The pursuit of the Vine Emperor took Ning Fan three days.
Though heavily injured, the Vine Emperor's divine skills were astonishing in his desperation, causing significant injuries to Ning Fan and Nieli.
When the Vine Emperor finally fled, he fragmented his body into over ten streams of light to escape, each of which Ning Fan had to chase down and eliminate, expending great effort.
Three days later, Ning Fan retraced his path along the boundary road, only to find the gate had already closed.
He spent another half month using the divine art of Wind Mist Finger to break open a gap in the boundary road.
Only then did he return to the Eastern Tree Ocean.
This calamity saw endless cultivators fall in the Eastern Tree Ocean. Apart from ten million cultivators turned into living puppets dying tragically, another sixty to seventy million died amidst the chaos.
