Above the Long River.
Great waves surged, the muddy river water carrying golden grains of sand.
"Immortal Lord, what exactly do you intend? Please tell us plainly!" Liu Zhou said respectfully. "If we need not risk our lives, we will cooperate with all our strength!"
"Simple!" Immortal Lord Xuan'e said. "I will invite the Divine Maiden who destroyed Sunan Prefecture City to draw that Prince of Luoshui into the trap. You need not act personally. Simply return to your respective lineages, bring out your reserves, and dispatch Heavenly Soldiers and Generals."
"Immortal Lord, do you mean..." Liu Zhou began. "To deploy the Heavenly Net?"
"Precisely!" Immortal Lord Xuan'e said. "One Heavenly General commanding ten Heavenly Soldiers forms the Heavenly Net Minor Formation. Ten Heavenly Generals commanding a hundred Heavenly Soldiers form the Heavenly Net Grand Formation! Assembling the grand formation is difficult now, but if you fellow Daoists return to your lineages and gather what you can, deploying the minor formation should not be difficult!"
Then Immortal Lord Xuan'e continued, "I know none of you dare believe that man has already passed away, but we cannot allow the Prince of Luoshui to keep growing either. Deploying the Heavenly Net Minor Formation will suffice to slay Jiang Ning. We can also use this to see whether that man is still alive."
"I agree with your proposal, Immortal Lord!" Xuanzhen, dressed in white robes, answered before continuing, "There is no need for me to return and consult my Senior Brother, the sect leader. I can make this decision myself. Our Four Directions Heaven can provide three Heavenly Soldiers and an Immortal-Binding Rope."
"Good! Excellent!" A note of delight rose in Immortal Lord Xuan'e's voice. "With the Immortal-Binding Rope, our chances of success will rise by twenty percent."
"Since Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen is