"Since you already knew that Great Zhou's Founding Emperor might be the current Demon Emperor, and that his martial arts were anything but ordinary, why did you make such a dangerous decision?"
Ning Ke pressed on. In her heart, Xiang Yang might not have been a man of boundless cunning, but he was certainly no reckless fool.
"Because I once believed that I would soon break through to the same level as the Demon Emperor and Sword God. Then I would have no need to fear them, and could use the world as a chessboard to contend with them.
"Unfortunately, the information Tian Xingzi and Dharma Venerable Tongguang brought regarding the Calamity of the Three Gates made me fully understand that, in the short term, the only person in this world capable of matching the Demon Emperor was the Sword God. My cultivation was still far from sufficient to contend with either of them.
"If I acted rashly and shattered the fragile balance and stability that existed now, the consequences would inevitably be impossible to contain."
Only after hearing Xiang Yang's explanation did Ning Ke understand. When Xiang Yang had sent the letter, he had known something of the matter, but had not yet grasped it completely. It was only after sitting down to discuss the Dao with Tian Xingzi and Dharma Venerable Tongguang that he had thought through every obstacle.
"This truly is far too dangerous. Who would have thought that after proving one's Dao, one still had to undergo such tribulations to cultivate the supreme martial path? No wonder you told the Third Prince and the Divine Constable Gate not to act rashly.
"But is there truly no other way?"
As the person Xiang Yang loved most, Ning Ke naturally understood him very well. In his heart, the