The Eight Desolations Nine Regions retreated, and it was a complete withdrawal.
Unlike before, it was now the Four Directions Continent attacking with all its might.
Yet in the face of the Four Directions Continent's ferocious offensive, the Eight Desolations Nine Regions maintained a defensive stance throughout.
The temporary Heavenly Court.
Xu Yao and the others stood quietly in the center of the grand hall, while all the civil and military officials of the Heavenly Court watched them.
Fifteen years of time and experience had been enough to prove that they were true prodigies.
Had it been in the past, they would certainly have accepted all the praise with high spirits and lofty ambitions.
But now, they felt so tired. If possible, they would rather be ordinary cultivators.
The process of bestowing rewards was exceedingly cumbersome, and the rewards themselves were substantial. Even Sima Lan and Ye Hong received rewards to a certain extent.
Yet none of them cared about these so-called rewards.
Compared to that person's approval, these rewards were so insignificant.
Once the rewards had been bestowed, the civil and military officials gradually dispersed. Xu Yao and the others also went to the rear garden together.
There, they saw someone reclining comfortably against a Big White Dog as he read a book.
"Chen Changsheng, can you stop leaning against me? You're heavy, you know."
"Just let me lean on you for a while. These past dozen years nearly exhausted me to death. Can't a man rest for a bit?"
"Resting is fine, of course, but you have to give me half of what you're holding."
"In your dreams. I still have a use for this thing."
Seeing Chen Changsheng bickering with Bai Ze, Xu Yao and the others stepped forward and gave Chen Changsheng a deep bow.