"The thing we feared most has happened."
"I thought someone with such monstrous talent for evolution would not appear so soon. It required unimaginable aptitude for logic and talent, no less than Nü Yi, that saint who established the rules of cosmic life. But I never expected..."
Di Qi said, "If this continues, the newly born natural Heavenly Dao will utterly destroy us False Heavenly Dao. They are the rightful orthodox!"
"What should we do?" Empress Ru Yun could not help growing nervous beside him. "Are we going to be overthrown again? Why not beat this person to death?"
Ru Yun looked at the young saint and his younger sister.
Di Qi paced back and forth within the imperial hall, his voice growing deeper. With a sweep of his sleeve, he said, "It is useless. This is the tide of the age. We can strangle it for a time, but not forever. Since one has appeared before us, we might as well make arrangements in advance, find a way to retreat and yield, and build a good relationship."
Just as back then, he had concealed too many forces. As the Black Hand behind the scenes, he clearly could have killed Xu You Nian, yet he had not chosen to do so, because that had been the tide of the age.
He could resist it for a time, but not forever.
"Besides, I am magnanimous."
Di Qi's expression was calm. "Only such peerless geniuses with pure Dao hearts, single-mindedly pursuing the Dao, can forge an era and glimpse a corner of the future. Those cunning, filthy young saints who think only of shortcuts all day, murdering and robbing others, secretly stealing other people's knowledge and ultimate arts, have long since had their hearts clouded. They have already rotted away. People like