By noon the next day, all the True Immortals had arrived. Li Yuren was, surprisingly, among the selected True Immortals.
There was not much to say about that. Emerald Screen Mountain had simply drawn a True Immortal slot through sheer bad luck.
Li Yuren had recently entered the Nascent Soul Realm and needed to build his reputation and broaden his horizons. He was also on good terms with Red Leaf Ridge. If he did not come, who would? Next came the division into three squads.
Red Leaf Ridge and Thousand Hands True Immortal forming a squad was already settled, and no one objected. In circumstances like these, voluntary team formation was emphasized.
Ji Xiaohua and He Jiuling pairing up was likewise inevitable. Following Red Leaf Ridge's example, they also demanded control over their squad.
In fact, disputes over leadership had always existed in major battles.
Though the True Immortals from the twelve factions were unwilling, they had already agreed to Red Leaf Ridge's demand. Could they refuse Ji Xiaohua?
After all, the Ji Family's knowledge of the void and the Alien Race could absolutely rival that of the Five Upper Sects, and perhaps even surpass it.
Back when the Ji Family was at its peak, it had quite a few clan members in the Five Upper Sects. They basically possessed whatever information those sects had.
As for the Ji Family's later broken inheritance... whether it had truly been severed, and how much had been lost, only ghosts knew.
After some discussion among the True Immortals, Li Yuren was assigned to a squad with Ji Xiaohua and He Jiuling.
First, he was young and lacked seniority. Second... was he not on good terms with Red Leaf Ridge? At the end of the day, the True Immortals selected by the twelve major