Sky Soaring's reaction could not have been swifter.
More importantly, as a Sacred Sect True Lord, he shared Lu Yang's trait: he was extraordinarily decisive, never hesitating when it was time to act.
This cannot go on!
With that thought, Sky Soaring immediately changed his original plan. He had originally intended to turn Chongguang into a stepping stone for his further advancement.
Eliminate Hongyun, the final hidden danger. Then, after Chongguang fails at Golden Seeking, use the Perception Barrier to secretly conceal the Dao Abomination he becomes after death. Once the storm has passed, use Chongguang Dao Abomination to draw in Covered Lamp Fire, and finally pull that Fruit Position into the Netherworld.
The entire plan had been flawless.
If Lu Yang had learned of it, he would have immediately understood Sky Soaring's logic of action during the Ninth Life. He had in fact been proceeding according to this very plan.
Yet no plan under Heaven was flawless.
Thus, Sky Soaring had also encountered Variables midway through the plan. For example, when Chongguang sought Gold, Sky Soaring had clearly never expected him to reach the critical point.
In Sky Soaring's plan, Chongguang should have sought Gold smoothly, then died suddenly without stirring so much as a ripple. Yet Chongguang had forcibly relied on his own Dao Heart and talent to push Sky Soaring into revealing his identity and becoming an enemy of all True Lords before he could seize Chongguang Dao Abomination.
What came afterward went without saying.
The overseas conflict, Feixue's schemes—Sky Soaring had encountered many accidents, yet he had endured them all through his deep foundations and hidden contingencies.
Plans never kept pace with change; that was simply the way of the world.
Sky Soaring understood this well, which was why his plan allowed for considerable error. He