But Yao Guang, ever the killjoy, countered, “Did you let that single victory go to your head?”

Jiang Chen chuckled. “It seems that news don’t travel all that fast right now. After the Rejuvenation Isles, I also crushed the golden, titan, and monster demon tribes at Everlasting and Flora Sacred Land. Their armies lie in shambles, almost all of their troops dead. The wood demons at Eternal are next on the menu. I was simply passing by Sunrise and didn’t expect to find it in enemy hands. It’s fortunate Radiance still holds firm.”

The two women stared at him, dumbfounded, as if they’d seen a ghost in person. Was he human or alien?

“Brother Jiang, you’re...