The Bearing of an Emperor

"So that was it." Lu Ran murmured.

Since ascending to the Heavenly Realm was the "correct path home" laid down by the gods and devils, then this bewitching notion was likely something the gods and devils had planted in their believers as well.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment, then asked, "Senior Lu, are you still being bewitched now?"

Lu Yuan gently shook his head. "A long time ago, this old man ceased to feel restless and unsettled."

"Oh?" Lu Ran grew interested. "Did you find a way to resist it, Senior?"

Lu Yuan shook his head again. "No. It was merely that after this old man returned from the Heavenly Realm, this restless heart of mine quieted down."

"I see..." Lu Ran pressed his lips together.

So, it was more like a program?

Whether one called it a lingering trace of a god's will or a spiritual brand, once believers answered the summons and ascended to the Heavenly Realm, the process was complete.

Afterward, the believers could return to normal?

"This old man has always been idle and undisciplined, unwilling to submit to control, often defying the gods." Lu Yuan offered another possibility. "Perhaps this old man was abandoned by the gods."

"Mm..." Lu Ran pondered briefly. That guess seemed more likely?

The Tian Realm was an incomparably powerful realm!

Once believers climbed to such heights, they were naturally more likely to draw the gods' attention.

Unfortunately, Holy Spirit Mountain was remotely located, beyond the reach of the gods' whip. They could only continuously beguile believers into ascending through such underhanded means.

It had nothing to do with any program. The gods were taking the initiative.

That better explained why Daoji Peak Master Wang Hanchuan had suffered qi deviation!

The god North Wind had discovered this Tian Realm believer.