"It looks like there's nothing here for me to worry about."
Before Zi Yan could decide what to do next, Yao Wan's voice reached their ears, making them all let out a quiet sigh of relief.
"If you'd come back earlier to help, things might have been easier on our end, Sister Yao Wan."
Zi Yan stretched lazily as she spoke.
"—Even if you want to slack off, that's not how you do it, is it?"
Yao Wan rubbed her brow helplessly. "I had several Heavenly Supremes to deal with on my side, you know... Well, I did manage to take care of them."
"Mm, as long as you're safe."
Zi Yan smiled faintly, then noticed the many experts standing behind Yao Wan, looking somewhat at a loss. She murmured instinctively, "Oh, and these people are?"
"Hmm... Let's call them the first batch of elders of the Endless Fire Domain?"
Yao Wan pondered for a moment. They were Supremes and Earthly Supremes, after all. They needed a decent title.
"The first batch of elders...? Did you recruit them, Sister Yao Wan?"
"You could say they came to me on their own."
Yao Wan muttered before turning her gaze toward the prisoners of war from the Mahā Alliance behind Zi Yan.
"Since Sister Yao Wan is back, how should we deal with them?"
"You can handle your own prisoners however you like. Besides, I did hear some filthy things come out of their mouths. It's fine to clean them up directly."
Yao Wan shrugged. She had always treated enemies this way. If they at least possessed some of the bearing a warrior ought to have, she could consider sparing them. But in Yao Wan's eyes, there was no reason to keep those with foul mouths alive.
"W-Wait! Lord of Awakening, p-please