The Heavenly Demon Palace Lord was left speechless as well, but there was nothing he could do. He became even more certain that his scheme against Zhu Shisan absolutely could not be allowed to spread.
Just think about it—once the Holy Infant Child learned the truth today, he became so wary of him that even the mysteries of the Yellow Springs Water could not move him in the slightest.
If word spread in the future, everyone under heaven would surely keep their distance from the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord and guard against him in every possible way.
This was not a change in personal thinking, but simply the instinct to seek profit and avoid harm.
Just as ordinary people instinctively kept away from venomous snakes rather than drawing close to them.
Still, to put it another way, the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord truly had not intended to plot against the Holy Infant Child this time.
First, the corpse demons were far too formidable and terrifying, and there might well be even more powerful and tyrannical existences within that corpse demon ancient city.
His little schemes might barely have some use in the uninhabited Time Sand, but in such a perilous place, they would not be able to stir up the slightest ripple.
The vast disparity in external strength allowed him to scheme against Zhu Shisan, but not against the Holy Infant Child.
Because he needed the Holy Infant Child to help him shoulder the unending pressure from the outside world.
Otherwise, if the Holy Infant Child died, he would become a living target, singled out like a thorn in the eye and a splinter in the flesh. No matter how high his martial arts were, he would not be able to endure it.
That was not merely one existence at