Several more months passed. Outside the Heavenly Pass.
Having just finished a small-scale battle, Chu Mo stood atop the defensive wall that spanned the heavenly domain, looking down at the Tribulation Deliverance Disciples clearing the battlefield, his brows faintly furrowed.
"Why have the Supreme Cultivators been so well behaved lately? They haven't launched even one major offensive," he murmured.
Given the Supreme Cultivators' bullheaded nature, even a defeat on their first expedition should not have made them this docile.
It was completely unlike Supreme Heaven's usual style.
"You noticed it too, Sect Master Du You?"
Yuanjin Qianfeng suddenly appeared beside Chu Mo. Looking toward the World Boat, he said gravely, "That lot from Supreme Heaven have been acting rather strangely lately."
Chu Mo glanced sideways at him, somewhat surprised. "I thought you would say, 'The savages have no guts, so they're hiding in their turtle shells instead of advancing.'"
Yuanjin heard the teasing in his words but paid it no mind. He merely snorted softly and said, "It is precisely because those savages know nothing of rank and order, of the distinction between high and low, that they possess such laughable courage.
"Those wretched creatures of the Outer Domain should have thrown down their weapons and shed their armor long ago, surrendered with due courtesy, and knelt before our Great Evolution, wagging their tails and begging for mercy."
Chu Mo nodded in understanding.
That's more like it. Now that's authentic Great Evolution talk. "Has Daoist Friend Heavenly Jade received any news about this?" he asked, changing the subject.
Yuanjin shook his head. "Sect Master Heavenly Jade has remained stationed at the Heavenly Pass all day without leaving, but Heaven's Heart has given no further warnings."
"Heaven's Heart gave no warning?" Chu Mo raised a brow.
Heaven's Will was currently in