"If it isn't completely purified, won't it continue to emerge endlessly? Doesn't that contradict the Sky Gazer's idea of purifying the corrupted aura?" I asked, somewhat confused.
"You think the Sky Gazer wants to purify all the corrupted aura completely?" Xia Ruize countered. Seeing my confusion, he smiled. "Could it be they don't know that the former leader of the Heavenly Realm might have had that ability? Or perhaps it was precisely because he had that ability that he suddenly disappeared when the corrupted aura erupted. The Sky Gazer may have done it too—not necessarily by force, but they could easily have used schemes. What do you think of my guess?"
I drew a sharp breath inward. If someone really had been controlling everything from behind the scenes, then it would make sense. First, eliminate the person who might be able to resolve the corrupted aura, then let the corrupted aura engulf the Heavenly Realm, and afterward achieve some ulterior objective. Wasn't that exactly the sort of thing the Sky Gazer excelled at?
"So this time, we can't passively accept their ideas and principles anymore. Yitian, let the two of us join hands and create an entirely new world together—a world without the Sky Gazer, with only a peaceful path to immortality!" Xia Ruize's eyes glittered as he looked at me.
I was still shaken by what he had said. After all, it was far too frightening. If the corrupted aura had also been summoned by them, then the Sky Gazer would inevitably have to be divided into two factions, perhaps even more. As for what they truly intended, we simply couldn't see through it.
In that case, I could only see eye to eye with Xia Ruize. Not only did we have to completely purify the corrupted aura, we