The eastern horizons glowed bright red; majestic mountains and rivers could be seen beneath their feet. Mister Luda and Immortal Chonghe positioned themselves in a horn-shaped formation, focusing their carefully-refined energies onto each other.

Suddenly, Immortal Chonghe broke the silence and asked, "The Wang family from Jiangdong has chosen to lay low again. However, they delivered a kit with some words written on it. 'Suffering from small situations doesn't affect a big one.'"

"It's good if the big situation is not affected," Mister Luda replied as he caressed the handle of his sword with his right hand. In a plain tone similar to him reminiscing about his lover, he continued, "The future is hard to predict. Lots of things will change. What we have predicted is, at most, very likely to happen."

He did not mention anything about the present small situation. It was not an act of deceiving himself, but that he had actually prepared himself for his possible demise this upcoming battl