All along, he had overlooked a crucial point: he had never considered the Azure Dragon Secret Realm and the Worryfree Village illusion together.
Now, reminded by Tang Yuan, he felt as though he had suddenly awakened.
It made sense. Two immensely powerful secret realms existing within the same region could hardly have had no connection at all.
Regardless of which secret realm had been constructed first, considering the strength required to establish either one, the one built later would certainly have sensed the existence of another secret realm within the area of its formation.
With that in mind, Tang Yuan's analysis became far more convincing.
If both had been the work of the Star Chess Saint, then everything could be explained.
Even the matter Lu Feng had never understood—why the creator had left behind nine Awakening Dragon Stones to open the secret realm after suppressing the Blood Demon—now became crystal clear.
This had not been to give the Blood Demon a chance to survive and see the light of day again;
it had been a key left for the Black Dragon who had gone with no return, in case he one day came back.
One could imagine that the Star Chess Saint had likely needed to leave that region for some important matter at that stage, perhaps even to search for the Black Dragon. Fearing that they might miss each other on the way, and that the Black Dragon might return first yet be unable to open the secret realm, he had left behind such a forbidden key.
As for the possible involvement of the Soul Control Clan, Lu Feng had never considered it before, but now, an inkling of possibility suddenly surfaced within him.
Previously, he had only believed that the person who created the Worryfree Illusion possessed profoundly