Jaekyung watched the quietly burning flame, the alchemy furnace gently swaying above it, and the pale smoke wafting from it. The faint medicinal aroma wafting through the smoke drew his mind into deeper calm. 'Thanks to Song-gwan stepping in at the right time, the immediate crisis is essentially resolved.'
The death of the Shattered Waters Whale King, who had long made a name for himself as the Western Twin Lake Demon King, was deeply significant to both the demon races and the humans. If mishandled, the balance between demon races and humans could have collapsed, sending the entire political situation of Western Twin Lake spiraling out of control.
Fortunately, Song-gwan had stepped up and displayed the majesty of the Sacred Heaven Dragon Palace Envoy, suppressing the humans' momentum. With his warning, the Immortal Alliance would not be able to devote more strength to Western Twin Lake, at least for the time being. 'What happened to Upper Clarity Venerable?
Is he truly dead?' When Jaekyung saw So Cheong-hwa mingling with the Immortal Alliance's cultivators, it seemed that all the past conflicts had been mended. That meant the issue between Upper Clarity Venerable and So Cheong-hwa had been resolved somehow, but remembering that he hadn't even seen Upper Clarity Venerable's shadow in the Great Dao at that time…