As the supervisor, Zhao Douan perfectly did what he should, even arranging sufficient military funds and provisions.
Yet those fighting at the front failed.
Xue Shence took a deep breath and said, "For this battle, I will petition His Majesty to confess my guilt. The crime of the burning city, I will bear it alone..."
Zhao Douan, however, merely watched the flames in the city and spoke calmly, "It's not too late."
What?
Everyone was stunned, but then they saw Zhao Douan withdraw his gaze and even smile at their dismayed faces, saying, "Fear not, as long as I'm here, this fire won't burn."
Then, before everyone could react, Zhao Douan suddenly closed his eyes. In the span of a breath, when he reopened them, his left eye had turned silver, with his whole aura changing abruptly. At this moment, he temporarily handed over control of his body to the female sorcerer who briefly stepped into the Heavenly Human Realm six hundred years ago.
