Lu Ran stayed in the human world for a night. After resolving a few matters, he returned to the Mountain Realm and led the group to the Heaven Realm Battlefield.
Since the Third Squad was still short-handed, Wuya of the Cloud Sea Old Troops was temporarily assigned to the Ran Sect's First Squad.
The Fengyan Two Generals had only just merged into one and were still at the Heaven Realm First Layer. Lu Ran needed to nurture them further.
Yan Shuangzi, meanwhile, pleaded bitterly with Ran Sect Madam and ultimately remained by Lu Ran's side.
The whole arrangement left Lu Ran utterly bewildered!
If the Evil Shadow Guardian wanted to stay by my side, shouldn't she have told me?
Why did she go beg Xiao Ruyi instead?
Come to think of it, this move really was quite effective!
Since Ran Sect Madam had agreed, Lu Ran truly could not say much.
This time, Lu Ran did not head to Blazing Fire God Mountain to live in seclusion. Instead, he came to the northernmost region of the Heaven Realm Battlefield—Jian Yi God Mountain.
This mountain was terrifyingly "plain"!
There were no flowers, plants, or trees, much less birds or beasts. There was only a group of icy Female Sword Immortals.
Jian Yi underlings!
And Jian Yi underlings with Flesh and Blood Bodies!
The question was, God Underlings all existed as phantoms. Why did Jian Yi underlings have physical bodies?
The answer was plain as day: Jian Yi Stone Statue had no division between Gods and Devils.
She simply had no Evil God standing in opposition to her!
Thus, the common understanding was wrong.
The head of Great Xia's gods and the Head of the Great Xia Evil were not mortal enemies in the truest sense.
Perhaps the two truly did not