Wu Shattered Star River

Fang Zheng, the abbot of Taiqing Temple, and Grandmaster Zhi Yongxin arrived with the temple's experts after the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn.

However, their arrival was meaningless, as Jiang Han had already left, leaving behind many corpses on the three islands, as well as bodies floating in the sea.

The three islands were filled with martial artists, all low-level cultivators who had come to steal bird eggs. Zhi Yongxin had initially intended to order a cleanup, driving these people away.

But ultimately, considering the major incident that had occurred within the sect, with three Void Realm experts killed and their strength greatly diminished,

if they continued to be so domineering, they would easily be besieged by other King-level forces in the vicinity, so they decided not to interfere further.

Half an hour later, the Earth Immortals of the Eternal Night Palace finally arrived belatedly. Not many came, only two.

These two Earth Immortals observed the scene, glanced at the killed experts, and listened to the martial artists who were present at the time recount the situation.

Afterward, they said they would return to the Eternal Night Palace to discuss it, and without giving any indication of their stance, they actually just left…

Zhi Yongxin and the others were dumbfounded. What did the Eternal Night Palace mean by this?

The death warrant they had issued for Jiang Han was the result of a hint from an elder of the Eternal Night Palace.

Now that Jiang Han had killed so many of their experts, causing them to lose face, the Eternal Night Palace had no reaction at all?

Go back and discuss it?

What was there to discuss? Shouldn't they immediately mobilize a large number of Earth Immortals and gather all the martial artists under their command to search for and encircle Jiang Han?

"Return to the temple immediately! Fully retract, summon all disciples outside back to the temple, and activate the island protection formation!"

Zhi Yongxin's expression was gloomy as he pondered for a moment and issued the order.

Zhi Yongxin understood that the Eternal Night Palace had become timid, afraid of following in the footsteps of Qingyi Palace. If Jiang Han went to Eternal Night Island and destroyed the Eternal Night Palace's mountain gate as well, the Eternal Night Palace would suffer a great loss.

So many Earth Immortals from Qingyi Palace and Star Pavilion couldn't kill Jiang Han, so would adding the Eternal Night Palace make a difference? The higher-ups of the Eternal Night Palace were clearly afraid.

Moreover, Jiang Han had made a statement!

If the King-level forces that had previously issued death warrants against him issued an announcement to cancel the death warrants, then the grievances would be written off.

In that case, as long as the Eternal Night Palace didn't take action, Jiang Han wouldn't act recklessly, let alone actively attack the Eternal Night Palace.

Since that was the case, why should the Eternal Night Palace offend Jiang Han, this madman? And Ye Luo wasn't dead…

As expected!

Two hours later, a Void Realm expert from the Eternal Night Palace arrived and subtly conveyed the meaning of the Eternal Night Palace's higher-ups.

He told Zhi Yongxin not to retaliate, not to be enemies with Jiang Han, to consider this a loss, and to take a step back for a broader perspective.

If possible, issue an announcement to cancel the death warrant, and the Eternal Night Palace would compensate Taiqing Temple for its losses in the future…

Zhi Yongxin almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

The Eternal Night Palace wouldn't help them, and they even wanted him to issue an announcement? They hinted at them to issue a death warrant in the first place, and now they're hinting at them to cancel the death warrant?

It would have been fine if Jiang Han hadn't killed their Arhats, but now that so many experts had died, Taiqing Temple's reputation was in tatters.

And now they wanted them to bow their heads to Jiang Han?

Taiqing Temple was at least a King-level force, and one of the strongest forces under the Eternal Night Palace. They had their pride too.

Without prestige, anyone would dare to cause them trouble in the future, and the disciples within the temple would feel ashamed.

The subordinate forces might betray them, and over time, Taiqing Temple would gradually decline.

"Go back and tell the Palace Lord and the elders!"

Zhi Yongxin said with a frustrated expression: "If the Eternal Night Palace won't help us, we'll get back at him ourselves. Even if Taiqing Temple fights to the last disciple, we will never bow our heads to that dog thief Jiang Han. This old monk vows to kill this thief."

"Then do as you please. Anyway, you will be responsible for the consequences!"

The Void Realm expert from the Eternal Night Palace coldly glanced at Zhi Yongxin, turned around, and flew towards a courtyard, then entered the teleportation formation and teleported away.

