That attack was enough to make Ji Zeyuan lose consciousness and his body fell to the ground limply.

The elders of Yin Yang Harmony Sect wanted to go and protect Ji Zeyuan but they were too scared to move. Six lotuses were still floating above Ji Zeyuan’s unconscious body.

None of them would survive even a single impact from them...not to mention, they were still growing bigger, this means those two lotuses which almost crippled Ji Zeyuan weren’t even at their maximum size yet..

"Since your sect master is already unconscious, I hope there is no doubt this duel is over, go and fetch the compass.." Lin Feng picked Ji Zeyuan with his spiritual sense and let him float near him.

The regenerating effect of a peak stage Tribulation Ascendance is very high but since Ji Zeyuan’s injuries were affected by the chaotic qi, his body wasn’t able to heal itself.

When the elders of Yin Yang Harmony heard that they looked at each other. Every single one of them seemed reluctant but they also knew that they couldn’t go back on the words of their own sect master.

Not to mention, the passage which was still open in the array is something which can be closed only by their sect master...

So even if they wanted, they wouldn’t be able to go back on the wager. Lin Feng wouldn’t mind destroying the whole sect if they did something like that..

In the end most of them looked at Yan Lihua as in the absence of the sect master, she was the one who handled everything.

Yan Lihua shook her head, "I have already cut ties with Yin Yang Harmony Sect, I just came here to pass the message as a last effort to save the sect.."

This response stunned every single elder, they couldn’t believe that Yan Lihua of all would do something like that.

"I-I will go and bring it..." Lan Shun spoke incoherently and moved.

Too many unimaginable things had happened in such a short time which were totally beyond their beliefs. Every one of them would take some time to calm themselves down.

Lin Feng waited patiently and a few breaths later Lan Shun came out while holding the silvery compass in his hands.

Lan Shun moved slowly towards Lin Feng, part of him was angry but he also felt helpless and fearful, "Here take it..."

Lin Feng’s eyes were already fixed on the compass, he was trying to look through it...he was sure that it wasn’t real but a replica of the real Karmic Compass.

Given Daoist Karmic’s attainment in the Dao of Karma and having the Karmic Compass for all his life, it wouldn’t be hard for him to create a replica.

Lin Feng used his spiritual sense to hold the compass and passed Ji Zeyuan to Lan Shun.

Lan Shun held Ji Zeyuan in his hands as using spiritual sense would be disrespectful. He came back to the other elders.

Dong Huirong immediately began checking on Ji Zeyuan and tried to heal him as quickly as possible.

Lin Feng didn’t pay attention to them and finally began observing the Karmic Compass with his chaotic eyes.

He wasn’t able to see through it completely as the material used made this replica seem of quite a higher grade and the karmic law it encompassed was also very strong.

But there was one thing definitely missing, that ancient will of a heavenly treasure. The real Karmic Compass is sentient and even if that sentience is sealed inside it, he would have felt it but there was nothing like that inside this treasure.

This proved his assumption that it was just a replica, which was quite expected as Daoist Karmic wouldn’t leave the Karmic Compass out of his sight like this.

Lin Feng sighed and put the Karmic Compass inside his storage ring before looking at Yan Lihua, "You want to go back to your cave abode in the Central Region or not?"

Yan Lihua thought for a moment and nodded, "I will "She found it more peaceful there.

"Alright then let’s leave.." Lin Feng got his hands on what he wanted. Now he was thinking if there was another fate treasure in the world or not.

Maybe there are but it seems he was supposed to see only these two as he really didn’t have a clue to get others.

Well, it might be the case so there was no need to care about other treasures, it was time to visit the core region and figure out what this mighty figure was really trying to do in this lower world.

.....

Lan Shun and others watched as Lin Feng left with Yan Lihua. They were still on edge as nothing was stopping Lin Feng from entering inside the barrier and destroying the whole sect.

Only when he disappeared from their senses they felt relieved.

"What a misfortune, we lost the Karmic Compass.." the faction leader of Judgement Hall shook his head.

"Just be happy that we survived, maybe that treasure has served its purpose and saved our sect from utter destruction.." Dong Huirong sighed, "Also, it was totally unexpected for Yan Lihua to do that."

Others nodded too, they couldn’t believe it either..

"Must be her heart demon and I have a feeling that Lin Feng somehow managed to get rid of it...at this point it doesn’t sound unbelievable.." Lan Shun shook his head, "Let’s return back, there is no point in thinking about it, let’s see how things go from now on.."

They were still not off the hook, Frozen Heart Sect might come and attack them right now. They could only hope that Ji Zeyuan healed before that.

....

After a few days later, Lin Feng was moving deeper into the layer of darkness.

He had already gone through some more cities in his path and the deeper they were, the more devastating their past seemed to be.

He had met only a few ghosts and he absorbed their yin essence to inch closer to his breakthrough.