Outside Grand Unity Palace, clouds paved the jade steps, and purple mist curled through the courtyard.
Li Fan stepped onto the Jade Steps, his robes fluttering in the heavenly wind as he stood there in silence.
Goddess Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, Nuwa, and the other goddesses stood in order below the steps, their Dao auras blending into the Grand Unity Palace Purple Mist.
The Divine General on guard knew better than to linger. He quietly led the celestial soldiers around them and off to patrol other palaces.
Before the vast palace steps, only Li Fan and his group remained in silence.
The hall doors opened slightly, and Nüyi emerged at an unhurried pace. She had been waiting there all along. Her gaze swept over those before the steps. "Heavenly Emperor, you have all returned."
Hearing her, Li Fan glanced sideways and gave a slight nod. "Once Luohu stirs the variables of the future, it will be time for us to act within the River of Time."
Baili's eyes lit up as she instantly understood. "The Heavenly Emperor intends to use Luohu as a chess piece to probe the future's situation—both concealing our intentions and secretly laying down contingencies!"
Goddess Wangshu smiled and nodded. The confusion in the other goddesses' eyes vanished, replaced by understanding.
What reflected in Li Fan's eyes now were the faint ripples of the River of Time, the disturbances in the future dimension of the Prehistoric Universe, and the future End of Dharma Era.
Using calamity to balance the situation, this grand game of heaven and earth would ultimately remain under his control.
Li Fan swept his gaze over the women, the light in his eyes growing brighter. With a lift of his hand, thirty-six faint glimmers from the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls flew out of the River of