Internal Strife and External Threats: Fierce Beast Prison Breached

This was an unprecedented grand gathering!

Representatives from every major Golden Immortal Path organization, even those far beyond the horizon, had come.

Seeing this, Xiaoyaozi understood at once. The Fuji Dao Master's scheme was no secret to certain people!

If not for the Nine Cauldrons' projection, this lot would not have risked coming to this battlefield riddled with danger on all sides.

If one took an even darker view, certain people wanted to face the Nine Cauldrons themselves and obtain their mysteries, yet were unwilling to dirty their own hands. They had deliberately indulged the Fuji Dao Master, letting him serve as the vanguard headed for the executioner's blade, willingly become the chief villain, and commit every foul deed.

Xiaoyaozi's expression remained calm. "Fellow Daoist, you were not entirely honest with me either. I thought you had already returned to the capital."

"Ah, did I not come to the northern lands precisely to witness this scene? How many chances like this does one get in a lifetime?"

Si Xinmochi spoke freely. "I had thought that Measure Land had only just been established and possessed limited channels. Who would have expected you to uncover the Fuji Dao Master's intentions as well?"

He sized Xiaoyaozi up and down several times. "That makes me regard you in a new light."

His gaze swept over the area and discovered Yuan Quezi beside Xiaoyaozi. "You... weren't you dead by suicide?"

The second most important figure at Xiaoyaozi's side was none other than Yuan Quezi, who had supposedly taken his own life with unyielding resolve—alive and in person.

"My apologies. I previously used feigned death to escape." Yuan Quezi gave a slight bow.

"Excellent methods. You fooled so many people without leaving the slightest flaw. Your skill at feigning death is truly extraordinary."

Si Xinmochi marveled,