On the Insight Immortal Boat, Helian Yunyun and Zhao Rucheng were startled almost simultaneously!
"Something's wrong." Zhao Rucheng instinctively clasped Helian Yunyun's hand, signaling for her to stay calm, though his own brows were tightly furrowed.
While in the Netherworld, he had always believed himself to be a lone banner hanging beyond the frontier, a Great Mu Minister of Rites fighting for his country.
But upon learning in shock of Borjigin Ekelie's death, he suddenly realized that he had likely been deliberately sent away—a kite whose string had been cut!
Given his current position in Mu Kingdom, of course he understood what a critical juncture Mu Kingdom had reached.
So when he had fought desperately to reach the East Sea and found that [Holding Ksitigarbha] had already been destroyed and the war was over, he had still accepted Tu Hu's assignment to handle the aftermath of the Broad Hearing Bell in the East Sea. After that, he had entered the Netherworld alone, single-handedly fighting for Mu Kingdom's interests in the underworld—
In the Netherworld, he had erected the Cangtu Divine Tent and successfully secured the allegiance of no fewer than three true gods! All of them had been demoted from former Yang Gods and possessed deeply rooted foundations in the Netherworld.
The grasslands had fertile soil for widespread faith in gods. With Mu Kingdom's support, these true gods all stood an excellent chance of reclaiming proof of the pinnacle.
He knew Mu Kingdom could not spare many hands, and he had not asked for greater support.
The channels of communication within and beyond Mu Kingdom had been cut off; using the Son of Heaven concealed the matter of subduing gods, while also preventing the Outside World from glimpsing the true state of the Supreme Royal Court.
With no subordinates at