenly Sage."
“ bà le ， hái shì xiān jiě jué yǎn qián zhè xiē yì wù ba 。”
“罢了，还是先解决眼前这些异物吧。”
With this thought, Jiang crushed another god and demon to pieces.
“ děng tā men zài lù chū mǎ jiǎo hòu ， zhēn duì xìng chǔ lǐ 。”
“等他们再露出马脚后，针对性处理。”
He then returned to the Return Void realm and issued a command for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to thoroughly clear out all gods and demons in various regions.
“ rú guǒ shí zài méi yǒu bàn fǎ ……”
“如果实在没有办法……”
The rampant gods and demons had left the alliance's grassroots defense forces nearly paralyzed. To quickly resolve the issue required strong leadership. As the first instructor, Jiang would not personally handle it.
“ nà jiù zhǐ néng xiàng tiān zūn qiú yuán le 。”
“那就只能向天尊求援了。”
After consulting with other instructors, only a few were willing to take on this arduous task.
chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng rú cǐ xiǎng zhe ， yòu jiāng yī zūn shén mó niē de fěn suì 。
传法者蒋如此想着，又将一尊神魔捏的粉碎。
In the end, after careful consideration, Jiang decided that Instructor Feng should be in charge of this matter.
jiē xià lái ， tā méi yǒu jì xù zì jǐ dòng shǒu ， ér shì fǎn huí le guī xū jiè zhōng ， duì xiān méng zǒng bù xià dá le chè dǐ qīng jiǎo gè dì shén mó yì wù de mìng lìng 。
接下来，他没有继续自己动手，而是返回了归墟界中，对仙盟总部下达了彻底清剿各地神魔异物的命令。
One, Feng had left a good impression previously. Two, he believed more experience was needed for this relatively young instructor.
shén mó fàn làn chéng zāi ， xiān méng jī céng fáng wèi lì liàng jī hū quán dōu tān huàn 。
神魔泛滥成灾，仙盟基层防卫力量几乎全都瘫痪。
"If he passes the trials when the second Return Void realm is built, he might become my successor," Jiang thought.
xiǎng yào jǐn kuài chè dǐ jiě jué má fán ， hái xū yào qiáng yǒu lì de zhòng liàng jí rén wù chū miàn lǐng dǎo cǐ shì 。
想要尽快彻底解决麻烦，还需要强有力的重量级人物出面领导此事。
Instructor Feng, also known as the Heavenly Teaching Sage and Scholar Mò Rú Bīn, received his orders and began issuing them one by one.
ér zuò wéi dì yī chuán fǎ zhě ， jiǎng zì rán shì bú huì qīn zì chū miàn de 。
而作为第一传法者，蒋自然是不会亲自出面的。
With the official command from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, those originally cowering for their own survival—transcended soul and realm practitioners—were compelled to step forward and clear out the rampaging demons.
qí tā chuán fǎ zhě dāng zhōng xún wèn le yī quān ， yě zhǐ yǒu liáo liáo jǐ rén yuàn yì jiē xià zhè ge kǔ chāi shì 。
其他传法者当中询问了一圈，也只有寥寥几人愿意接下这个苦差事。
Cooperating with the dark-clothed era warriors, they gradually eradicated the god and demon forces that had lost control and suffered significant losses in combat.
zuì zhōng ， zài zhēn zhuó yī fān hòu ， chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng hái shì ràng jué dìng ràng chuán fǎ zhě féng fù zé cǐ shì 。
最终，在斟酌一番后，传法者蒋还是让决定让传法者冯负责此事。
As the saying goes: "A sudden illness can overwhelm like a mountain; a gradual one can be peeled away like silk."
yī lái chuán fǎ zhě féng zhī qián gěi tā liú xià de yìng xiàng hái bú cuò 。 èr lái zé shì jiǎng rèn wéi ， xū yào gěi zhè wèi xiāng duì ér yán jiào nián qīng de chuán fǎ zhě ， gèng duō de lì liàn jī huì 。
一来传法者冯之前给他留下的映像还不错。二来则是蒋认为，需要给这位相对而言较年轻的传法者，更多的历练机会。
From a sudden outbreak to spreading across the entire alliance, the disaster only took half a day.
“ ruò shì dì èr gè guī xū jiè jiàn chéng ， wèi bì bù néng kǎo lǜ ràng tā dāng jiē bān zhě 。 zhǐ yào tā néng tōng guò shì liàn de huà 。” chuán fǎ zhě jiǎng rú cǐ xiǎng dào 。
“若是第二个归墟界建成，未必不能考虑让他当接班者。只要他能通过试炼的话。”传法者蒋如此想道。
But it would take nearly two weeks for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to thoroughly clear out these demons and gods.
