"The information you and I know is more or less the same. As for whether there are other hidden twists, even your Liusu cannot be sure, so naturally neither can I." Yao Guang leaned lazily against the doorpost, taking small sips of wine as she said casually, "But surely we both understand one principle..."
With a flick of her hand, two empty wine cups appeared. She pressed them mouth-to-mouth, then drew out the air between them at the moment they met.
The cups seemed glued together, utterly firm.
Qin Yi: "..."
Forget it. He could not treat them as ordinary ancients. Once one's understanding of the Great Dao reached their level, such things were merely common knowledge. Perhaps Yu Shang, now that she was playing with air pressure, had researched it even more deeply.
Yao Guang said, "This world was originally like these wine cups, isolated from the outside. But once the air within became mixed with the air outside..."
She injected a wisp of air.
The wine cups separated.
"Then it will never be secure again." Yao Guang casually tossed the cups aside.
Qin Yi understood what she meant. "After such prolonged infiltration, remnants of his energy are already everywhere within this world. Especially those people Heavenly Seclusion Child brought down to the lower realm—all of them bore his mark at one point... Even if the marks have been removed, this world has long since been filled with air that belongs to him."
"Correct." Yao Guang said, "Perhaps this infiltration cannot let him enter as easily as separating wine cups. He still has to try to break through the door. But I believe that once he enters, the energy attributes he has arranged over so long a time will instantly boil over. For example... this world's laws will be