Taiyin-Taiyang Sword Dao Soldiers, Thunder-Yang Sword Dao Soldiers, Flesh Furnace Dao Soldiers... They all seemed to have one thing in common: they were Dao Children's soldiers.
The Dao Children of the Immortal Orders in the upper realm were never alone.
They had entire administrative systems behind them: alchemists, artifact refiners, spirit-plant cultivators, officials... Every part of a complete Immortal Order was in place so that, when they ascended to the seat of supreme power, they could take over the whole order without finding themselves short of people they trusted.
Nor were these soldiers raised solely to serve as Dao Soldiers.
In fact, many Immortal Order disciples who could not play a decisive role on the battlefield were incorporated into Dao Soldier formations to fight the enemy with the formations' combined power.
In the wars between Immortal Orders, the Dao Soldiers under their command fought battle after battle.
All of that was routine.
But!
Great Sun Longsword Commandery had actually lost?!
It had not lost to an Immortal Order's Dao Child, or to a powerful Celestial. It had lost just like that to other Dao Soldiers!
"Who's the current overseer?"
A scarlet gleam flashed through Jiang Ding's eyes and vanished.
The answer was no secret. It appeared in many intelligence reports.
"Ming Guangzi..."
"Useless."
Jiang Ding saw the familiar name and said coldly, "Why aren't you dead yet?"
"If you lost, you should have died."
Great Sun Heavenly Palace.
"Why aren't you dead yet?"
The same question arose in the Yang Bone Celestial's mind, and he asked it aloud.
He was blackened from head to toe, all skin and bones, as though the flesh and fat inside him had been burned away by intense heat, leaving only his skeleton and skin.
Sword and blade wounds covered his body. He looked