From the moment these Night Watchmen boarded the ship, Lin Qiye had already linked their karma into the Uncaused Cause.
He naturally knew that once news of the God Hunting Celebration entered the Mist, those Outer Gods would certainly make a move... so from the very beginning, he had never intended to let these young Night Watchmen take the risk.
The true celebration had not been held within Chenglong Pass, but within a strand of karma created by Lin Qiye.
Whether they were the young Night Watchmen attending the ceremony, the Night Watchmen teams performing, or the staff of Chenglong Pass, he had pulled them all into a segment of karma that had never existed. It was absolutely safe, yet absolutely real. After all, in a sense, this past had truly happened—it simply did not exist in any known time or space.
Pulling so many people into the Uncaused Cause at once placed an enormous burden on Lin Qiye. This was also one reason he had specifically instructed that those with less experience should be given priority. After all, dragging highly advanced Night Watchmen into karma required some effort as well.
But for the sake of "hunting gods," aside from Wu Quan and Destiny Monk, every Human Apex and human god participating in this strand of karma had been a "puppet" created by Lin Qiye, without self-awareness.
They were not the protagonists of this celebration either. All they needed to do was sit off to the side and smile, so naturally no one noticed anything amiss.
Lin Qiye himself had to concentrate fully on maintaining this enormous strand of karma while protecting these Night Watchmen outside, so he had Destiny Monk appear and speak at the celebration in his place.
As for the Outer God agents who had wanted to