Gu Zhanshan and Pei Qingyun were both Violetgold Divine Lords of Eastern Flower Sacred Land in the eastern region of the Source God Continent.
And they were among the very strongest.
Both of their foundational Dominator's Authority had surpassed twenty thousand strands, and they had long since obtained threefold Source God Power.
Yet ten years after that great war erupted, even with such strength, they could no longer easily contend against the ever-growing Demon Emperors within the war.
After one outbreak of battle, both of them sustained some injuries.
They had no choice but to withdraw from the war for the time being.
The two had intended to rejoin the war after recovering, but they never expected it to spiral further and further out of control. Demon Emperors with foundational Dominator's Authority exceeding thirty thousand, even forty thousand strands, emerged one after another.
To contend against them, the various Sacred Lands urgently summoned some experts from the Abyssal Ancient Dao.
Once that happened, even after recovering from their injuries, the two could not get a hand in at all.
They could only hide at the outskirts of the battlefield to watch, occasionally seeking an opportunity to launch a sneak attack on a relatively weaker Demon Emperor.
But as time passed, the war grew increasingly fierce, showing not the slightest sign of stopping. The two gradually felt that something was wrong.
After discussing it in private, they found themselves in complete accord—both suspected that there was something far from simple behind this war.
They thought that, since the war was becoming more intense and their strength was proving less and less useful, their presence or absence made little difference. They might as well take this chance to leave the battlefield and search around for the reason, so they could bring the