When dealing with Godslayer, none of the early traps or arrangements had included Yue Yang's impersonation of the Southwestern Divine Lord, "Shafeng."
For one thing, it was to preserve secrecy. No matter how warmly Black Day called him brother, Shafeng was still an outsider.
When it came to absolute trust,
he trusted only himself.
Deep down, Black Day probably could not trust even Ji Wuri one hundred percent. As for Dawnshine and Frost Chill, it was even more impossible to trust them completely. They were cooperating only because the greater situation demanded that they join forces against a common enemy. Allies were allies, trust was trust. The one who truly believed in allies and brothers was Godslayer, still the foremost figure of Mountain Beyond Mountain—not Black Day, the Western Divine Lord who was about to replace him.
Besides, Black Day felt that telling Shafeng every scheme and arrangement would be like playing the lute to a cow.
Anything requiring brains was better kept from that idiot Shafeng.
Otherwise, he might ruin everything.
With that mindset, Black Day had Yue Yang stay safely in the rear, eating, drinking, and making merry to his heart's content. It was enough for him to rush forward as cannon fodder at the very end!
"Southwestern Divine Lord, my master has sent good news. The day and hour to break the enemy is now!" The Western Divine Kingdom's State Preceptor, Master Treasure Tree, who had stayed behind less as company than as a secret monitor, finally announced on Yue Yang's fourth day at Jiaoluo Falls that the divine battle had officially begun, ordering Yue Yang, the cannon fodder, to set out immediately.
"Good! I've been stifled for days. At last, I can show what I can do! Godslayer, your day of death has come!" Student Yue