Heaven Mountain bordered Peach Blossom Spring.
Zhang Yuanbai did not take the lead in invading Heaven Mountain. Drawing on their experience fighting on the Prime Material Plane, David and John also tacitly refrained from counterattacking Peach Blossom Spring.
Instead, they directed all their strength toward Twin Eden's Twin Paradises.
This had originally been the territory of Garl Glittergold, the gnome god of powerful divine power.
But with the gods' fall, the two relied on their overwhelming strength to take over this plane as a matter of course.
Yet just as they sought to continue advancing toward Elysium of the Blessed Fields, they discovered that it had long since become a home for myriad beasts.
Watching the holy light blocked outside the plane, David and John looked toward Elysium.
There, atop the Gilded Fortress at Elysium's center—once belonging to Pelor, the god of the sun—stood a figure clad in imperial robes and holding an iron whip.
Having spent so many years in the Outer Planes, the two naturally recognized him.
Wondrous Form, Lord of Myriad Beasts—said to be one of Druid Ling Daoqing's incarnations.
Though he had yet to become a god, he had long controlled the Myriad Beast Garden of the Endless Wilderness and become the lord of that plane.
Standing at the highest point of the Gilded Fortress, Wondrous Form looked down at David and John and said softly, "This place is mine."
His voice was not loud, yet neither of them dared underestimate him in the slightest.
Besides, this was not the time to tangle with him. Their foremost priority was to seize as many Outer Planes as possible while the gods were gone and Ao had no hands free.
David and John exchanged a glance, suppressed the urge in their hearts, and returned to Twin Paradises.
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