Heaven had its own reasons for sending Erlang Shen and Nezha.
Strictly speaking, the two of them belonged to the Vanguard Army, and their deployment carried the intent of displaying Heaven's strength to an alternate timeline.
Without question, Erlang Shen and Nezha were Heaven's two strongest fighters. Not only did they bear the responsibility of "showing Heaven's glory," they also carried the task of investigating the truth.
The Heavenly Dao's acknowledgement was one thing, but they still needed to see Black Myth's world with their own eyes. Once the Great Expedition began and Heaven's two vanguards returned with positive assessments, Heaven's troops would undoubtedly pour in without end. By then, it would not be just these two Immortals who wanted to join the war.
As someone with a special connection to Cheng Tian, Erlang Shen naturally could not refuse. Especially after learning of what the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in Black Myth had suffered, and how the Erlang Shen there had endured humiliation and borne heavy burdens in response, Erlang Shen knew he had to take a trip to the Black Myth world.
He wanted to see just how rotten that world's foundations were, to turn the gods and Buddhas filling the heavens into such wretched things. And what kind of filthy state was that world's Heavenly Dao in?
Unlike Erlang Shen, however, Nezha, the Third Prince, did not react much to the worldview Black Myth presented. The trials that this little lump of lotus-root paste had endured in the past were already enough to make him go dark countless times over. The fact that he was still serving as an official in Heaven was practically a miracle.
So when faced with Heaven's assignment, he merely accepted it coldly on the spot and showed no further reaction.
But while