While the failure to prevent Anthea's legacy from returning to the Moridia Continent darkened the mood, it didn't take away from the jubilance and triumph in the air.
They had won.
They had chased the evolutionaries off the face of the continent and sent them running back to the Moridia Continent. The credit for this accomplishment was something that fairly fell on Rui, as everyone could acknowledge.
Even as the World Bridge opened to allow all of the other Martial Sages to hastily return, lest they be caught up with the consequences of the Martial Soul, Rui knelt at Anthea's corpse with a deep gaze before extracting the Gu poison from within his body. Having killed yet another powerful lifeform, the poison had grown even stronger and greater in quantity, albeit at least a part of it was primordial seed.
He also needed to gather all the last bits of primordial seed. It was also worth it to retain all the invintium that Anthea has shed.
