"Dong Ye, listen to me carefully. Close the portal immediately. An Eternal is coming," Yuan said.
"What?! What about you, my liege?!"
"I cannot move my body right now, let alone leave. It’s clear that this Eternal has business with me, and that it won’t let me leave."
"Are you telling me to leave you to face a God alone?! Impossible! I will return to assist you!" Dong Ye exclaimed.
"Dong Ye, are you disobeying me right now?" Yuan spoke in a cold tone.
"That’s not—"
"Even if you are here with me, what can you achieve? Can you fight a God?" Yuan interrupted in a cold tone.
"No... I cannot..."
As much as he hated to admit it, Dong Ye stood no chance against an Eternal and would only be a burden.
A calm smile appeared on Yuan’s face as he spoke, "Have you forgotten who I am? This isn’t my first time dealing with them. I’ll return once I deal with the Eternal."
"I understand. Please, be safe, my liege."
The portal started closing the very next moment, leaving Yuan stranded in the Primordial Chaos with the remaining soldiers of Heaven’s Mandate and an incoming Eternal.
"Where is Yuan? Why did you close the portal?" Xiao Cangming demanded after seeing the portal close, his expression darkening into a deep frown as killing intent flickered in his sharp gaze.
"I swear... If you’d betrayed us..."
Xiao Meilin and the others subconsciously reached for their weapons.
"Don’t you dare mock me! Even if it’s you, I won’t stand for such slander!" Dong Ye snapped back, his voice full of anger.
"Then why the hell did you—"
"It was his liege who commanded me to close the portal! He was halted by a God before he could enter the portal!"
"What?! An Eternal appeared?!" Xiao Cangming’s eyes widened with disbelief. "Then we need to go back and—"
"And do what?! We may be powerful, but we’re nothing but ants in the eyes of these Gods! Only his liege has the power to face them!"
Xiao Cangming fell silent at Dong Ye’s words, the tone of defeat in his voice leaving no room for response.
"We’d only get in his way if we were there," Dong Ye continued with a deep sigh. "The only thing we can do now is wait for his return."
"Hey, let me go."
A voice suddenly resounded.
"What?" Dong Ye turned to look at Mu Xuelian, who’d just spoken. "Did you not hear what I just—"
"You may not be able to handle an Eternal, but don’t compare me to you mortals."
"What the hell are you...?"
"There is an Eternal residing in her body," said Xiao Cangming.
"What?!" Dong Ye jumped in a startled manner.

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