Thunder watched the expeditionary force depart from the Clearwater Village. Even now, disbelief lingered in his eyes. Did they really just set off like that?1

Nearby, Zhu Zhuangshi enviously gazed at the swaggering, high-spirited Big Black Dog marching off to war. He turned to Thunder, his courage swelling out of nowhere. In the past, if he encountered a True God realm powerhouse, he would have knelt and kowtowed on the spot. Yet after following the guardian god for some time, he had grown a nerve of steel. Of course, the guardian god himself still had to be revered.0

"You get used to scenes like this after seeing it enough times," Zhu Zhuangshi said like a seasoned veteran, sharing his experience with Great Venerable Thunder. 0

Among the old folks who followed the guardian god,...0