"In other words, there was no longer much point in fighting over the Taichang Realm.
"Perhaps in a hundred years, perhaps a thousand, everything in the Taichang Realm would be completely devoured by the Ruins of the Underworld, and all would return to chaos.
"There was a scheme here—there had to be a scheme."
Though the Ruins of the Underworld existed only in legend, it was not exactly a secret.
With such a grave problem arising, King Gan would not believe for even a second that no one in the Taichang Realm knew about it.
Therefore, he was absolutely certain that Fang Xiao had a plan.
After all, this broken ship known as the Taichang Realm was about to sink. If news of this were leaked, the Devil Race would very likely abandon their struggle for this realm.
Yet Fang Xiao had appeared, and he had even arranged a battle with Xuan Jian and the other True Demons.
That clearly meant he had ulterior motives.
Looking back at Fang Xiao's actions now, one could find many holes in them.
He had merely exploited an information gap. While they knew nothing of the Ruins of the Underworld, Fang Xiao had used that to muddle through and establish the wager.
"So what exactly was Fang Xiao's goal?
"If it was not to protect the Taichang Realm, then why arrange this battle?
"Could he be worried that frequent battles between Spirit Transformations would excessively drain the world's primordial energy and cause the Taichang Realm to collapse faster?
"It could explain things, but it seemed rather far-fetched."
Since death would come sooner or later either way, Fang Xiao and the others should have been searching for a way out, not clinging to a rotting ship.
"No, the key is not the arranged battle. Could