"Move, move!"
"Raise your guard to the highest level! Xu Xiaoshou is returning—he might show up the moment I finish this sentence!"
"Say, why are the higher-ups suddenly so certain that Master Shou... uh, that bastard Xu Xiaoshou will be back soon?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't! Guard your array node! You've been on the mountain this long—don't you know these things aren't to be discussed?... I heard Lord Yue Gongli has returned!"
"What? He's alive? Didn't they say that Half-Saints who entered in response to the Saint Invitation Order were basically all dead?"
"He didn't go in through a Saint Invitation Order. Besides, who is he? His surname is 'Yue'! Wait, we aren't supposed to discuss this—shut up already!"
"Alright, alright. But then again, if Lord Yue Gongli can return, Xu Xiaoshou can return too. Doesn't that mean they both passed the trials of the Godslayer Official Ruins... Who got the inheritance?"
"No idea. The latter half of the ruins completely lost contact. Hopefully it was Lord Yue Gongli—he's so strong. But Master Shou hasn't been seen for a day, and one must look at him with new eyes. He spent over half a month in the ruins; surely he didn't just stand still?"
"Captain, aren't you saying Master Shou evolved again? When he moved Yujing City, he could already fight a Half-Saint alone. Now, wouldn't that mean... could our lousy array hold him?"
"Kid, you need to understand that arrays are sometimes meant to protect weak people like us. At least, I think they can't trap monsters like that!"
"Then if Master Shou comes out stepping on Holy Mountain..."
"Then we'll see whether Great Emperor Cangsheng can turn the tide alone!"
Below the mountainside, Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain was covered in countless spiritual arrays.
The young array practitioners were