Although the Thousand-Hands Chi Lion and the Dragon Lion were more or less connected, and although the spatial fluctuations resembling a teleportation array had given the seemingly weaker Snowfield Demon Deer and the Dragon Lion a few more chances of turning things around by appearing here, that was all there was to it.
After Lu Xiaotian had seen through the schemes of those two, he had not immediately moved to deal with them. For one thing, He Hu had been sent by the Snowfield Demon Deer to a hidden location in the Xuanyong Battlefield. For another, Lu Xiaotian wanted to see just how many forces the Snowfield Demon Deer and the Dragon Lion had joined hands with.
If it had only been experts from the Honghao Celestial Court or the Nandan Celestial Court, that would have been one thing. But if the Yu Xuan Celestial Court had also allied itself with them—or if the matter had even been sanctioned by the upper echelons of the Yu Xuan Celestial Court—Lu Xiaotian would have to reconsider how he could continue existing within the Yu Xuan Celestial Court.
If he were truly forced into a corner, temporarily pledging allegiance to the Qinling Great Emperor might not be an unworkable path.
After all, the Immortal World was dominated by the four Celestial Courts. If he offended the Yu Xuan Celestial Court, it would mean that he had antagonized two of the Immortal World's major camps. He would have no choice but to seek refuge with forces outside the Celestial Courts.
Moreover, the Qinling Great Emperor and Luohu were plotting something in the shadows as well. The Xuanyong Battlefield was already seething with undercurrents. As someone who was not deeply involved in the matter, Lu Xiaotian had no reason to be the one who prematurely