Lu Ran's worries had come true.
The Faceless Stone Sovereign truly had no divine status to speak of!
After the stone sovereign advanced to the Heaven Realm, Lu Ran had Ying Wu sign an Inheritance Contract with it, then inherit this stone statue.
And then, despite his unease and anticipation, Ying Wu ultimately remained at the Heaven Realm Third Level, with no possibility of advancing further.
It could only be said that the world rarely went as one wished.
Lu Ran sent Ying Wu to the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, placing him atop the deserted Mogu Peak in the Great Northwest, where he worked without rest to create lackeys.
To prevent Ying Wu from running short on energy, Lu Ran specifically ordered the master-and-disciple pair, Lu Yuan and Qin Yanzhi, to rotate every five days and travel to Mogu Peak to supply Ying Wu with Origin Qi.
From that day onward, the two divine mountain factions where Elder Lu and the Divine General Qin resided would also funnel resources toward the master and disciple.
All for Ran Sect's secret weapon!
Lu Ran had once been somewhat worried, unsure what exactly the Jade Sovereign Clan was preparing.
What made things even more helpless was that the Ran Sect had suffered devastating casualties, leaving them without the ability or conditions to launch a distant expedition.
The Ran Sect also had to keep watch over the other Four War Zones, lest the Jade Sovereign Clan launch a sneak attack, break through from another war zone, and invade the human world.
The Cong Long Guardian had raised this concern long ago and had stationed informants throughout every war zone, ready at any moment to lead soldiers in rushing to aid each realm.
Yet everyone's worries seemed to have been unnecessary.
In the other regions,