Seven days later, Maitreya, Medicine Master, and the others returned to Mount Sumeru, while Shun remained unaware that the Western Teachings had already fled.
After soothing his disciples and waiting until they had gone far away, Zhunti immediately began cursing. "This Human Emperor truly doesn't know what's good for him! The method my senior brother and I painstakingly deduced was wasted just like that!"
Jieyin patted Zhunti on the shoulder, a meaningful look in his eyes. "Junior Brother, calm down. Shun may have been schemed against. Those Five Emperor Human Emperors in Huoyun Cave are far too calculating."
"Senior Brother, what do you mean?" Zhunti looked puzzled. He calculated Tianji with his fingers, only to find everything perfectly clear, without the slightest trace of concealment. "Logically, if someone had intervened in secret, Tianji should have developed changes. Yet now, it seems more like..."
"More like those people deliberately smoothed over Tianji, leaving no trace for anyone to investigate." Jieyin took over, his gaze turning toward the Primordial World. His voice was low.
"The Three Emperors of Huoyun Cave abdicated long ago, yet they have always controlled the foundation of Human Race Fortune."
"Shun was a Human Emperor chosen solely by Yao and granted the throne through abdication. Three of the Five Emperors before him came from the same lineage. How could they possibly feel at ease entrusting the entire future of the human race to a junior?"
Zhunti suddenly understood, and his face instantly darkened. "You mean those abdicated Five Emperors of the human race in Huoyun Cave never intended for Shun to succeed from the very beginning? The methods of our Western Teachings were merely chess pieces they used to test Shun?"
Jieyin slowly nodded and sighed. "That is likely the case. If he succeeded, Shun would secure the