Now that he had calmed down, looking again at the slowly revolving, layer upon layer of the Hunyuan River Diagram Formation, how could he not understand—he had long since fallen into their scheme!
Dijun and Taiyi had already thoroughly investigated him, and had anticipated that he would most likely appear here, thus lying in ambush beforehand, waiting for the fish to swim into the net.
Truly watertight, pressing forward step by step.
Worthy indeed of the Demon Emperor who had once ruled the Demon Court!
Back when he had secluded himself in cultivation within the Northern Darkness Deep Sea, those two Demon Emperors had likewise set a trap to surround him, forcing him to bow his head.
The world mocked him for being weak and spineless, but in truth, he saw through it clearly and understood what mattered—
knowing he could not win in a direct clash, why smash an egg against a rock?
With his strength alone, facing the two Demon Emperors joining forces, along with countless Demon Race elites encircling him, let alone breaking out, he likely would not even have room to catch his breath.
What was more, back then he had not been alone.
The Myriad Beings of the Northern Darkness Deep Sea were not his subordinates, yet they all dwelled in the place where he lived.
No matter how selfish Kunpeng was, he did not wish to let his own stubbornness
implicate countless lives—
all that karmic cause and Karmic Force would ultimately fall upon his shoulders.
And what he feared most was precisely being entangled by karmic sins!
Yet now, the scene from long ago was actually playing out once more.
But this time, he would not retreat even half a step!
Besides, times had changed—
the former Demon Emperors were no longer at