Calculating

Gazing at the two whose auras had withered, Hongjun gently shook his head, his tone carrying a note of warning. "You two Fellow Daoists, This Seat knows that you are not the masterminds, merely chess pieces pushed to the forefront. At this point, if you still refuse to speak, you should understand that nothing but a bottomless abyss awaits you."

Anger churned in Yuan Chen and Xi Yao's eyes, their hearts filled with resentment and humiliation. Yet after that extreme fury subsided, the remnants of their reason ultimately overcame their Vicious Qi.

Defeated and captured, with the tide already lost, continuing to posture and argue would only cause more casualties. It was utterly meaningless.

Xi Yao remained silent for a long while before finally letting out a soft sigh, her voice steeped in endless dejection. "Our skills are inferior, and we concede. But we truly have no defense to offer. Until this day, we never knew that within the chaos, there existed a supreme Great Thousand World like the Primordial Wilderness. We crossed realms this time, yet from beginning to end, we never understood why."

Upon hearing this, Hongjun, Laozi, and the other Great Beings all furrowed their brows, doubts rising thickly in their hearts.

Minghe's gaze darkened as he voiced everyone's confusion, his tone full of incomprehension. "Then it seems this Origin Realm was a chess piece from beginning to end—a disposable chess piece sent to test the waters at any time. But This Seat truly does not understand: what exactly does the one lurking in the shadows intend by going to such lengths to send the Origin Realm into Primordial Wilderness territory?"

"Given how much they have spied upon and learned about the Primordial Wilderness, they must know that delivering a complete Great Thousand World to our doorstep