The road to Heaven had been swept clean.
Even with his Void Meditation Realm cultivation, Xu Yuan was exhausted. He came back and fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
Li Bai was tired too.
But after drinking a bottle of wine and writing a few poems on his phone, Li Bai perked right up.
Xu Yuan slept from dawn until dark. When he opened his eyes, the room was empty.
His phone was full of messages.
"A small band of inferior Demonic Beasts is harassing an Icefield patrol;"
"Ghost Monsters that descended from the sky are issuing brazen challenges on the Icefield, courting death;"
"The Demonic Beasts are astonishingly strong. Proceed with caution;"
"The Demon Kings have unleashed this catastrophe of World Annihilation. Everyone, join the fight!"
The more Xu Yuan read, the more speechless he became. Something else puzzled him too.
Why didn't anyone wake me?
He got up and found the room shrouded in a Tranquility Array, cut off from the outside world.
This had to be Li Bai's doing.
Where is he?
Xu Yuan yawned and called Li Bai.
"Sleep well?"
Li Bai's voice came through.
"Yeah. What's going on out there?" Xu Yuan asked.
"Nothing much. The Demons of the Azurefall Heavenly Palace lost a Mystic Yellow Divine Weapon, so the Demon Kings flew into a rage and sent an army to destroy the world," Li Bai said.
They lost a Mystic Yellow Divine Weapon?
Feeling guilty, Xu Yuan asked, "Do we need to fight?"
"Leave it to the other Returners. They need to accumulate Merit Fruit, or they won't even be able to reach the Azurefall Heavenly Palace. You get some rest."
Li Bai hung up.
Xu Yuan fell into thought.
Looking at the bigger picture, Li Bai was absolutely right.
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