Zhou Ming opened his eyes, his gaze calm, yet carrying a trace of profound coldness.
While he had been healing, he had sensed powerful, elusive Divine Thoughts sweep through this star domain several times.
Each time, there had been more than one.
He knew his identity was probably no longer a secret.
Since Heavenly River True Lord and his companions had failed to capture him, their only choice was to muddy the waters and blow the matter wide open.
Zhou Ming was not surprised by this.
He simply had not expected them to move so quickly, or cast their net so wide.
By now, he had probably become the focus of the entire Hongmeng Universe, a walking prize everyone coveted.
"This is trouble."
Zhou Ming frowned slightly and examined his condition.
After all this time refining it, he had consumed most of that vast reserve of fortune.
The results were also striking.
Only a third of the final Rule Shackle within his body remained.
With another haul-no, perhaps only half as much fortune as before-he was completely confident he could fully recover his cultivation at the peak of the Unity Realm.
But now, that plan was clearly no longer viable.
His identity had been exposed.
Liu Yuan, Qian Tian, and the others were probably already in dire straits.
Sending them out to gather fortune again would be no different from sending them to their deaths.
Besides, it was too slow.
With the entire Hongmeng Universe searching for him, he no longer had time to build up his forces step by step.
He had to change his strategy.
Zhou Ming sank into thought.
What he faced now was a dead end.
To recover his strength, he needed fortune.
To obtain fortune, he would expose his whereabouts and invite endless pursuit.