"There's no need. Taigan was a heaven-defying genius. Since he knew he would turn into a demon, he must have thought of a contingency plan. He must also have calculated what my abilities could do and how far everyone could go. So even if the whole affair isn't foolproof, it won't go seriously wrong. There's no way he would leave the plan completely hollow and let living beings fall into a terrible catastrophe." Li Taichong shook his head as he looked at the demonic aura that pierced heaven and earth, his expression helpless.
"No one understands Li Taigan better than Fellow Daoist Li. Since you put it that way, it must be so. Then we..." Du Jinchán finally relaxed, but the sight of such a terrifying natural disaster still made him shudder. After all, even someone in the Spirit Transformation Realm might never have seen a scene like this.
"Wait. Once Taigan has built up enough momentum and soars into the heavens in one stroke, we'll surely have a chance to put our abilities to use." Li Taichong gazed at the pitch-black, abyss-like sky. The miserable drizzle of jade-like droplets kept falling into the sand below, turning it black as if covered in rolling beads. His face was grim. If a mortal swallowed this stuff, they might well develop a violent madness.
Li Taichong's words instead made me breathe a sigh of relief. Though danger still lurked everywhere, at least we would have some time to ease into it and prepare everyone, rather than being forced onto the stage like ducks herded to market.
But I had no idea how far we would ultimately have to go. All my master had left me was a book—the ancient Heavenly Secrets Dao text abandoned by the Qian Kun Dao. Returning it to