The Demon Prince's flying vessel cut through a stretch of void, still traveling beyond the realm. Its destination was clear enough, but its speed remained limited to that of a fifth-rank.
Facing the Heavenly Demon Devil Lord before him, the Demon Prince showed obvious surprise—so obvious that even with his face hidden beneath an unmoving mask, his expression could easily be read.
"About Li Qi... Oh, did you receive an order from the Heavenly Demon?" the Demon Prince asked.
"An order from the Heavenly Demon?" The Heavenly Demon Devil Lord was somewhat surprised, but he still shook his head. "No. We have never received any orders or hints."
"Then that really is... quite a coincidence." The Demon Prince smiled.
The words "coincidence" made the Heavenly Demon Devil Lord shudder. "Your Highness, what happened? Did the Heavenly Demon convey some message to you?"
As a fourth-rank practitioner of the Demon Path, he understood better than anyone the weight carried by the word "coincidence."
The Demon Prince said, "I just reached an agreement with the Shaman Path. No one above third rank will interfere in Li Qi's affairs. Matters of the fourth rank should be settled within the fourth rank. You must have a plan if you came looking for me. Tell me what you intend to do."
The Heavenly Demon Devil Lord glanced at Li Shiwei beside him.
"Do not mind her." The Demon Prince waved a hand.
"Very well. Then... our plan is to use Li Qi's daughter to lure Li Qi into continuing his destruction of Dream City. That will inevitably cause a great upheaval in public sentiment. At that point, we can begin wearing him down. We intend to exploit that turmoil to create a thought storm centered around him."
A thought storm was, in truth, the violent