As the seals shifted and mystical techniques were unleashed one after another, with an Eighth-Order Open Heaven personally striking, how could these Mo Servants—who were at most Fifth-Order, with most being only Third or Fourth-Order—possibly resist?
One by one, the Mo Servants were struck by the techniques, their power thoroughly sealed within their bodies, their own Small Universes completely locked down.
Under such circumstances, forget about channeling the power of their Small Universes—even waging a single finger was a luxury.
Only in this way could it be ensured that the Mo Servants would not self-destruct.
Divine Lord Liu Mu and Luo Tinghe were busy without pause, and Yang Kai was no different.
Every Mo Servant whose Small Universe had been sealed and freedom restricted was quickly transferred out by him, dumped onto an abandoned Spirit Star outside.
The three of them worked for a full half-day before the two thousand sealed Mo Servants were finally dealt with.
Yang Kai let out a heavy sigh of relief, feeling a lightness as though a great burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
He turned his head to glance in the direction where Luan Baifeng was, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not go over.
Luan Baifeng had already been corroded by the power of Mo; deep in her heart, she was no longer the person she once was. Mo Servants upheld Mo above all else, and nothing he said to her at this point would make any difference.
Another dozen or so days passed, and powerhouse after powerhouse from the various Cave Heavens and Blessed Grounds arrived in the Black Domain in an endless stream.
Until, two months later, the strong cultivators of every Cave Heaven and Blessed Ground had gathered almost in full. Each delegation was led by at least one Eighth-Order Open Heaven, with Seventh-Orders appearing in great numbers and Sixth-Orders as the minimum.
In an instant, a power of unimaginable scale had converged within the Black Domain—Eighth-Order Open Heavens alone numbered over a hundred.
This was the accumulated heritage of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Grounds built up over countless generations. In ordinary times it remained restrained and unobtrusive, but when a major event arose, it could instantly reveal its formidable might.
Yang Kai couldn't help but feel a twinge of envy. The day the Void Palace and Azure Cloud Temple could muster something like this, they would stand on equal footing with these supreme forces.
The Eighth-Order Supreme Elders took turns guarding the central region of the Black Prison, keeping watch over the imprisoned Mo Clan at all times. However, due to the influence of the grand formation enveloping the Black Prison, even Eighth-Order Open Heavens could not endure there for long—they could manage at most a day or two before needing to rotate.
The several thousand Mo Servants detained on the abandoned Spirit Star had also become objects of their eager research, and the power of Mo that had scattered throughout the voids of the Black Domain after the previous battle had likewise attracted many to investigate.
For the powerhouses of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Grounds, Mo was no secret—knowing was one thing, but this was the first time they had actually laid eyes on it, so naturally they were curious.
The insidious nature of the power of Mo and the stubborn intractability of the Mo Servants left them deeply shaken.
And Yang Kai, who had shone brilliantly during this incident, had also sparked great interest among many Upper-Grade Open Heavens.
As the master of the Void Palace and the Great Emperor of the Star Boundary, Yang Kai was no longer an obscure figure—nearly all the Upper-Grade Open Heavens had heard of him.
But they had never actually met him.
This time they had finally seen him in person, and Yang Kai seized the opportunity to get acquainted with many Seventh-Order and Eighth-Order Open Heavens.
The thing he spent the most time doing during this period, however, was peddling Mystic Yin Bamboo.
As one of the Twelve Minor Pillars of Heaven and Earth, the value of Mystic Yin Bamboo was well known. Now, with the Mo Clan crisis having emerged, it had become even more important.
While it could not grant its owner complete immunity to the power of Mo the way the Heaven and Earth Spring could, it could to a great extent resist Mo's corrosion and make one's Small Universe far more resilient.
Though Yang Kai had included the existence of Mystic Yin Bamboo as one of the conditions during earlier negotiations with numerous envoys over the use of the Creation Divine Furnace, and Azure Cloud Temple accordingly supplied each Cave Heaven and Blessed Ground with a small quantity—
The amount was simply far too meager.
Compared to the Upper-Grade Open Heavens across all the Cave Heavens and Blessed Grounds, what Azure Cloud Temple had supplied didn't even come close to covering everyone's needs.
Now that they had encountered Yang Kai, the master of Azure Cloud Temple, in the Black Domain, naturally every Upper-Grade Open Heaven wanted to work him for a deal.
But given Yang Kai's current money-grubbing disposition, how could he possibly give away Mystic Yin Bamboo for free?
Back in the Langya Blessed Ground, he had even force-sold healing pills—let alone something as precious as one of the Twelve Minor Pillars of Heaven and Earth.
Standing in his capacity as a Sect Master, Yang Kai was now doing everything he could to accumulate resources.
The Mystic Yin Bamboo he was cultivating in his own Small Universe had grown to a considerable scale, but considering he needed to advance to the Seventh-Order, he had not devoted much effort to nurturing them in a long time, so as to avoid their growth draining his own foundation.
After a round of probing, tug-of-war, and haggling, Yang Kai and the numerous Upper-Grade Open Heavens reached a price that was relatively satisfactory to both sides.
One stalk of Mystic Yin Bamboo after another was sold off.
However, a single stalk of Mystic Yin Bamboo alone was incapable of accomplishing anything—the owner first had to expend the foundation of their own Small Universe to cultivate it into a sizable bamboo grove. The larger the grove, the more potent the effects of the Mystic Yin Bamboo.
This was inevitably a process that required considerable time and effort, but Upper-Grade Open Heavens had vast lifespans, so they didn't mind.
The resources accumulated in the Black Domain from mining the ore stars during this period were also considerable—Luan Baifeng had even taken Yang Kai to inspect them during her last visit.
Now that he had returned, Yang Kai collected every last bit of it into his own Small Universe.