Just like Zhuge Xingwei, quite a few others had caught a clear glimpse of the bead's true nature, and all of them wore expressions of shock.
Zhuge Xingwei collected himself and was about to thank Yang Kai when he saw Yang Kai casually toss the Heaven and Earth Bead — formed from the Xuanyi World — straight toward him.
Zhuge Xingwei's entire being went rigid.
Even with his Fifth-Stage Open Heaven cultivation, he fumbled to catch it in a frantic flurry.
Cupping the Heaven and Earth Bead that held the Xuanyi World in both hands, Zhuge Xingwei's smile looked worse than tears as he stared at Yang Kai. "Senior... this... this..."
What was he supposed to do with this?
Granted, having the entire Xuanyi World refined into a Heaven and Earth Bead was a good thing, but how was he supposed to keep it safe? He feared that the slightest movement on his part might bring about the collapse of the Xuanyi World.
Yang Kai waved his hand nonchalantly. "No need to be so cautious. I refined the void surrounding the Xuanyi World as well. You just need to keep it on your person and make sure no overly powerful force reaches it. The Xuanyi World will be perfectly safe."
Understanding dawned on Zhuge Xingwei. Only then did he realize why the outer layer of the bead in his hands was shrouded in gray mist — that was the void surrounding the Xuanyi World.
The true Xuanyi World was embedded within the Heaven and Earth Bead.
Grasping this, Zhuge Xingwei finally relaxed. Following Yang Kai's instructions, he tucked the Heaven and Earth Bead into a brocade pouch against his chest, then patted it anxiously to make sure it was secure.
He bowed deeply to Yang Kai once more. "Senior's great kindness — the people of the Xuanyi World will never forget it."
Yang Kai nodded slightly, then pointed forward. A portal immediately materialized before them — he had used the Void Spirit Bead he'd previously given to Wang Xuanyi to link through the void. "Go on through. Meet up with the Sea Swallowing Sect on the other side."
Zhuge Xingwei thanked him once more and led his two hundred-plus followers through the portal. They arrived inside the Sea Swallowing Sect as expected, where they found Wang Xuanyi. Zhuge Xingwei told Wang Xuanyi, Yang Qing, and the others about how Yang Kai had refined the Xuanyi World, shocking them all.
Refining an entire world into a single bead — even a powerhouse like Wang Xuanyi, who hailed from a Blessed Land, had never heard of such a thing.
Beyond their shock, what they felt most was joy.
Originally, this evacuation and migration could only ensure the safe departure of most of the martial artists from the various major sects and powers. The inhabitants of those countless worlds had been beyond saving. But now that Yang Kai possessed such a method, everyone in the Sea Swallowing Domain could be evacuated.
Not just the Sea Swallowing Domain — given enough time, the same could be done for every other great domain.
Wang Xuanyi couldn't help but recall the question Yang Kai had asked him before: What about the mortals?
His answer at the time had been that nothing could be done.
Yet in just a few days, Yang Kai had come up with a solution, and Wang Xuanyi couldn't help but be filled with admiration.
Meanwhile, Yang Kai had already used a Void Spirit Bead to travel to another world. He had previously asked Zhuge Xingwei to select thirteen people, each carrying a Void Spirit Bead, to travel to the thirteen worlds in this domain, saving a great deal of travel time.
This particular world was the closest to the Xuanyi World. It also had a sect stationed there, with strength roughly on par with the Xuanyi Sect, and the two had maintained good relations in peacetime.
When the Xuanyi Sect's Open Heaven realm cultivators had been fighting the Ink Clan, Zhuge Xingwei had dispatched two elders to seek reinforcements. Elder Pang had gone to the Sea Swallowing Sect, but upon seeing from a distance that it was besieged by the Ink Clan's armies, he had no intention of walking to his death and returned empty-handed. The other elder had come to this very sect, and there had been no word from him since.
With one upheaval after another befalling the Xuanyi Sect, Zhuge Xingwei had been too shaken to think straight and had forgotten to mention this to Yang Kai.
However, the Xuanyi Sect martial artist who had been entrusted with bringing the Void Spirit Bead to this world had been cautious. Once he reached the outer void of this world, he didn't dare enter rashly. Instead, he concealed his aura in the emptiness outside and waited for Yang Kai.
A few days later, Yang Kai suddenly appeared beside him, giving him quite a fright.
Seeing it was Yang Kai, he finally relaxed and hurriedly reported what had happened.
Yang Kai's brow furrowed after hearing the report. He looked toward the world before him and indeed spotted the figures of Ink Clan members and Ink thralls moving about within.
The sect in this world had already been completely overrun by the Ink Clan, and nearly all of its martial artists had been converted into Ink thralls.
Fortunately, the Ink Clan's strength here was not high. Just like the squad that had attacked the Xuanyi World, their leader was merely a high-rank Ink, not powerful enough to possess its own Ink Nest.
If a Lord had been stationed here with an Ink Nest planted in the ground, the entire world would have been saturated with the power of Ink. Had that happened, there truly would have been no turning back.
Though the current situation was grim, to Yang Kai, it could be broken with a snap of his fingers.
The Xuanyi Sect martial artist stood beside Yang Kai and watched as he reached out toward the world before them and grabbed at the air. When he withdrew his hand, dozens of bizarrely shaped Ink Clan members had appeared before him.
These Ink Clan members hadn't even figured out what had happened before they were snatched from the sect in the world below and deposited into the void, utterly bewildered.
In the next instant, terrifying forces swept in from every direction. Every last one of the dozens of Ink Clan members perished in the blink of an eye.
Yang Kai then rubbed his palms together and sent a beam of purification light down into the sect below, enveloping every Ink thrall and driving the corrupting Ink from their bodies.
With the Ink Clan and Ink thralls dealt with effortlessly, Yang Kai waited for the martial artists in the sect below to recover before sending down a transmission.
In no time, led by a Fifth-Stage Open Heaven cultivator, numerous Open Heaven realm experts from the sect below hurried over to pay their respects.