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Knowing that I held the position of Sword Pavilion Master was not strange in the least. Back then, during my trip to the Tai Immortal Dao, those two cowards who guarded the realm had stayed at the realm dock to watch me, monitoring my every move. How could they not report everything to Li Xiangru? So even after they died, they must have told Li Xiangru every detail of what I had done in the Tai Immortal Dao—entering the third secret realm, learning the Spirit-Absorbing Method, advancing to the True Immortal Realm, and even encountering Jinnu.
And I had brought Jinnu here without authorization. Along the way, I had first "borrowed" things, then openly snatched them, causing such chaos from the borderlands to the Demon Palace that the demons could hardly live in peace. The Demon Palace, which controlled the Demon God Realm, had long since been boiling like oil scorching the brain. As they investigated back and forth, following Jinnu, they would inevitably uncover an entire web of intelligence connections leading to the Ancient Immortal Realm.
Li Xiangru knew full well that this would affect the political balance of the Six Divine Heavens. After all, I still bore the position of Sword Pavilion Master of the Ancient Immortal Realm. Even if I concealed my divine aura and dispersed my demonic energy, how could they so easily believe me and turn a blind eye? This was not the Ancient Immortal Realm, either. If we were in the Ancient Immortal Realm, Li Xiangru would play dumb even after learning that I was the Great Ghost Emperor of the Ghost God Realm. Exposing me would bring him no benefit; instead, he would lose quite a lot. Thus, he had been unfailingly courteous and tolerant toward me, while genuinely building good relations