Not long after Kuang Cang withdrew from the First Great Wall under orders.
Shi Yan, the Great General guarding the Second Great Wall, had already noticed something amiss in the direction of the First Great Wall and ordered his troops on alert.
Shi Yan came from the Human Sage Dojo, and his master was Di Yi Yun, one of the Four Sages of the Human Race.
Guarding the Second Great Wall alongside Shi Yan was Chu Chang, the Demon-Subduing Great General of Humankind's Great Qin Celestial Dynasty.
Both men were in the Heaven Peering realm, but even from tens of thousands of miles away, they had seen the apparition that appeared when Samael descended.
That unmistakable pressure of the Sage realm could not be faked. Realizing something was wrong, Shi Yan and Chu Chang both stood atop the Second Great Wall.
Dressed in a long robe, Shi Yan looked less like a general and more like a wandering swordsman standing apart from the world. Beside him, Chu Chang looked every inch a general, his close-fitting armor and helmet lending an iron-blooded air to his already solemn appearance.
But now, both human experts wore grim expressions.
Shi Yan said gravely,
"I'm afraid Kuang Cang will fall at the First Great Wall this time."
At that, Chu Chang merely sighed. It was hard to tell whether he was lamenting or feeling relieved.
Though he was human and Kuang Cang was a demon, making them enemies by race, they had fought side by side against the Heavenly Demons in the previous war.
Kuang Cang was one of the Demon Race's few gifted commanders. Chu Chang admired him, but also regarded him with boundless wariness.
Chu Chang was also widely recognized as the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty's god of war. Whether in strategy or