Chen Yu said gravely, "Does Fellow Daoist Dan believe we can yield?"
Daoist Dan said decisively, "We cannot retreat in this battle. To retreat is certain death. Only by fighting them can we find a path to survival."
Because of the Escape-the-World Slip, he had already harbored certain suspicions before coming to Celestial Xia. Now that they had been confirmed, many doubts that had lingered for a long time were resolved. If everything Celestial Xia had said about Origin Xia was true, then should Origin Xia gain the upper hand, the day all living beings in this world perished would come. That was something he would never accept.
He greatly agreed with what Zhang Yu had said before. The Nether Riding Sect prized avoiding the world and avoiding people, but if even the world-domain was gone, what was there left to avoid?
Chen Yu met Daoist Dan's direct gaze and said, "That is precisely what Celestial Xia desires."
Daoist Dan nodded. At this moment, he raised his hand and once more saluted Chen Yu and the other two. With utmost solemnity, he said, "Chief Executive Chen, the two Court Executives, as the one in charge of the Nether Riding Sect, Dan hereby promises that the Nether Riding Sect shall advance and retreat together with Celestial Xia."
This time, Chen Yu, Zhang Yu, and Wu Qingxu all grew solemn of expression and returned the salute with equal gravity.
Although the two sides had previously established an offensive and defensive alliance, they had not defined it in depth. Thus, just how far they were expected to go remained rather vague; it depended on what those who signed the covenant had in mind and how they chose to uphold it. Daoist Dan's attitude now meant that, regardless of cost, he would stand wholly