"A moment of error?"
Youwo's expression turned blank for a moment. She shook her head. "I can't think of one."
It seemed this was connected to the answer they were looking for.
Yu Xunge looked at Youwo and said, "I can't think of any moment when she made a mistake that she would need to make up for here with you, either."
Tulan, who had been listening quietly all this time, suddenly said to Yu Xunge, "Actually, you have the same problem as Youwo."
Yu Xunge looked over curiously and asked, "What problem?"
"You assume Qihua wouldn't make a mistake." Tulan went straight to the heart of the problem, and even produced evidence. "It never even occurred to you that invading Tingzhou might have been Qihua's mistake.
"When we first got here, the Fragrant Branch here said she wanted to invade Tingzhou while Qihua was away, and even gave the reasons and advantages for invading. Why don't you think Qihua might have opposed the invasion? But Youwo and the others wanted to invade Tingzhou sooner, so they needed to hurry and launch the war while Qihua was away.
"Then something unexpected happened before they set out. Maybe, like you, they contacted Qihua and she stopped them? Or perhaps it was some other reason...
"And Youwo also said Qihua had told them that no matter which world they invaded, they had to wait until she returned. She wouldn't allow them to initiate a Final Descent on any world while she wasn't there."
She had listened to the entire conversation between Yu Xunge and Youwo, and knew that Qihua had been the only Fragrant Branch left in the sea of stars during the Final Battle. She wasn't stupid, and easily connected invading Tingzhou with resisting the Bell Toll.
Tulan concluded, "In Youwo's