As soon as the envoy from the Eternal Night Palace left, the few Void Realm experts from Taiqing Temple became anxious and immediately surrounded him.

One of them said: "Abbot, what do you mean by this? Are we really going to fight Jiang Han to the death? We are not afraid of death, but it is meaningless. We can't kill Jiang Han at all."

Another Void Realm expert also became anxious and said: "Abbot, you are confused. The Eternal Night Palace doesn't dare to be enemies with Jiang Han, and if we continue to do this, all the disciples in the temple will die."

"Alright!"

Zhi Yongxin raised his sparse eyebrows and glanced at the few people, saying: "What are you panicking about? This time, our Taiqing Temple has suffered such heavy losses. Who will compensate for these losses? We can't do anything to Jiang Han, so we can only ask the Eternal Night Palace for some compensation."

"Uh…"

The few Arhats were slightly stunned and didn't understand Zhi Yongxin's meaning.

After a moment, an old monk's eyes lit up, and he said: "Abbot, you don't really want to fight Jiang Han to the end, but to make the Eternal Night Palace compensate us?"

"Of course!"

Zhi Yongxin smiled coldly and said: "Summon all the disciples back, activate the island protection formation, and then issue an announcement that we and Jiang Han are irreconcilable!"

"We have activated the island protection formation, and Jiang Han can't attack, so we are not affected in any way. On the contrary, the Eternal Night Palace will be worried that we will drag them down, and they will definitely send someone to negotiate and give us compensation."

"To take a step back, even if the Eternal Night Palace doesn't compensate us, we will drag the Eternal Night Palace down. Jiang Han attacked other forces under the Eternal Night Palace, and our reputation will not be so severely damaged."

"If it really doesn't work, we'll go to Qingyi Palace. If Qingyi Palace is willing to give us a lot of compensation, we'll defect to Qingyi Palace. The Eternal Night Palace wouldn't dare to destroy us, would they?"

"Hmm…"

The few Arhats looked at each other, their eyes lit up, and they admired Zhi Yongxin very much.

This was a brilliant plan with several advantages. In any case, Taiqing Temple would not suffer.

Soon, messages were sent out, and all the disciples occupying the islands of Taiqing Temple withdrew and returned, and the island protection formation was quickly activated.

Then, Taiqing Temple issued an announcement saying that Jiang Han had killed their Arhat Vajra, and Taiqing Temple would fight Jiang Han to the death. Even if they fought to the last disciple, they would never compromise.

There were already many martial artists surrounding the area, and scouts from various forces were rushing here. Many martial artists had already entered Pengniao Island to steal eggs.

The announcement of Taiqing Temple quickly spread, and many forces were impressed by Taiqing Temple.

They didn't expect these bald donkeys to have so much backbone? After so many people were killed, they still wanted to fight Jiang Han to the death.

The announcement of Taiqing Temple frightened the Eternal Night Palace!

They wanted to appease the situation this time and didn't want to attract Jiang Han's attention, so that Jiang Han would continue to find trouble with Qingyi Palace.

If Taiqing Temple's announcement angered Jiang Han and he went on a killing spree in the Eternal Night Palace's sphere of influence, causing destruction everywhere?

An hour after the announcement was issued, an Earth Immortal from the Eternal Night Palace teleported to Taiqing Island. He was still a relatively powerful Earth Immortal.

He directly ordered Taiqing Temple to withdraw the announcement and issue another announcement to cancel the death warrant against Jiang Han.

Zhi Yongxin gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure. He wouldn't act without seeing results, constantly complaining about his grievances and insisting on not withdrawing the announcement.

Finally, the Eternal Night Palace Elder relented, promising some benefits and giving a lot of compensation.

Two hours later, Taiqing Temple issued another announcement—saying that the previous announcement was issued privately by the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall and had not been approved by the abbot of Taiqing Temple.

Now, the head of the hall has been dismissed, the previous announcement is invalid, and Taiqing Temple announced the cancellation of the death warrant against Jiang Han.

A day later, another King-level force of the Eternal Night Palace issued an announcement to cancel the death warrant against Jiang Han.

The news quickly spread, and the Chaotic Star Sea was in an uproar.

The Eternal Night Palace had become timid, and very thoroughly so…