Ning Zheng pondered inwardly:
He had thought that after recruiting a group of Celestial Phenomenon Esteemed Immortals as inside agents, the situation had basically stabilized. The other side had only one "capital" and three isolated emperors left.
But now that he looked at it, things weren't optimistic at all!
If the Painter hadn't learned the truth and secretly given him a warning, he would certainly have fallen into the trap and been thoroughly ruined, without even seeing the face of the true culprit behind the scenes!
The thought sent even him into a secret shiver of fear.
At the same time, even such a formidable man as Xian had been ambushed while proving the Dao.
He was afraid that among all the powerhouses who had proved the Dao in the past, not one had escaped disaster.
Only those of us who had proved the Dao in the "future," the Esteemed Immortals, were safe and free, uninfected by some kind of virus!
Were we the final resistance of the entire universe against the False Human Calamity?
In that sense, Xian truly was a hero. He had discovered that there was a great terror in human history, and even while going mad, he had still left a sliver of hope for the future.
That was what allowed Ning Zheng, Jiusui, Xin Xichen, and the others to prove the Dao in the future.
After analyzing this far, Night Emperor found it more and more horrifying. "In other words, not one person from prehistory can be trusted anymore."
"Xian went mad and is capricious. He may not be trustworthy. It's only his obsession that's holding him up, like how Xingtian danced with his shield and battle-axe, supported entirely by a single obsession as he hacked apart the river of time."
"Those Wind and Thunder