Although no one knew exactly how strong Ling Wuyuan was.
Although no one knew when Ling Wuyuan had reached the Void Glimpse Realm.
Although no one knew why Ling Wuyuan had not personally taken action until now.
Although no one knew whether Ling Wuyuan had disguised himself when he participated in the Yuting Martial Arts Tournament back then, or whether he had already been in the Void Glimpse Realm long before that.
None of that prevented everyone from putting themselves in his shoes and making all kinds of conjectures.
And so-called conjectures—
At their core, all relied on one's own understanding.
In other words, people generally only made assumptions based on their own knowledge and comprehension of things. They would not seriously entertain ideas that even they themselves found utterly absurd.
Thus, after repeated deductions and speculation, many people felt that Ling Wuyuan might have advanced to the Void Glimpse Realm many years ago. The reason Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion had agreed to take him in back then was also undoubtedly due to the value of a Void Glimpse Realm expert.
As for why he had participated in the Yuting Martial Arts Tournament?
It was because Ling Wuyuan had believed the time was ripe.
He had therefore chosen to make a name for himself at the right moment, laying the groundwork while luring out the various forces from the surrounding Domains in advance, so he could investigate the true strength of each surrounding Domain.
In the end, only a few years later, once he had thoroughly confirmed that the surrounding Domains posed no substantive threat to himself or Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion, he had immediately begun to act—
In short.
After an exceedingly intense bout of brainstorming.
Many people felt that this was how things should have unfolded.