Although the four Councilors Chuan had been slain by Zhang Yu, Origin Xia remained unaware. Under Sever All Absolutes, even perception itself had been slain along with them, leaving behind no trace whatsoever.
At this time, Councilor Duan and Sheng Zheng were focusing their attention on how to suppress the Celestial Xia-held territory. In their view, since it had been confirmed that Zhang Yu alone stood guard over that realm, their first priority was to cut off every possible avenue of aid from reaching it and secure their advantage.
Yet Celestial Xia was not so easily suppressed. Now that the conflict had fully unfolded, they also had to guard against Celestial Xia suddenly bringing forth some treasure to steady the Dao and breaking the deadlock. If that happened, they could only choose to withdraw once more.
From the greater perspective, it would certainly be a good thing if Celestial Xia exposed the hidden methods it possessed. But for them personally, the situation would be far less wonderful. After two defeats and retreats, a reckoning would be unavoidable.
Thus, they would rather Celestial Xia continued to endure in silence and lie hidden than come fight them to the death.
Under such circumstances, they did not dare press Celestial Xia too hard. The measure here was exceedingly difficult to grasp, so they had not paid particular attention to the four Councilors Chuan.
After all, four cultivators of the Dao of Seeking Completeness—when four such people joined hands in the past, they could directly overturn certain outer realms. This time, they were being used against a single person, with outside aid cut off as well. There was no need to constantly keep watch over them.
But after a long while had passed, they gradually realized that something was amiss.
After the four entered