Primordial Beginning.
The gravely wounded Second Seat Yuhe was wrapped in the Ancestral God Tree's vines, bound as tightly as a mummy.
Vast amounts of cosmic origin flowed into his body through them, steadily repairing his injuries.
Gradually, a flicker of vitality returned to Second Seat Yuhe, and he hurriedly parted the vines wrapped around his head.
"Chief Red-Eyed!" he called weakly.
Chief Red-Eyed, who was gathering the harvest nearby, immediately looked over. "Yu He, my friend, you're finally awake."
"If you'd stayed unconscious any longer, our forces in the Myriad Heavens Star Realm would have been completely driven back."
Then his tone turned reproachful. "What exactly happened? How did you lose to Luo Yu's Summoning Beasts too?"
"Wasn't Second Seat Red Refinement's example warning enough?"
If Second Seat Yuhe hadn't lost to Luo Yu's Summoning Beasts, he could have led the other elders straight through the Myriad Heavens Star Realm.
They could have shattered its defensive lines and wiped out a huge portion of its fighting forces.
That battle could have settled everything in one stroke.
Instead, Second Seat Yuhe had let everyone down at the most critical moment.
He had caused their crushing defeat and left them with no chance of victory.
The balance of victory had reversed completely.
It would have been a lie to say he held no resentment.
Chief Red-Eyed felt he was holding everything up alone.
First, Red Refinement had charged blindly to his death, and now even Second Seat Yuhe, supposedly unbeatable on paper, had proved unreliable.
He alone was protecting everything.
He was exhausted.
Second Seat Yuhe smiled bitterly. "With our current strength, overthrowing the Star Realm before Lady Supreme One descends..."
"I'm afraid it will be very difficult."
Chief Red-Eyed paused. "So little confidence? That isn't like you."
"What happened with