ér chuán fǎ zhě féng ， yě jiù shì xuán tiān jiào fǎ wáng 、 mò rú bīn ， lǐng mìng zhī hòu ， zhú tiáo mìng lìng kāi shǐ xià fā 。
而传法者冯，也就是玄天教法王、墨儒斌，领命之后，逐条命令开始下发。
After all the god and demon forms were eradicated, the real challenge emerged: how to handle those practitioners who had been possessed by the gods and demons.
yǒu le wàn xiān méng de zhèng shì mìng lìng ， nà xiē yuán běn guī suō zhe 、 zhǐ gù zì jǐ bǎo mìng de huà shén 、 hé dào xiū shì ， cǐ kè yě bù dé bù zhàn le chū lái ， zhǔ dòng qīng lǐ nà xiē sì nüè mó shén 。
有了万仙盟的正式命令，那些原本龟缩着、只顾自己保命的化神、合道修士，此刻也不得不站了出来，主动清理那些肆虐魔神。
As the god and demon forms were eliminated, most of them turned into mindless fools.
gēn lái zì shí dài de hēi yī xiū shì xiāng hù pèi hé zhī xià ， hěn kuài jiù jiāng shī qù le zhǔ kòng 、 zhàn lì dà jiǎn de bǎi wàn shén mó ， màn màn huǐ miè 。
跟来自时代的黑衣修士相互配合之下，很快就将失去了主控、战力大减的百万神魔，慢慢毁灭。
Logically, simply exterminating these practitioners would resolve this disaster smoothly.
suǒ wèi bìng lái rú shān dào ， bìng qū rú chōu sī 。
所谓病来如山倒，病区如抽丝。
However, orders from the alliance's highest decision-making body forbade any unauthorized harm to their lives.
cóng zhòu rán bào fā dào huò jí quán xiān méng ， mó shén zhī zāi zhǐ yòng le dà bàn tiān de shí jiān 。
从骤然爆发到祸及全仙盟，魔神之灾只用了大半天的时间。
Those who killed some practitioners out of vengeance faced severe punishment.
ér wàn xiān méng màn màn qīng chú zhè xiē mó shén ， què yào hào fèi dà bàn gè yuè de shí guāng 。
而万仙盟慢慢清除这些魔神，却要耗费大半个月的时光。
"Even if they are guilty, until a verdict is pronounced, they remain members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
dāng shén mó huà shēn quán dōu bèi xiāo miè zhī hòu ， zhēn zhèng de nán tí què xiǎn xiàn chū lái 。
当神魔化身全都被消灭之后，真正的难题却显现出来。
"Harming them would be an affront to the alliance's laws."
shén mó de fù shēn suǒ zài ， nà xiē bèi gǔ huò le shén zhì de xiū shì gāi zěn me chǔ lǐ 。
神魔的附身所在，那些被蛊惑了神智的修士该怎么处理。
With this level of discourse, no practitioner dared to rashly slaughter those already defenseless mindless fools.
suí zhe shén mó huà shēn bèi xiāo miè ， zhè xiē xiū shì jī hū quán dōu biàn chéng le méi yǒu shén zhì de chī dāi ér 。
随着神魔化身被消灭，这些修士几乎全都变成了没有神智的痴呆儿。
Following orders, all were detained and brought to the alliance headquarters for sentencing.
àn lǐ lái shuō ， zhǐ yào jiāng zhè xiē xiū shì quán dōu tú lù gān jìng ， jiù kě shùn lì jiě jué diào zhè chǎng zāi huò 。
按理来说，只要将这些修士全都屠戮干净，就可顺利解决掉这场灾祸。
This process lasted over ten days.
dàn shì lái zì xiān méng zuì gāo jué cè céng de mìng lìng ， biǎo shì rèn hé rén dōu bù dé shàn zì shāng hài zhè xiē xiū shì de xìng mìng 。
但是来自仙盟最高决策层的命令，表示任何人都不得擅自伤害这些修士的性命。
The god and demon disaster finally came to a complete end. Surviving practitioners marveled at the alliance's benevolence.
ér nà xiē yīn wèi xiè fèn ， shā hài le yī xiē xiū shì de rén yuán ， yě shòu dào le yán lì de chéng fá 。
而那些因为泄愤，杀害了一些修士的人员，也受到了严厉的惩罚。
As rewards for their efforts in quelling the disaster, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance generously bestowed substantial contribution points on them—far exceeding usual missions.
