The imperial clan front of Cloud Province lay beneath a pall of gloom. Countless living beings were wounded, and their total numbers had been cut by a full tenth.
"Why did they stop attacking?"
"Shut up. Isn't that a good thing? Do you really want to be slaughtered? Or become prisoners?"
"No, I don't want either..."
"Hurry and recover. They might be gathering strength. When that happens, we'll only be able to save ourselves."
Discussions spread through the City of Fallen Immortals across the front.
Time flew by, and suddenly, malicious remarks began sweeping through the ranks.
"It's all Lin Xuan's fault. He came neither early nor late, but arrived just as the spatial turbulence erupted. Look what happened now—he made us go through this bloody battle. We haven't even rescued our former comrades, yet we've lost another huge batch of people."
"That's right. It's all that damned Lin Xuan's fault!"
"Hmph... Heavenly Dao Sect, your sins are unforgivable!"
"Bastards, what does this have to do with our sect's Dao Child? Have you no shame?"
"How is it unrelated? You can't escape responsibility!"
"Fuck, I can't stand this anymore! Do you want to die? Who the hell started these rumors?"
The Heavenly Dao Sect elites were furious beyond measure and argued frantically.
Yet the hostile public opinion surrounding Lin Xuan continued to ferment wildly, and the Heavenly Dao Sect elites quickly became targets of public condemnation.
They were enraged, but there was nothing they could do. In the end, they were forced into silence, too lazy to respond any longer.
Time flew by. Deep behind the Dark Forest front, Lin Xuan finally encountered a group of Dark Hordes.
A late-stage Immortal Soul eagle led four early-stage Immortal Souls and three mid-stage Immortal Souls as they sped onward, repeatedly extending their