After the Battle of the River Styx and before the Covenant Era ended, the Myriad Heavens Divine Kingdoms systematically wiped out Hanguang's hardliners. Little about the process stood out.
One exception was the gods led by the Abyssal Sea True God joining forces to hunt down and grievously wound Liang Lu.
Calling it a "hunt" might have given Liang Lu too much credit. Still, the divine power of Freeze Space-Time had pierced Liang Lu's Inner Universe, knocked him down a realm, and sent him fleeing for his life. That much was certain.
Yet this contact from the Initial Awakening Society claimed the whole thing had been staged. The most defiant remnant of the Heavenly Abyss and the Nation-Founding God leading the purge had fooled everyone else, gods included. Wasn't that absurd?
As shocking as the claim was, Bifur was not about to believe it so easily.
He remembered what the contact was trying to do: convince him that Liang Lu and Luande had a secret scheme involving the Isolated Star System.
Or, more to the point, goad him—and the Great Horn Fleet and Xi Corporation behind him—into taking action against Luande.
Bifur would not be swayed so easily.
In fact, over the past ten weeks, Xi Corporation and the Great Horn Fleet had run countless projections of the current situation.
Bifur's discussion with the contact had yet to go beyond what they had considered. Their projections already included the possibility that Liang Lu and Luande had joined forces.
Every theory was possible, each with its own probability. But until one was confirmed, even the most valuable lead could turn out to be worth nothing.
Still, Bifur had to admit that the Initial Awakening Society's standing and intelligence channels gave it a better chance of being right... and considerable power to