Chapter 2557: Chapter 2557: The Jade Slip Left Behind by Ernest Summer

"Just now, you... could have escaped alone to preserve yourself!"

Wyatt Barnes looked at the old man in front of him with interest.

"If I wanted to preserve myself, I wouldn’t have come today!"

The old man, no longer the spirited figure from before, wore a bitter smile, resembling an elderly man nearing his twilight years.

"After all, before I came, I once thought your wife would accompany you."

"And I’ve already confirmed your wife’s strength... Comparable to a ’Golden Immortal’ of the heavenly realms!"

The old man said.

"So, you’re doing this for your people?"

Wyatt asked lightly.

"Yes."

The old man didn’t deny it.

"At your level, just one step away, if you endure the tenth ’Scattered Immortal Tribulation’, you can ascend to the heavenly realms and achieve ’Golden Immortal’... Is it worth it, doing this?"

Wyatt questioned again.

"There’s no ’worth it’ or ’not worth it’... As you’ve said: They are my people!"

The old man replied.

"Infinite Great One!"

"Infinite Great One!"

...

A group of Demon Race individuals, upon hearing the old man’s words, were deeply moved, their faces showing excitement.

Even among the Human Demon Clan, knowing full well that even if Wyatt wanted to wipe out the entire Demon Race, he wouldn’t harm them.

At this moment, hearing the old man’s words, they couldn’t help but be touched, rising with sincere respect.

"Wyatt Barnes!"

Meanwhile, the old man looked at Wyatt Barnes, seriously saying, "I hope that today, after my death... You spare my Demon Race people. After I die, the seven Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals of my Demon Race will lead my people away from the Holy Domain Plane, returning to the exile plane."

"At that time, my Demon Race people will personally repair the ’spatial barrier’ between the Holy Domain Plane and the exile plane, restoring peace to the Holy Domain Plane!"

Speaking of which, the old man’s tone carried a hint of plea.

"Infinite Great One!"

"Infinite Great One!"

...

Once again, a group of Demon Race individuals were touched by the old man’s words.

"When did I say I wanted to kill you?"

Wyatt swept a light glance at the old man, asking.

"You... You won’t kill me?"

The old man’s body slightly trembled, looking at Wyatt Barnes with incredulous expression. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

A group of Demon Race individuals also looked at Wyatt Barnes with anticipation, hoping that what Wyatt said was true, and not empty words.

Wyatt didn’t respond to the old man, only speaking calmly to him: "Except for the Human Demon Clan who wish to continue staying in the ’Holy Domain Plane’... The rest of the Demon Race people, I give you three months to lead them all out of the Holy Domain Plane!"

"Additionally, half a month ago, I visited the Romero Tribe and gave each of their two Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals an immortal treasure... So, don’t even think about causing trouble after I ascend."

"Even if I ascend... The Romero Tribe is capable of dealing with your Demon Race!"

Wyatt said.

Hearing Wyatt’s words, the old man couldn’t help but show an envious expression.

After all, even though he is a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal, he doesn’t possess an immortal treasure.

And the two Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals from the Romero Tribe each have an immortal treasure.

The seven Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals from the Demon Race present, hearing Wyatt’s words, were filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment...

Of course, this envy, jealousy, and resentment were directed at the two Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals from the Romero Tribe.

Even as Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals, how come those two guys have such good fortune?

"Let’s go."

Since the matter of the Demon Race was resolved, Wyatt Barnes didn’t plan to stay here any longer, immediately looking at Lainey Don beside him, giving her a greeting.

Following that, he casually tore open a space rift, entering it with her.

Leaving behind only a silhouette for those present.

Until Wyatt’s silhouette disappeared from sight, the Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal from the Demon Race finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Wyatt left, he feared most that Wyatt would suddenly change his mind and decide to kill him.

"Infinite Great One... Although Wyatt Barnes is indeed strong, comparable to the Golden Immortal of the heavenly realms. But his cultivation level is roughly equivalent to the ’half-step immortal’ level, we can completely find a Scattered Immortal who has formed the Soul Gathering body to launch a sneak attack, to kill him!"

At this moment, an unwilling Seven Tribulations Loose Immortal from the Demon Race transmitted his thoughts to the old man.

"Hmph!"

However, upon hearing this Seven Tribulations Loose Immortal’s transmission, the old man coldly snorted through a transmission, then reprimanded, "He is indeed a half-step immortal, but can you be sure his wife is also just a ’half-step immortal’? If she’s not, after his death, our Demon Race will face annihilation!"

"Moreover, even if we find a Scattered Immortal who has formed the Soul Gathering body... Given the strength he currently possesses, attempting a sneak attack on him involves huge risk. Once he discovers it in advance, he is fully capable of killing that Scattered Immortal who has formed the Soul Gathering body first!"

The old man’s transmission left the Seven Tribulations Loose Immortal no room to argue further.

"You stay in Sin City... I will finish my business and come back to find you."

Before Wyatt Barnes left, he also greeted two ’acquaintances’ among the Demon Race crowd.

