No one knew that this veteran great power, who had always handled matters with polished tact and firmly held to neutrality, had long concealed a chessboard of schemes within his heart.
For a long time, Dao Lord Shou Gu had always adhered to the path of neutrality.
He had long been rather dissatisfied with the major local powers of Sin Domain City, entrenched in their ways, exclusionary, and clinging to the old.
He despised even more the bunch from Heavenly Prison City who hid their heads and showed their tails, scheming in the shadows. He saw them as worms gnawing at Chaos, vile rats.
Yet he stood in the heart of the Sin Domain and bore the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce's Right to Speak. Every word and action of his was tied to the Chamber's survival and the overall situation of the Sin Domain.
For the sake of the greater picture, to maintain the balance between all sides, he could only forcibly suppress his displeasure and maintain an impartial, neutral stance year-round, joining no factions and involving himself in no conflicts.
Back when Venerable Jin Shui had been trapped in a crisis of weakness, his circumstances hanging by a thread, it was Dao Lord Shou Gu who had helped him, lending him aid in secret and forging a bond of goodwill.
That friendship was also the fundamental reason Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion had shown the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce mercy at every turn over the years, never driving them to extinction.
What truly shook his state of mind to its core was the battle when Dao Venerable Xuan Qing appeared in the world and nearly crushed Heavenly Prison City into ruin by himself.
That battle had shaken heaven and earth. The Supreme Law roared, rocking Chaos, while one