War broke out once more in the Human Realm.
A dozen or so countries, secretly backed by gods, launched wars.
Though enemies surrounded them on all sides, the army only grew braver the more it fought.
When the gods descended, many countries in the Human Realm had suffered calamities that nearly wiped them out, and most had still not recovered even now.
Many weapons and pieces of equipment had already gone through several generations of upgrades, and they were even equipped with god-slaying weapons.
Though they were fighting many with one, as long as cultivators did not intervene, the army feared no enemy.
This was the nation's confidence, and it was also Xia Yi's confidence.
Even so, Xia Yi still had Iron-Eating Beast and Nuba arrange many cultivators along the front lines, including no small number of immortal-path experts, in case the cultivators of those countries and the gods behind them suddenly made a move.
While the gods had yet to act, Xia Yi brought Gu Yue, Leng Yulai, and Ya Li to the Human Realm.
Leng Yulai's and Gu Yue's bellies grew bigger by the day. Ya Li was happy for them, but also filled with envy, and spent all day clinging to Xia Yi.
But the higher one's cultivation, the harder natural conception became.
Especially after Xia Yi broke through to Golden Immortal, natural conception became even more difficult.
Xia Yi did, in fact, have a way, but neither he nor Ya Li wanted to use it. Ya Li still wanted a child conceived naturally.
In her words, only that would be pure.
But according to Leng Yulai, Ya Li was just being horny, deliberately using it as an excuse to cling to Xia Yi every day.
Xia Yi knew Leng Yulai and Ya Li simply could not