Half a day after Chu Xisheng began driving the entire Great Luo Ant Clan forward again, on a branch of the Creation Divine Tree, the Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment Shen Jingli had also recovered fully from her injuries.
The moment she emerged from the temple where she had hidden herself, a ball of spiritual light appeared beside her.
It was Shen Puzhao. He sighed. "The gods are extremely dissatisfied with what you did four days ago, especially the Purple Tenuity Star Lord. He's furious."
He was referring to Shen Jingli being the first to retreat from the battlefield four days earlier.
Her withdrawal had put the several gods then fighting fiercely against Chu Xisheng in an awkward position.
The Giant Gate Star Lord's flesh-and-blood incarnation had nearly been killed by Chu Xisheng.
And Giant Gate was the Purple Tenuity Star Lord's capable subordinate, his right-hand man.
This God-Emperor had sent his subordinate down to the mortal world at a time when he most needed to conserve his strength precisely to eliminate the hidden threat that was Chu Xisheng.
Yet after the Purple Tenuity Star Lord paid an enormous price, Shen Jingli's unauthorized retreat had brought everything to ruin at the final hurdle. How could he not be furious?
Moreover, in a certain sense, Shen Jingli had been the driving force behind the great battle three days earlier, the first to advocate it.
For Shen Jingli herself to retreat first was truly indefensible on moral grounds.
After the battle that day, the Purple Tenuity Star Lord had personally gone to the Heaven-Cleansed Star to demand an accounting. Shen Jingli, however, had acted one step ahead, sealing her true body inside the Heaven-Cleansed Star and leaving him helpless.
Still, the God-Emperor had stared at the Heaven-Cleansed Star for a full