Early the next morning.
After saying goodbye to Cao Hong and Zhang Lin, Tao Ran took Bagley, Zhang Gui, and Zhou Yu to the Flower Demon territory without even saying farewell to Wang Shijie.
When they arrived in the Flower Demon territory, Flande warmly welcomed Tao Ran. The Flower Demon race loved beautiful things and was especially fond of handsome human men and beautiful human women.
At first, Tao Ran and the others did not understand the Flower Demons' behavior. Later, through gradual communication with the gods and contact with the Flower Demon race, Tao Ran slowly grew accustomed to the Flower Demons taking the initiative to press close to her body. She no longer paid much attention to these warriors transformed from flowers, treating them like kittens and puppies that liked her.
The more natural Tao Ran acted, the more Flande and the others liked her. Thus, Tao Ran was respectfully welcomed to the small lake deep within Nameless Mountain. Flande's true form looked at Tao Ran and asked, "Beautiful Miss Tao Ran, why have you come here?"
Tao Ran smiled as she walked to Flande's side and said with some concern, "I came to warn you. Do you know that winter is coming?"
"Winter?" Flande, Tebi, and the others looked utterly confused.
Tao Ran said, "I have already learned about the other world where you lived. In that world, the territories controlled by the gods you worshipped were the places where you lived. But this place is different. There were no gods here before, and everything followed the natural changes of the four seasons."
In the other world, the gods of the Nature Faction, Dark Faction, and Holy Light Faction had constantly fought one another. Whenever they conquered a place, they transformed it into an environment suited to