“ jí biàn tā men yǒu zuì ， zài méi yǒu xuān pàn zuì xíng zhī qián ， tā men yī jiù shì wàn xiān méng de yī yuán 。”
“即便他们有罪，在没有宣判罪行之前，他们依旧是万仙盟的一员。”
Even those who merely provided information about the demons' locations received significant contributions.
“ shāng hài tā men ， jiù shì pò huài xiān méng zhī lǜ fǎ 。”
“伤害他们，就是破坏仙盟之律法。”
This made previously indifferent practitioners regret their earlier stance.
huà yǐ jīng shuō dào zhè zhǒng chéng dù le ， zì rán bú huì hái yǒu xiū shì mào zhe dà bù wěi qù tú lù nà xiē yǐ jīng méi yǒu sī háo fǎn kàng néng lì de chī dāi xiū shì 。
话已经说道这种程度了，自然不会还有修士冒着大不韪去屠戮那些已经没有丝毫反抗能力的痴呆修士。
Happily rewarded and suddenly wealthy, many entered the Heavenly Teaching Mirror to select what they needed.
zhǐ shì àn zhào mìng lìng ， tōng tōng jiāng tā men yā jiè zhì xiān méng zǒng bù 、 tīng hòu fā luò 。
只是按照命令，通通将他们押解至仙盟总部、听候发落。
At this moment, the alliance issued a notice that it had determined the cause of the previous demon disaster.
zhè ge guò chéng zú zú chí xù le shí duō tiān 。
这个过程足足持续了十多天。
Most practitioners were driven by resentment due to the exorbitant prices for cultivation methods, making them susceptible to an evil ancient deity's manipulation.
shén mó zhī zāi zhōng yú chè dǐ píng xī 。
神魔之灾终于彻底平息。
Over time, their hearts turned dark, and they became its lackeys.
xìng cún xià lái de xiū shì ， fēn fēn gǎn tàn xiān méng rén yì 。
幸存下来的修士，纷纷感叹仙盟仁义。
To prevent such tragedies from recurring, the alliance reflected on itself and decided to reduce the price of cultivation methods in the Heavenly Teaching Mirror by one-third starting today.
ér zuò wéi duì zài píng xī zāi huò guò chéng zhōng chū lì xiū shì de jiǎng shǎng ， jiē xià lái wàn xiān méng jū rán shí fēn dà fāng de shǎng cì tā men le xiāng dāng fēng hòu de gòng xiàn dù 。
而作为对在平息灾祸过程中出力修士的奖赏，接下来万仙盟居然十分大方的赏赐他们了相当丰厚的贡献度。
The news caused a massive uproar.
shù zhí yuǎn chāo xún cháng rèn wù ， jiǎng lì guǎng dù yě shì chāo hū suǒ yǒu rén de yù liào 。
数值远超寻常任务，奖励广度也是超乎所有人的预料。
A reduction of one-third was no small sum, especially for more expensive methods, which left more contribution points behind.
shèn zhì bù xū yào zhēn de chū lì zhàn dòu guò ， nǎ pà zhǐ shì céng jīng tí gōng guò shén mó wèi zhì qíng bào de ， dōu huò dé le dà liàng de gòng xiàn dù 。
甚至不需要真的出力战斗过，哪怕只是曾经提供过神魔位置情报的，都获得了大量的贡献度。
Suddenly flush with cash, practitioners immediately went wild.
zhè ràng zhī qián xuǎn zé lěng yǎn páng guān de xiū shì men ， dùn zú chuí xiōng 、 hòu huǐ bù dié 。
这让之前选择冷眼旁观的修士们，顿足捶胸、后悔不迭。
They stopped focusing on ordinary supplies and instead concentrated entirely on the myriad cultivation methods available.
The instructor, Jiang, pondered for a moment but showed no hesitation. He continued straight to the chaotic gods and demons in the mortal world.
Even knowing that his next destination might still be death, he felt no second thoughts at all.
After all, as the first instructor, he had already experienced countless deaths long ago.
Fortunately, there were methods left by the Heavenly Sage Instructor for him.
As long as Xuanhuang remained unextinguished and the Heavenly Sage's principles did not change, he would never perish.
His state was forever frozen at a certain point in time. With his willingness, he could always return to that moment through [Return Origin].
Not only himself but also the world of the Return Void were similarly unaffected.
This was a safety measure left by the Heavenly Sage Instructor for Xuanhuang's realm.
It allowed him to fearlessly face life and death while solving various problems in Xuanhuang. His response capabilities and experience would continually improve through repeated deaths, making his handling of matters more fluid over time.