Sacred Wander Palace disciple Cody Yellow, Sacred Wander Palace Palace Master Vast Johnson.

Hearing Wyatt Barnes’ voice transmission, the two couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.

This also meant:

That man, who was like a Divine Being, had not forgotten them after all.

...

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After Wyatt Barnes took Lainey Don through the spatial rift, they left the Upper Domain of Martial Dao Sacred Land and arrived at the Lower Domain.

To him:

The matter with the Demon Race was considered completely resolved.

Even if the force of immortal ascent suddenly arrived, pulling him up to the Heavenly Domain Plane, he needn’t worry about the Demon Race returning...

Because he had left a ’backhand’.

The two Eight Tribulations Scattered Immortals of the Romero Tribe were the backhand he had left.

After receiving the ’celestial treasures’ he gave them, either one of their powers was not weaker than the Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal of the Demon Race.

If the two joined forces, they might even unexpectedly kill that Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal of the Demon Race!

As for the seven Eight Tribulations Scattered Immortals of the Demon Race, just one Eight Tribulations Scattered Immortal of the Romero Tribe using a celestial treasure would be enough to handle them.

"Cloud Skies Continent!"

After returning with Lainey Don to the Lower Domain of Martial Dao Sacred Land, Wyatt Barnes didn’t stay long. Instead, he headed south, quickly returning to the Cloud Skies Continent, his earliest homeland in this life.

To him, Cloud Skies Continent was divided into ’outside territory’ and the ’Ten Dynasties’.

Because he emerged from one of the Ten Dynasties at a corner of Cloud Skies Continent.

There, some of his relatives and friends were still present.

On this return, he had no intention of disturbing them. He just wanted to watch them quietly from the shadows without affecting their lives, fulfilling one of his wishes before leaving the Holy Domain Plane.

He planned to return to the Yan Huang Plane to make his way after settling matters in the Holy Domain Plane, and then wait for the arrival of his ’force of immortal ascent’ there.

Now, perhaps even Wyatt Barnes himself didn’t realize:

The reason he was eager to leave the Holy Domain Plane was largely because he subconsciously considered it a ’place of heartbreak’, fearing that staying there would make him dwell on Keer and the family and friends taken away by Rocky Cloud under captivity.

Every time he thought of them, his heart ached with pain, and he couldn’t help but loathe his own uselessness!

"I wonder... with my current strength, what kind of ’heavenly phenomenon’ I can trigger in the Cloud Skies Continent..."

Wyatt Barnes remembered that his hometown, Cloud Skies Continent, was a very special place where showing one’s strength would trigger the power of heaven and earth, manifesting a heavenly phenomenon.

Perhaps a ’phantom of an ancient giant elephant’, or a ’phantom of an ancient horned dragon’, or...

Boom!!

Suddenly feeling intrigued, Wyatt Barnes willed, and the power within him surged out like wild horses galloping along his ninety-nine Saint Veins, enveloping him like a vast flame.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

...

At that moment, Wyatt Barnes heard a noise from the sky above and couldn’t help but look up, curious about what kind of heavenly phenomenon his current self could trigger.

But as he looked up, Wyatt Barnes was dumbfounded.

He saw the power of heaven and earth converging in the sky above his head like dark clouds, rolling in as if to cover the sky and block out the sun, yet no heavenly phenomenon was manifesting.

"Could it be that I have to wait longer?"

Thinking this, Wyatt Barnes waited for a while, but the rolling dark clouds in the sky didn’t change at all.

"What... are you doing?!"

Standing beside Wyatt Barnes, Lainey Don finally couldn’t suppress her confusion and asked.

She had no idea what Wyatt Barnes was doing!

After Wyatt Barnes explained, she tried to mobilize her own power to summon the power of heaven and earth too.

However, the resulting heavenly phenomenon was the same as Wyatt’s, dark clouds rolling without any semblance of an elephant or dragon...

"I guess our power levels are too high, preventing the power of heaven and earth around here from manifesting the kind of heavenly phenomenon you’re talking about."

Lainey Don speculated.

"That must be it."

Wyatt Barnes nodded and gave up.

"Hmm?"

Just as Wyatt Barnes decided to give up and started to head back with Lainey Don to his homeland, the Green Forest Royal Country, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

As if encountering an unexpected situation.

"What’s wrong?"

Immediately, Lainey Don halted as well, looking at Wyatt Barnes with a puzzled expression.

This time, however, Wyatt Barnes didn’t respond to Lainey Don’s query. Instead, he raised his hand.

In doing so, a mesmerizing jade slip appeared in his hand.

"This jade slip... wasn’t it left to you by that senior back then?"

Lainey Don recognized that this jade slip was exactly the one left to Wyatt Barnes by that powerful figure from the Divine Ruin Lands, who called himself ’Ernest Summer’.

And just then.

Whiz!

As Wyatt Barnes released it, the jade slip’s mystical light suddenly intensified and swiftly flew southward.

As if leading him somewhere.