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After interrogating Great Sage God Venerable, I went through the other God Lords as well. Aside from comparing their answers to distinguish truth from falsehood, I also asked about the women's legion.
These God Lords usually operated in their own Dao-Proving Heavens. They had only followed along after the Demon God Alliance expanded, so their intelligence was all highly consistent with Great Sage God Venerable's account.
Most of them had also been conned senseless by Great Sage God Venerable. Seeing that they had nothing useful to offer, I left the Thunder Pagoda.
When I returned to Great Sage City, not much time had passed. Qing Weixin was still standing on the suspended Dao, looking down at the scenery below.
Seeing me return, she hurriedly asked what I had found out. I told her everything about Dao Heaven God Venerable's appearance and deeds.
She was stunned as well, staring at me for a long while before she could calm down. "How could this be? Husband, I don't believe Xiangling would act like that toward another man! Could she have been deceived, or perhaps controlled by that Dao Heaven God Venerable?"
"It's hard to say. Right now, our most urgent task is to find news of Dao Heaven God Venerable. After all, there may still be members of the women's legion who have become his dependents." Although I was unwilling to accept this reality, if Xiangling had already fallen under this fiend's sway, then the possibility of other members of the women's legion being ensnared could not be low either.
Even though Dao Heaven God Venerable looked different from me, he did give me a familiar feeling. Whether he had been formed from a divided soul or through some other means, he absolutely could not be me.
"Other members have become