He kept shouting while grabbing, frantically collecting and constantly sending the item attributes to the team channel as well.

"[Mystic Sky Creation Cauldron]! Legendary!"

"[Original Dao Essence]! Innate material!"

"[Taiyi Creation Scripture]! Great stuff!"

"[Primordial Infinite Bead]! Another Innate Treasure!"

"We’ve got it, got it, got it!"

Everyone’s eyes went wide with astonishment.

As expected, every item produced by the Demon Lord was of excellent quality.

The Full-time Expert spent over a full minute, finally looting everything off the corpse.

He stood up, unable to suppress a smile on his face: "Just in time! These will replenish the Magic Treasures we used! With these drops, the next Demon Lord might be easier to handle!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This raid had indeed consumed a lot—elixirs, talismans, Magic Treasures, equipment repairs... The total expenses had almost drained half of the inventory of the players in Embers City.

Especially the top-level Magic Treasure equipment, armed for these forty-five Daluo, had required the full effort of all the players in Embers City.

In this final battle, the players suffered heavy casualties, and the consumption of Magic Treasures was tremendous. The Demon Lord’s power was overwhelming, turning many Immortal Artifact Level Magic Treasures into consumables.

But with this loot, they could essentially recover their strength.

These Holy Artifact Level equipment and Magic Treasures would undoubtedly greatly enhance the strength of the player team.

When fighting the next Demon Lord, it should be much easier.

But—

There was still one unresolved matter.

Everyone looked at the "Saint Fragments" floating in midair and felt troubled.

It was a fist-sized, translucent white light sphere, quietly floating, emitting a gentle glow. It seemed unremarkable, but everyone knew—inside it held the power to destroy the world.

With the group’s strength, they couldn’t control its power at all.

They didn’t even dare to touch it.

Only by initiating the Unity of Heaven and Man could they slightly attempt to analyze its principles.

"What should we do with this thing?" someone asked.

"We can only take it back for now." The Full-time Expert sighed.

So, the seven of them carefully protected the light ball and transported it all the way back to Embers City.

When the seven returned to Embers City with the Saint Fragments—

They were met with earth-shattering cheers!

The entire Embers City of players was in a frenzy!

"What the hell! Did they really get it?!"

"Saint Fragments! Those are the Saint Fragments!"

"Awesome! So damn awesome!"

"Finally got the first fragment!"

Cheers, shouts, and applause surged like tides!

Xiao Jie looked at those excited faces, and an indescribable emotion surged within him.

Six months.

Six whole months, dying hundreds of times, fighting countless battles, finally...

Finally, they got the first fragment.

If they couldn’t get it, they would truly be trapped in this world.

Now there was finally a glimmer of hope.

Three figures slowly emerged from the crowd.

They were the three "mentors"—Chaos Demon Ape Sun Xiaotian, Fallen Heaven Demon Monarch Zhao Yu, World-destroying Demon Child Li Xiaoyi.

"Did you... really do it?" Zhao Yu looked at them with a complicated expression, his gaze falling on the floating light sphere.

"Hahaha!" Sun Xiaotian laughed aloud, slapping Xiao Jie on the shoulder, almost knocking him over, "I told you these disciples of mine were amazing! You just didn’t believe! Now even the Original Dao has been defeated—that old man was someone I looked up to, and even in my prime, I had to fear him!"

He laughed, baring his teeth, extremely happy: "Good, good! You’re worthy of being my Sun Xiaotian’s disciples! You’ve got potential!"

Li Xiaoyi also came over, circling the light ball twice, clicking his tongue in wonder: "Did you really get your hands on this thing?"

He tilted his head, his eyes flickering with unknown thoughts.

Zhao Yu silently watched the light ball, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

However, Xiao Jie felt a bit uneasy.

Even a single Saint Fragment was so terrifying. If all six fragments were gathered, merging into the complete power of a Saint—that would be unimaginable.

What kind of existence would that be?

Could it truly still be controlled by ’humans’?

Xiao Jie looked at the three mentors.

All three were staring at the light ball, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

In Sun Xiaotian’s eyes, there was excitement, curiosity, and a trace of... ambition?

Zhao Yu’s eyes were deep as an abyss, showing no joy or anger, but the slightly furrowed brow indicated he was pondering something.

Li Xiaoyi’s eyes were the most complex—there was greed, fear, hesitation, and a trace of barely noticeable... fear?

Xiao Jie was startled.

He knew what the three were thinking.

The Power of Saint.

Just obtaining this power could make one a true Saint—beyond Daluo, beyond everything, achieving Unity with the Dao, Unbreakable.

It was a temptation no cultivator could refuse.

Even if the price was to lose one’s humanity.

Even at the cost of incarnating into Taiyi.

He initially only thought about the players, about Tongtian, but now it seemed that these three couldn’t resist fighting for it either.

He looked over to Emperor Shitian, to I am a farmer, to Taixu Xuanzhen.

They were all watching the light ball.

The same thing was in their eyes.

Xiao Jie took a deep breath.

This was just the first fragment.

There were still five more to go.

Once all six fragments were gathered, by then, there might be an upheaval of epic proportions.

No matter how they previously agreed that whoever contributed the most would claim the Power of Saint, could anyone truly let go at the crucial moment?

Before Tongtian even makes a move, they might start fighting among themselves.

Is that Tongtian’s plan, to seize it while the players and NPCs are in-fighting?

Not easy at all... Xiao Jie felt a pang of unease; the joy of just acquiring the Saint Fragment was now replaced by a strong unease.