"Cultivating inside this Primordial Chaos Gourd for a day is worth decades outside. How could he not seize the chance? But Junior Brother, I didn't breathe a word!" True Lord Wu said with a smile.
Sect Leader Chen said, "Even if you hadn't, he's clever enough to guess. Sigh. Do you think there's something wrong with how our sect trains its disciples?
"Never mind the endless stream of talent from the Azure Sea True Void Palace. Even Tang Changsheng, though he's one of our Direct Lineage true disciples, wasn't raised by us. And Zheng Qing and Li Chuanhai have been such disappointments!"
"We can discuss that later. What matters now is this: Senior Brother, do you think we'll win?"
"The Eastern Glory World has prepared for this war for a long time!" Worry clouded Chen Jiqing's face. "Unfortunately, we haven't fully digested the Wuman World yet. We're at our weakest, and now the Purple Dusk Heavenly Court has come for us..."
An animal was at its most vulnerable when it was feeding.
With the Wuman World dragged over and half-devoured, the Eastern Glory World, the Immortal Sects, and the Heavenly Court were likewise at their weakest.
Though they still believed in ultimate victory, even True Immortals in high positions could not be sure they would live to see it!
The war would surely be crueler than expected, and longer too...
"Oh? He's absorbing Primordial Taiyi Qi faster." Sect Leader Chen Jiqing looked faintly startled, then laughed. "Well, look at him. He's already mastered Dharma with a Spirit and split off nine spirit avatars to absorb Primordial Taiyi Qi."
True Lord Wu smiled. "Junior Brother, have you forgotten what fellow Daoist Lu Yuanzhen excels at?"
Chen Jiqing paused, then recalled how, back in the Illusory Spirit and Yin Spirit stages, Lu