"The old monsters across the Primordial Land who survived the Dragon Phoenix Tribulation of Measure, the Innate Demons and Gods—they're surely rushing to the Purple Heaven Palace like madmen right now."
"How many seats can there possibly be for them in the Purple Heaven Palace?"
"To grab a good seat near the front, those old fossils will stop at nothing and fight tooth and nail! By then, the area in front of the Purple Heaven Palace will be a veritable meat grinder!"
"The two of us, master and disciple—one an early-stage Mystic Immortal, the other a three-inch Golden Immortal who just took humanoid form—surrounded by a horde of Daluo Golden Immortals whose eyes are red with greed for opportunity. Do you think we'd survive the first brawl?"
Lu Changsheng's incisive analysis of the Dao of Cowardice had struck straight to the heart of the matter. Like a basin of ice water, it doused the last flicker of longing that had just kindled in Lu Ping'an.
The little Jade Qilin shuddered, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
"I'm not going! Not even if you beat me to death!"
"The Purple Heaven Palace is too dangerous. This disciple still thinks it's safest to stay inside Master's formation. We won't join in the excitement. We'll stay home and munch on Red Sun Fruits!"
Seeing how teachable Lu Ping'an was, Lu Changsheng's tense expression finally softened.
"That's more like it. You're a good disciple after all."
With his hands clasped behind his back, Lu Changsheng turned his gaze to the water mirror once more.
By now, the mirror showed faint traces of powerful Escape Lights, one after another, surging up from the ground and hurtling frantically toward the boundless firmament beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
The Innate Demons and Gods who had kept themselves