Fox Woman stared at Luo Zheng with a half-smile and said, "Actually, there are some things you don't need to understand so clearly."
"Are you content to be nothing but a chess piece?" Luo Zheng asked in return.
"Even if you are a chess piece, you're the most important one," Fox Woman said, a trace of envy in her eyes.
In truth, most people weren't even qualified to be chess pieces.
"But I want to be the one playing," Luo Zheng said, his expression darkening.
"The one playing..." Fox Woman laughed. "Those who laid out the board, those who played, even those who watched are all dead. No one can control you now. Everything still depends on you."
Everything Fox Woman knew about the Four Spirits Sect had come from The Author. "The Chaos World was never the main battlefield. It was merely the lucky survivor as one brutally devastating war after another raged outside, their flames spreading unchecked. But the fighting within the Four Spirits Sect eventually reached the Chaos World, and this battle continued in an-
other form. You're the key to one of its sides," Fox Woman said.
"The side of the End?" Luo Zheng asked.
"Yes." Fox Woman nodded.
In fact, Fox Woman was merely making the information The Author had revealed more specific. Even without her explanation, Luo Zheng and the Primal Celestial Venerable could have deduced the broad outlines.
"Who exactly is that side's leader?" Luo Zheng pressed.
"I don't know either. If Lord Author doesn't want to tell you, he must have his reasons and concerns. Don't dwell on it." Fox Woman shrugged and gestured for him to proceed. "Let me take you out..."
Fox Woman and Luo Zheng followed the path The Author had drawn, returning to the edge of the Third