Lu Ran's avatar had died, but his true body was unharmed.
However, this matter could not simply be brushed aside.
It was called an avatar, but in truth, Lu Ran's consciousness had been placed within that body. Strictly speaking, he had truly died once.
That feeling of utter helplessness made him keenly realize his own fragility and insignificance.
It had been painful, and despairing.
Whoosh! Another Standing Mirror opened atop Xianmo God Mountain.
Jiang Ruyi sensed it and immediately raised a hand, allowing an Emperor Robe Youth to step into her palm.
Seeing Lu Ran return safely, she relaxed inwardly. But upon seeing his ghastly expression, she immediately asked through Voice Transmission:
[How did it go?]
Lu Ran's face was pale as he slowly sat in her palm and shook his head. [I couldn't cross the borderlands either. The Jade Sovereign Clan's defenses are too tight.]
Afterward, Lu Ran briefly explained what had happened, and Jiang Ruyi's expression grew solemn.
Their ideals were incompatible. It had been within expectations that this matter could not end peacefully.
Jiang Ruyi naturally approved wholeheartedly of Lu Ran's decision.
This concerned survival and extinction. They absolutely could not gamble, much less place their hopes on a single thought in someone else's mind.
Yet after carefully considering Lu Ran's entire mission, an extremely thorny problem emerged—the number of Faceless Jade Sovereigns' true bodies!
One had to know that the Heaven Realm Battlefield had borders in all directions.
Why should Lu Ran be able to encounter a Jade Sovereign's true body simply by heading in one direction until the end?
True, Lu Ran had adjusted his route along the way and traveled toward the direction from which the Jade Sovereign Lackeys had flown, but in the final analysis, he had been traveling southward.
What about the