"Xue Ku, calm down."
Daoist Jiming, the ever-composed lord of the Jiming Dao Realm, spoke with a frown.
"The Divine Asura Domain won't abandon us."
"Abandoning us would mean abandoning the entire Flowing Light Domain. That would do them no good whatsoever."
"Then how are we supposed to explain this order?" Buddha Fankong of the Fankong Dao Realm pressed his palms together and sighed.
Gantian drew a deep breath and swept his gaze over everyone.
"Have any of you considered... why the Divine Asura Domain would issue such an order?"
Without waiting for an answer, he continued.
"What cultivation did Envoy Luo Tian possess? Peak Hunyuan Wuji!"
"What treasure did he carry? The Heaven-Inspecting Mirror, personally forged by a Da Luo True Lord!"
"And what happened? He died! Along with the other two envoys from the Divine Asura Domain, he was utterly wiped out here in the Flowing Light Domain!"
Every word Gantian spoke struck their hearts like a heavy hammer.
"What does that tell us?"
An involuntary tremor crept into Gantian's voice.
"It tells us that the force hidden in the Flowing Light Domain... is already stronger than the Divine Asura Domain anticipated!"
"They possess enough power to easily wipe out someone at peak Hunyuan Wuji wielding a Great Luo True Artifact!"
"The Divine Asura Domain is afraid that anyone else they send will follow in Luo Tian's footsteps."
"With the Realm War about to begin, they neither want nor dare to lose any more of their strongest fighters at such a critical juncture."
Gantian's analysis was like a basin of icy water, extinguishing the last flicker of hope in their hearts.
Their Ten Great Dao Realms had been reduced to sacrificial pawns.
Until the Divine Asura Domain intervened again, they could only rely on themselves.
And relying on