Like Jiang Chen said, as long as news hadn’t travelled out of the Radiance Sacred Land, neither Lightford or his people in the other sacred lands would know what had happened. They could use the same trick when visiting neighboring Sunrise Sacred Land.

Divine Kasyapa smirked. “What bad luck Lightford has suffered. If not for you being the unexpected wildcard you are, he might have a chance to conquer Myriad Abyss. As things are, his ambition is bound to fail.”

Jiang Chen cackled. Kasyapa’s words were a compliment to him, no matter what the original intent was.

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