In truth, Ye Zhen's original plan had been to return to the Black Dragon Domain as quickly as possible.
Because there was one thing Ye Zhen was absolutely certain of: if Ou Tuo and Xie Tianhe had pressed any harder that day, and Great Sage of Sea Quelling had possessed no contingency plan...
Ye Zhen truly would have thrown caution to the winds and chosen one of those two Dao Entry Realm experts, Ou Tuo or Xie Tianhe, to fight to the death.
Though Ye Zhen knew full well that doing so was foolish, he acted only to keep a clear conscience. Under those circumstances, if Great Sage of Sea Quelling had no backup plan, Ye Zhen would have had to be foolish to the end and seek that one chance of survival among ten thousand.
Fortunately, Great Sage of Sea Quelling had prepared an extremely formidable trump card.
Using the temptation of leaving the True Profound Continent, and the hope of Hei Tian, Wu Shu, and Yang Min advancing into the Great Dao as conditions, he made Hei Tian, Wu Shu, and Yang Min swear Soul Oaths on the spot and turn against their side.
Naturally, those three had not been so easily convinced.
But Ye Zhen himself was living proof. That day, everyone had personally seen Ye Zhen enter that offerings space, yet he had emerged alive.
After Great Sage of Sea Quelling swore a Soul Oath, with Ye Zhen, a living man, as proof, they naturally steeled their resolve to defect.
Those things were merely the root of that earth-shattering reversal.
But after that shocking turnabout, Ye Zhen had broken out in a cold sweat.
Because Ou Tuo's scheme had come within a hair's breadth of succeeding.
At the same time, Ye Zhen realized something: Ou Tuo