Asura Enters the Capital

Capital City, in a manor on the outskirts.

The chairman, dressed in a burgundy suit, stood on the second-floor balcony with a cigar between his fingers.

He puffed on the cigar one drag after another, his voice somewhat agitated. "Can the demigods from the Musician and Scholar families be brought out for a stroll? They didn't show up during the Wind and Thunder Twin Gods incident. Now that the Evil faction is raiding our home, are they still in seclusion?"

The small sapling radiating green light in the courtyard swayed gently. The burly red-haired man smoked his cigar in silence, while a cold sneer came from the black mist drifting above the artificial lake.

No one paid him any attention.

Only the clay figurine in the shape of a kindly old man in the living room spoke in a gentle voice. "They aren't official organizations. They have no obligation to appear on the front lines. The only thing they need to consider is whether they can preserve themselves if the Order faction is defeated."

These were the rules all parties had established back when they divided up their territories.

The Five Elements Alliance and Taiyi Sect became official organizations, wielding great authority and taking on the duty of maintaining order. The Spirit Realm families retreated to the second line, like regional governors, subject to official management and assisting with official work.

But shedding blood and risking their lives had nothing to do with the Spirit Realm families.

Of course, when it came to a true final battle, the Spirit Realm families certainly would not stand by and do nothing.

The chairman exhaled a puff of white smoke. "Fine, let them stay behind to guard their homes. The Spirit Energy Society still has one demigod in the Second District, as well