"We need a battle."
A corpse spoke.
"That's right. We've been losing for too long. We need a resounding victory to lift morale!" another corpse said.
"But none of our people are left on the battlefield. How are we supposed to win this battle?"
A third corpse spoke.
A fourth corpse roared in fury, "That Ancient God is a shameless bastard! As one of Truth's Two Aspects, he attacked us living beings without the slightest regard for his status. We might as well throw dignity aside too."
"Exactly!"
"That's right!"
"Does he think he's the only one who can play dirty?"
The corpses all chimed in at once.
Xu Yuan waited a while. The meeting looked as though it would drag on, so he quietly slipped out and made a circuit of the rooms and secret chambers.
Nothing.
Not a single stockpile of war supplies.
The Ancient God had taken everything!
That bastard.
Xu Yuan shook his head and returned to the war room. Everyone was still discussing the matter.
Bored out of his mind, he lit a stick of Soul-Helping Smoke and sat in the back row, smoking in silence.
A long while passed.
They finished saying all their lines.
At last, it was time to plan the battle!
The corpse of a powerful cultivator said:
"I suggest Xu Yuan begin this battle. He'll infiltrate the Fiendish Monsters' camp and cause a disturbance. Then our army will charge straight in!"
"Xu Yuan, do you dare take on this responsibility?"
The corpses did not move, yet they seemed to be watching Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan cleared his throat and smiled.
"Leave a task like that to me."
"But once I've completed it, what reward will I get?"
"You want a reward? That's easy. Complete the mission, and we'll reward you