"Damn Xue Lian—he actually escaped disaster under those circumstances. What incredible luck.
If not for the restriction preventing me from taking the initiative against him, I would have sent him on his way with Shendu and the other three long ago."
The one who had arrived was none other than Six Desires True Monarch, who had been the first to break free.
He had not expected Xue Lian to escape successfully.
That left him in a thoroughly awkward position.
Though he had not made a move, upon discovering the problem, not only had he failed to warn Xue Lian and the others, he had instead chosen to slip away alone.
Six Desires's intentions had been obvious: he had wanted to set a trap for Xue Lian's group of four and use it to free himself from their control.
After such a dangerous ordeal, no one would believe that Xue Lian would not come looking for trouble with him afterward.
Although Six Desires could temporarily suppress the restriction through a Secret Art, it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
Unless he chose to ascend directly to the Devil Realm and leave the Taichang Realm behind for good. After all, no matter how powerful a restriction was, it would be difficult for it to work over too great a distance.
Even if he encountered Xue Lian again in the future, there was a strong chance that he would have already found a way to remove the restriction.
Yet the reality before him was that he had no way to reach the Devil Realm on his own. If he set out alone, he would surely perish halfway there.
But if he returned to the Taichang Realm, then with the restriction's resonance, it would only be a matter of time before Xue