After discussing things at length, everyone settled on a rough plan. The final two steps would have to be carried out by Lu Hao. After all, he was the closest to Gray Cat, and he was also the one who had brought Gray Cat back.
And so, the tasks of borrowing the Heaven-Trapping Bell from Gray Cat and finding a Heavenly Realm Fragment fell to Lu Hao. He readily accepted them. He had already promised to find Gray Cat Saint-level drinks and flesh, which would require a trip to the Earth Cave anyway. He could take Gray Cat along and look for a Heavenly Realm Fragment while they were there. As for the Heaven-Trapping Bell, borrowing it from Gray Cat would be easy.
Once the discussion was over, everyone left. Their next tasks were supporting work, such as leaving contingency measures behind, reinforcing the passage entrances around the world with Absolute Peak mental power, and setting up Mental Barriers as a precaution.
After leaving the Ten Thousand Sources Hall, Lu Hao swept the area with his mental power and found Fang Ping and the others talking to the people from Xuanming Heaven. Gray Cat had kept his word and gone home, and Lu Hao's mother was home too. Lu Hao left Fang Ping to his business and tore open space to head home.
He needed to spend more time with his mother while he still could. Once the coming war began, he would have no time for it. Still, it would not take even half a year. If everything went smoothly, there would be no more wars in the Three Realms, and he could finally relax for real.
When he arrived home, his mother was cooking. After spending the past month with Gray Cat, she knew his temperament inside and