If he encountered something truly unmanageable, he could use his body as a receptacle to bring it back to the Return Void realm.
Through the mandatory state during [Return Origin], he could completely eliminate such threats.
The power of [Return Origin] in the Return Void was discovered by the Heavenly Sage Instructor after nearly a thousand years of spiritual wandering outside the heavens when re-establishing the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
The Heavenly Sage had once told him that even the danger from True Immortal Inscriptions could be resolved through repeated [Return Origins].
"Only twice before have such situations occurred without any information left behind."
"It seems this disturbance either stems from a True Immortal Inscription or..."
Jiang looked at Xuanhuang's eastern border with a cold snort, then continued on his journey.
He immediately controlled one of the rampaging gods and demons upon encountering it.
A strand of divine consciousness entered its body. After a moment, that grotesque god and demon exploded in a burst of light.
Jiang frowned slightly: "Just an empty shell left? They ran so fast."
He then tested this method on over ten other gods and demons. All were similarly resolved.
"Even though we won, he's still being overly cautious..."
"What is his true objective?"
This unknown opponent brought Jiang a sense of pressure that hadn't been felt in ages.
As if he could see a thick cloud slowly approaching from the horizon, obscuring the entire sky.
"Enough. Let's first deal with these foreign objects."
"When they reveal their hand again, we'll handle it specifically."
"If all else fails..."
"I can only seek aid from the Heavenly Sage."
With this thought, Jiang crushed another god and demon to pieces.
He then returned to the Return Void realm and issued a command for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to thoroughly clear out all gods and demons in various regions.
The rampant gods and demons had left the alliance's grassroots defense forces nearly paralyzed. To quickly resolve the issue required strong leadership. As the first instructor, Jiang would not personally handle it.
After consulting with other instructors, only a few were willing to take on this arduous task.
In the end, after careful consideration, Jiang decided that Instructor Feng should be in charge of this matter.
One, Feng had left a good impression previously. Two, he believed more experience was needed for this relatively young instructor.
"If he passes the trials when the second Return Void realm is built, he might become my successor," Jiang thought.
Instructor Feng, also known as the Heavenly Teaching Sage and Scholar Mò Rú Bīn, received his orders and began issuing them one by one.
With the official command from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, those originally cowering for their own survival—transcended soul and realm practitioners—were compelled to step forward and clear out the rampaging demons.
Cooperating with the dark-clothed era warriors, they gradually eradicated the god and demon forces that had lost control and suffered significant losses in combat.
As the saying goes: "A sudden illness can overwhelm like a mountain; a gradual one can be peeled away like silk."
From a sudden outbreak to spreading across the entire alliance, the disaster only took half a day.
But it would take nearly two weeks for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to thoroughly clear out these demons and gods.
After all the god and demon forms were eradicated, the real challenge emerged: how to handle those practitioners who had been possessed by the gods and demons.
As the god and demon forms were eliminated, most of them turned into mindless fools.
Logically, simply exterminating these practitioners would resolve this disaster smoothly.
However, orders from the alliance's highest decision-making body forbade any unauthorized harm to their lives.
Those who killed some practitioners out of vengeance faced severe punishment.
"Even if they are guilty, until a verdict is pronounced, they remain members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
"Harming them would be an affront to the alliance's laws."
With this level of discourse, no practitioner dared to rashly slaughter those already defenseless mindless fools.
Following orders, all were detained and brought to the alliance headquarters for sentencing.
This process lasted over ten days.
The god and demon disaster finally came to a complete end. Surviving practitioners marveled at the alliance's benevolence.
As rewards for their efforts in quelling the disaster, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance generously bestowed substantial contribution points on them—far exceeding usual missions.
Even those who merely provided information about the demons' locations received significant contributions.
This made previously indifferent practitioners regret their earlier stance.
Happily rewarded and suddenly wealthy, many entered the Heavenly Teaching Mirror to select what they needed.
At this moment, the alliance issued a notice that it had determined the cause of the previous demon disaster.
Most practitioners were driven by resentment due to the exorbitant prices for cultivation methods, making them susceptible to an evil ancient deity's manipulation.
Over time, their hearts turned dark, and they became its lackeys.
To prevent such tragedies from recurring, the alliance reflected on itself and decided to reduce the price of cultivation methods in the Heavenly Teaching Mirror by one-third starting today.
The news caused a massive uproar.
A reduction of one-third was no small sum, especially for more expensive methods, which left more contribution points behind.
Suddenly flush with cash, practitioners immediately went wild.
They stopped focusing on ordinary supplies and instead concentrated entirely on the myriad cultivation methods available.