At this moment, in the Abyss, within the Hall of Lies, Tiancheng was dumbfounded as he witnessed the changes within the projection.
To so effortlessly fool everyone in the palm of his hand and set foot upon the road to the Silver Sea... the exquisite transformation nearly made Tiancheng tremble.
Even with a stumbling block like Huai Shi in the way, it still did not shake his confidence in the Piper.
"Magnificent! Magnificent!"
Tiancheng finally came to a realization. "All the groundwork and moves over the past several days, including the disturbances caused by Golden Dawn and the Abyss worshippers purged by the Present Realm... were all for this moment?"
Step by step, he had exerted influence upon the Present Realm, manipulated victory and defeat, and even deliberately used all manner of insignificant accidents and coincidences to continuously stir changes in the currents of thought within the Present Realm. In the end, through the pressure brought by the War of All Realms, he forced the Unified Bureau to activate the Regeneration Plan at this critical juncture... Even recreating another self through the struggle within the Regeneration Plan was all for this step!
"Congratulations on your achievement, Lord of the Cage!" Tiancheng bowed in devout submission and praised, "After today, the souls of the Present Realm will all be in your grasp!"
"Haha, is that a blessing? Or one of those auspicious phrases everyone has been so fond of lately? Tiancheng, you really are fashionable."
Amid layer after layer of scarlet nets and twisted order, the Piper continued weaving knots at an unhurried pace, tugging at the vast web formed from countless hatreds, conflicts, and deaths.
He showed neither delight nor pride. Instead, he unexpectedly became calm.
He thought seriously.
"Don't celebrate too early, Tiancheng. The Present Realm has had plenty