Xiang Shan had gone to make his breakthrough, and would likely achieve a Ninth-Order body before long.
On the human side, most were meditating to heal their injuries. In the previous great battle, everyone had been wounded, though the severity varied.
Ouyang Lie looked at Fang Tianci, who had taken over Yang Kai's body. "You should go heal too. Junior Sister Xue and I can keep watch."
He was injured as well, though not seriously. As for Yang Xue, she was completely unscathed—she had only expended considerable energy in the battle and needed only a brief period of recovery.
With the many human powerhouses currently recuperating and two Ninth-Order cultivators personally standing guard, nothing should go wrong.
Fang Tianci nodded. "Alright!"
He truly needed to heal. The physical wounds were still severe. Although Yang Kai now possessed a Sacred Dragon body with extraordinary recovery abilities, his consciousness was still dormant. Fang Tianci had to find a way to awaken the main body's awareness.
He promptly found a secluded spot, sat cross-legged, and stuffed a handful of spirit pills into his mouth.
The battlefield, which had been noisy for so long, suddenly fell quiet. The Ink Clan's many powerhouses were either dead or fleeing. The void bore the scars of the great battle. The bodies of the fallen humans had already been collected, though most had perished so violently that nothing could be gathered.
This battle had drawn an extraordinary number of powerhouses of exceptional caliber, and the carnage was devastating enough to chill one's heart.
"How many times has the Grand Dao evolved so far?" Ouyang Lie suddenly asked.
Just as Yang Kai had attacked Mornaye, the furnace world's Grand Dao had undergone an evolution, but with the battle at its most heated, no one had paid it any mind.
"Eight times now," Yang Xue replied, popping some restorative spirit pills into her mouth.
Ouyang Lie slowly nodded. "The Qiankun Furnace should be closing soon."
According to the intelligence Blood Crow had provided earlier, once the Grand Dao had evolved nine times, the furnace world would close, and everyone inside would be expelled.
The exit point would be the same as the entry point.
In other words, whichever location the human and Ink Clan powerhouses had used to enter the Qiankun Furnace, they would reappear at that exact spot upon exiting.
This intelligence was extremely valuable, and something the humans could exploit.
If orchestrated properly, it would inflict enormous losses on the Ink Clan, who had been completely ignorant of this fact.
They might know now—the Ink Slaves couldn't keep secrets—but what good did that do them?
When the Qiankun Furnace had appeared, battles had erupted across the great domain battlefields. The Ink Clan's powerhouses had forcibly broken through human defensive lines and entered the furnace world through the projection spaces. At the time, they had only thought to destroy the humans' opportunity, never anticipating that when the Qiankun Furnace closed, everyone would return to where they started!
By now, every location where the Qiankun Furnace's projection spaces had appeared should be heavily guarded by human armies, ready to surround and annihilate the Ink Clan powerhouses the moment they emerged!
Of course, in locations like the Void Domain and the Ink Battlefield, humans couldn't intervene—those territories were under Ink Clan control. The Ink Clan members who had entered the furnace world from those two places would likely return safely, but those from other locations were in deep trouble.
It was easy to predict that the day the Qiankun Furnace closed would be the day humans slaughtered the Ink Clan's powerhouses, yielding yet another glorious victory!
Time passed as everyone focused on healing and recuperation.
At Yang Kai's body, Fang Tianci immersed his consciousness alongside Lei Ying, attempting to awaken the main body's awareness. He had expected it might be difficult, but after only a brief effort, Yang Kai's consciousness stirred to life!
"Boss, you're finally awake!" Lei Ying's delighted voice echoed through his mind.
Yang Kai blinked in confusion, thinking he might be hallucinating, until he noticed something was off about his own situation and finally caught on.
His body now housed the consciousnesses of both Fang Tianci and Lei Ying.
What was going on?
His thoughts were still stuck at the moment he had gravely wounded Mornaye and was preparing to give chase. Everything after that was a complete blank.
"Is Mornaye dead?" Yang Kai asked.
"He escaped," Fang Tianci replied. "Your consciousness suddenly went silent. Third Brother's consciousness awakened first and took over your body. He doesn't understand spatial laws, so when Mornaye fled, pursuit was impossible."
Lei Ying said resentfully, "There was nothing I could do! The moment your consciousness went dark, I suddenly woke up. I gave chase, but the guy ran fast. You should blame Second Brother—if he had woken up before me, Mornaye might be dead."
Fang Tianci was also proficient in spatial laws. Though his mastery wasn't as deep as Yang Kai's, had he taken over the body at that time, Mornaye almost certainly wouldn't have escaped.
But Lei Ying had genuinely awakened first. By the time Mornaye had vanished without a trace and Fang Tianci's consciousness finally stirred, it would have been pointless for him to take over the body.