After hearing what Head Xie had said, Chen Chuan asked a crucial question:
"Even if the Federation's operation goes smoothly, and Celestial Master Lu of the Celestial Mystery Sect merely goes to the Other Side World to arrange the ritual, once he returns and discovers problems within the sect, won't he retaliate?"
As long as a top-level power remained, he believed the Celestial Mystery Sect could not fall. Even if they slaughtered every member of the Celestial Mystery Sect, as long as that man remained, he could still rebuild it. And by then, would Celestial Master Lu still be willing to speak nicely to them?
It could still trigger an unpredictable war.
Head Xie said, "The First Visiting Delegation has a better grasp of the specifics. I don't know much at present. Based on the limited information available, the Federation supposedly has a way to handle this matter.
"After learning of the situation, the First Visiting Delegation did not immediately accept it as fact. They conducted another investigation through the Covert Department, and it now seems to have been confirmed."
He said gravely, "During these past two years of negotiations, we sacrificed many comrades in order to determine whether the Federation had truly made up its mind, as well as to uncover all sorts of specific information."
Chen Chuan considered it. No matter how the Federation had managed it, since they had received confirmation from Great Shun, they must truly have a way to ensure that nothing like that happened afterward.
Assuming that Celestial Master no longer needed to be considered for the moment, then the Federation would be facing those four—or perhaps three—True Persons.
Each of the Celestial Mystery Sect's four True Persons possessed the strength of a Profound Cave Observation Fighter. Even if one was absent, three still