Yet the madness that had swept through Tongtian's soul just moments ago, seized his mind, and driven him to burn his Origin and abandon his sainthood had been all too real. It was no act.
Countless questions surged through Tongtian's mind, piling one upon another until his Dao Heart fell into turmoil.
Who? Who had tampered with me from the shadows?
Beside him, Nuwa quietly studied Tongtian's stunned, bewildered expression. Seeing that the ignorance in his eyes was genuine, her elegant brows drew sharply together.
She spread her Divine Sense and carefully traced the workings of heaven and the Great Dao. In an instant, she saw what was wrong.
No!
Tongtian's loss of control had not come from his own heart, a heart demon, or the taint of the Measure Tribulation's Malicious Qi.
Somewhere unseen, an invisible hand seemed to lurk in the gaps of the Heavenly Dao and the dark reaches of Chaos, silently tugging at Tongtian's soul and Obsession.
It had deliberately magnified his grief and fury, twisted his Dao Heart, and forced a sage who had planned far ahead into a madman bent on destroying heaven and earth.
Its purpose was vicious beyond measure!
It meant to use Tongtian to destroy his own sainthood, throw the Prehistoric Era's order into chaos, tear apart the Heaven and Earth Foundation, and overturn the world as it stood!
The instant Nuwa grasped this hidden scheme, a bone-deep chill settled over her gentle face. The warm Dao Resonance that filled the world froze.
"Lurking in the shadows, disturbing a sage's heart, disrupting the Heavenly Dao, and seeking to bring down the Prehistoric Era... Clever."
Her cool voice carried not a trace of emotion.
In the next instant, a vast aura of Primordial Taiji erupted around Nuwa!
The power of the Great