Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

"This humble one from the Holy Spirit Palace, Chen Dongli, pays respects to Su Zun!"

The middle-aged man at the Dragon Venerate Realm also cupped his fists and bowed after the elder.

They were not being deferential, nor were they being polite; it was simply gratitude, gratitude to Su Han for saving nearly ten million disciples of the Holy Spirit Palace.

The Holy Spirit Palace had over twenty million disciples. On the way here, more than three million died, and in this war, over seven million perished.

It could be said that among all the forces, the Holy Spirit Palace suffered the most losses.

This is precisely why the Holy Spirit Palace is even more grateful.

The nearly ten million disciples can at least stabilize the name of the Holy Spirit Palace as a Super Sect; otherwise, the Holy Spirit Palace would be in name only.

The more important point is that Su Han held no grudges; he did not abandon the disciples of the Holy Spirit Palace even though they did not intervene when the Phoenix Sect was besieged.

"We pay respects to Su Zun!"

All members of the Holy Spirit Palace, nearly ten million people, except those at the Dragon Emperor Realm, at this moment once again kneeled on one knee and spoke in unison.

The sound was tremendous, almost earth-shattering, causing a buzzing in the ears as if thousands of thunders were roaring.

Su Han opened his mouth, just about to speak, but before he could, disciples from other forces also kneeled on one knee at that moment and shouted that phrase.

"We pay respects to Su Zun!!!"

This scene was extremely visually impactful.

Even when Su Han returned, striding across the ten-mile long street of Dragon Martial City, such a scene had not occurred.

Members of the Phoenix Sect had slight smiles on their lips.

At least these people know gratitude.

After experiencing this event, many past grievances seemed to dissolve in this instant.

Among the various forces, no one had the intention of making a move against the other.

Perhaps this is what you call friendship forged through battle.

"Senior, it need not be like this."

Su Han pondered and said, "All of those who survived were not just saved by me; you, being Dragon Venerates, fought at the cost of your lives."

"And those who have died, they paved the way for us to survive with their corpses."

"This is not the achievement of one person; this is the achievement of all of us."

Upon hearing these words, there was even more gratitude on the faces of those force members.

It was clear to everyone that it was Su Han who saved them with the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son.

But Su Han did not demand anything from them in return, nor did he arrogantly claim credit for himself, which made them genuinely admire Su Han from the bottom of their hearts.

"I once said that I would repay the mistake made by my Holy Spirit Palace that day with a hundred million Blood Crystals, but now is not the right time, and I cannot make a move. I ask Su Zun to wait a little longer," the elder added.

Su Han smiled and shook his head. A hundred million Blood Crystals, is that not a simple matter?

"By the way!"

The Sect Master of the Hua Hai Sect suddenly said, "Didn't Su Zun mention before that these Blood Crystals are of great use to you? After this battle, our Hua Hai Sect also managed to gather some. We hope Su Zun does not consider it too little."

After speaking, he immediately instructed his subordinates to gather all the Blood Crystals they acquired and placed them into a Space Ring, which he handed to Su Han.

Seeing him act this way, the other forces also did not hesitate. They had no use for these Blood Crystals, so they might as well use them to repay Su Han's kindness for saving them.

In the end, hundreds of people stood before Su Han, each holding a Space Ring.

Looking at these Space Rings, Su Han did not accept them but instead said, "I once said that after this battle, if you can survive, I will personally invite you to join the Phoenix Sect!"

"Those words still hold, but I will not force you. As long as you join the Phoenix Sect, I will distribute the cultivation technique for refining the physical body, and your Martial Path Cultivation might not reach the Dragon God Realm, Dragon Emperor Realm, or even the Dragon Venerate Realm in this life, but with the cultivation technique I give you, there are infinite possibilities!"

When Su Han previously spoke these words, nearly everyone had scoffed. After all, giving a drop of Lifeblood Gold Blood to Su Han meant that one's life would be completely controlled by him. To put it bluntly, even if one were at the Dragon Venerate Realm, if they gave their Lifeblood Gold Blood to Su Han, he could decide their fate with just a thought.

But at this moment, their thoughts had changed.

Firstly, they had witnessed firsthand the overall strength of the Phoenix Sect in the previous battle. With Su Han and others of the Dragon Emperor Realm leading the charge and Phoenix Sect disciples attacking, their progress was even faster than the Holy Spirit Palace, which had over ten million disciples!

Although the Holy Spirit Palace had many disciples, nine-tenths of them were below the Dragon God level, and in such a battle, their role was minimal; they were, in fact, a burden.

However, the Phoenix Sect was different, with hundreds of thousands of Dragon God Realm cultivators whose concentrated attacks were immensely powerful. The speed of their advance and their minimal losses were thanks to both Su Han and these Dragon God Realm cultivators!

The most critical point is that everyone knows that the physical body truly has no bottleneck, and with enough resources, it can grow indefinitely.

For example, who would have thought that the Phoenix Sect would have so many Dragon God Realm members? Even the combined members of the Top Ten Super Sects do not outnumber the Phoenix Sect in terms of Dragon God Realm members!

Many people are very aware of their own Martial Talent and know that they might never become powerful in this lifetime. But at this moment, with such an opportunity before them, they are tempted.

In the past, even if tempted, they might not have chosen to join. After all, cultivating the physical body requires resources that even a Super Sect might not have enough to provide.

But at this moment...

The endless, continuously arriving Extraterritorial Demons are a resource, aren't they?

If they obtain the cultivation technique given by Su Han, perhaps they, too, could become Dragon Gods, Dragon Emperors, or even... Dragon Venerates!

And the second point depends on the individual.

Does joining a sect have to mean betrayal?

And if they do not betray, even if their Lifeblood Gold Blood is in Su Han's hands, why would Su Han want to kill them?

Moreover, even within their current sect, their lives are not under their own control.

...

Seeing everyone fall silent, Su Han smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, let's not mention this for now; we..."

"Our Palace of the Holy Maiden joins!"

At this moment, a graceful and stunningly beautiful woman with long hair cascading over her shoulders suddenly spoke from the Palace of the Holy Maiden.

This woman was the current Palace Master of the Palace of the Holy Maiden, Shen Liuyan.

Shen Liuyan's actual age was over a thousand years, and her cultivation was at the Dragon Emperor Realm Late Stage, having also opened the Imperial Domain.

As the sect master of a First-Class Sect, possessing such cultivation is already considered exceptionally strong.

For instance, Lin Qianye, the sect master of the Thousand Leaves Sect, a First-Class Sect that the Phoenix Sect eliminated before, was merely at the Dragon Emperor Realm Early Stage having opened the Imperial Domain, while the deputy sect master Ye Huan hadn't even opened the Imperial Domain.