"So we're not enemies after all. That's great. How about everyone puts their weapons away?"
Mysterio shrugged and stepped forward.
"Although I can't be sure whether you're telling the truth, I do know that if we fight here, the entire Earth will be destroyed."
"Fair point."
Yang Jian put away his weapon first, and Sun Wukong beside him did the same.
"Have you two eaten? If not, why don't you join us for a bite? It'll give us a chance to get to know each other better."
Mysterio's easygoing nature defused the tension between the two sides before they could come to blows, even lightening the mood a little.
"Getting to know each other better? You really are something."
Liang Bing rolled her eyes at him. Seeing that the visitors had no hostile intentions, she turned and headed back. She still had plenty to do.
"Then... we'd be happy to accept."
Yang Jian and Sun Wukong landed on Cloud Heaven. With Mercer acting as the go-between, they soon struck up a conversation.
Time passed quickly.
The members of the Celestials from Great Xia also joined the Celestials that Mercer had founded.
Their purpose had been to protect the Celestial Seed. Now that Mercer had established his own faction and was already absorbing the Celestial Seed, they no longer needed to worry about what came next.
All they needed to do was follow the Celestials.
Cloud Heaven.
"Beck, there's unusual activity in sector B-29. Go check it out."
Liang Bing spoke to Mysterio through the radio linked to her mind.
"All right. Send me the exact coordinates."
Mysterio stopped training, grabbed a towel, and wiped his sweat-drenched forehead as he replied.
A message immediately entered his mind.
"Sector B-29, bearing 75. That's almost on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.