A Human Realm Punch, Divine Penetration; Five Elements Generate Forms, Great Fearlessness

"Damn!"

"This is bad!"

Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain, Holy Firmament Hall.

Dao Qiongchang had returned from the Heavenly Ladder. With one hand, he fiddled with the Heavenly Secrets Compass, watching strange phenomena arise across its surface. His gaze flickered as he repeatedly shook his head.

"The Holy Emperor has merged with the Dao, ghostly power has arisen by Heaven's design. Fortune is ill-starred, yet it forcefully leans toward the Central South..."

"And this was displayed before the masses. None of those present are ordinary people. Even if their memories can be washed away afterward, how much effort will that cost?"

"Even if mortal memories can be washed away, how could the capable ones who witnessed this simply let it go? All eyes will surely converge on you—stepping from behind the curtain onto the stage. Unwise, deeply unwise!"

"Who would have thought that a mere Greed God could stir such greed in you? You have exposed yourself to this extent—why go this far? Why go this far?"

Dao Qiongchang paced urgently through the hall, circling left and right like an ant on a hot pan.

Yet after only a short while, he sat down before the main seat at the silver table. The smile he could no longer suppress finally blossomed brilliantly like a flower.

"Why go this far..."

His soft murmur drifted through the vast Holy Firmament Hall.

Dao Qiongchang blinked, and the delight in his eyes vanished, replaced by boundless worry.

"What am I to do now?"

"Oh dear, oh dear~"

He looked around, but there was no one nearby.

Even Ai Cangsheng was gone. Dao Qiongchang found that truly dull.

"Be watchful in solitude, be watchful in solitude..."

He withdrew every expression, placed the Heavenly Secrets Compass on the table, and gazed into the distance, toward the south of