After hearing Heaven's Gatekeeper's explanation, Lu Yang fell into deep thought.
He wondered why the first Peak Master of Heaven Mending had ultimately chosen to give up becoming the master of the [Dao-Seeking Heavenly Gate Diagram]. Was this trouble truly such a great threat to him?
It probably wasn't.
Even if his Dao Heart hadn't reached the Primordial Spirit level, with the twelve Great True Lords of the Dharma Body Path joining forces, there was no way they couldn't suppress a Great Sword Sect.
With that thought, Lu Yang's reasoning gradually became clearer:
What the first Peak Master of Heaven Mending feared was definitely not the Great Sword Sect itself, but the Great Sword Sect's identity. After all, he was Sword Lord's disciple!
Recalling the first Peak Master of Heaven Mending's whereabouts, enlightenment immediately dawned on Lu Yang. If that fellow really was trying to sneak across to the [Other Shore], then he absolutely couldn't draw a Dao Lord's attention. Killing or suppressing the Great Sword Sect might risk alarming the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord.
That should have been the true reason Butian Que gave up.
Having figured this out, Lu Yang let out a long breath. Butian Que had to worry about that, but he did not. After all, their circumstances were different.
The place Butian Que wanted to sneak into was guarded with an iron grip by the Dao Lords because of Ancestral Dragon's seal.
But the place Lu Yang wanted to sneak into, the Netherworld, had in some sense slipped beyond the Dao Lords' sight. It was not absolutely safe, but neither was it particularly dangerous.
In other words:
"What he doesn't dare do, I dare do—and can do. Once I'm done, I'll run off to the Netherworld anyway. Once a man is dead, all things are