"Here's the idea," Ashu said after careful thought.
"We first go to a town near the Imperial Capital and bring Shava in there.
Then we act as double agents—helping the local Cultivator Guild resist the Demons, and helping the Demons attack the local Cultivator Guild.
We'll get involved in the middle.
I'll use the power of the 'luminous saint' to hold back the Demons' assault, and we'll use the power of the evil god to infiltrate the Demon forces and disrupt their attack speed.
This will buy us some time.
The next step will become clear once the Cultivator Guild summons the Demon Huntress Nuns."
As long as the war situation was manipulated by humans—giving the Demon army some rewards, but not letting them break through too quickly—they could keep them hooked.
Once the Demons got bloodthirsty and reckless, and still no door was opened for their return, they would get anxious and start figuring out their own ways.
"I want to go too."
