Since the show was already over, Xuanqing prepared to leave and continue his grand enterprise of harvesting the natural treasures of the Primordial World.
After all, the Witch and Demon calamity was fast approaching. Once the great war broke out, the heavens and earth would overturn and all living beings would perish; these treasures, currently found everywhere, would be reduced to nothingness in the impending conflict.
From Xuanqing's own perspective, his actions were saving these treasures from destruction by the war; his conduct was noble and just.
Chapter 29