Jinian pondered for a moment. It really was true.
No one understood the strength of the ancestral gods better than Cthulhu's Three Pillars. If they were in the Three Pillars' position and saw the ancestral gods about to regain their power, they would have destroyed Earth before that could happen... And now that Great Xia had prepared for battle, it was undoubtedly the best time for the ancestral gods to return.
"Oh, right... Even if the revived faith brought the Primal God Temple back to Earth, how did you make it descend right in front of you?" Jinian seemed to have thought of something and asked doubtfully, "Did you arrange it with them beforehand?"
"Not exactly. I just tugged on the Karma Threads between me and the Primal God Temple, and it came over by itself." Lin Qiye thought for a moment. "Maybe the Dark Ancestor sensed my summons?"
"...Do you really have that much clout?" Jinian could not help but quip.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qiye did not retort this time. Instead, he lowered his head, as though seriously contemplating something...
Two figures and a colossal temple swiftly vanished beyond the horizon.
Island.
"So... are you ready to receive the death I have prepared for you, my dear An Qingyu?"
There was not the slightest trace of fear in An Qingyu's gray eyes. He stared straight into Chaos's eyes without saying a word.
Chaos was about to say something else when its brows suddenly furrowed, and it turned to look in a certain direction.
"Ancestral gods?!"
A rare trace of astonishment surfaced in its eyes.
Then, as if it had figured something out, it said thoughtfully, "The Second Sacred Covenant... So your goal in dispersing Earth's mist was the ancestral gods? I underestimated you..."
"Looks like someone has disrupted your