The First Legion was commanded by Marshal Ruan Qiushui, with Dongfang Fu and Zhao Yu serving as her left and right marshals under her authority. As for selecting the generals, that was naturally left to the three marshals as well. I had not participated in choosing them; even the strategic deployment had been decided entirely by them.
As for the Ascendant Immortal troops of the Third Legion, my choices had only served as references. The final deployment and actions of the troops were all decided solely by Heaven One Realm, which had stationed the Ascendant Immortals there. Most of the troops came from the Northern Fox Lineage and the Qin Household. The elite private forces of Heaven One Realm were still relatively few compared with these armies.
However, I had heard that the Third Legion had received an overwhelming number of volunteers this time. After all, we were attacking the Dao Alliance of the original immortals, so everyone would earn merit. Naturally, people rushed to sign up. Even the Jiufang Household, which was already mired in trouble, had ordered the various households stationed in the borderlands to draw out three hundred thousand troops to attack the Dao Alliance army, all to show off its presence before me. Although the Jiufang Household had no way to insert someone into overall command, it certainly needed a representative as deputy commander who could keep the situation under control.
Originally, I had thought Jiufang Ye would be put in charge of this matter. But in the end, the name reported to the Heaven's Realm had somehow become Jiufang Tao. They had truly treated this matter like child's play. Of course, the deputy commander was only a figurehead; in battle, the overall commander still had the final say. Thus, when I saw the three characters