"What do you mean, Young Master?" Hearing Lu Yang's words, Bai Qing seemed to have realized something too. She immediately asked, still half doubtful.
Lu Yang propped his chin on his hand. "Song Taichong only wants the Void Heaven Palace. At most, he also wants the Eight Absolutes Elder's heritage and my life. There's no way he'd go so mad as to kill everyone. But if the situation inside the other Light Gates is the same as ours, then everyone here—including the Void Blade Sect's own people—could be in danger. That absolutely can't be Song Taichong's plan!"
"Exactly!" Bai Qing said, suddenly enlightened. "People die in the Void Soul Battlefield almost every time. If one or two of us fail to come out alive, that's perfectly normal. Even if the other factions are unhappy with the Void Blade Sect, they can hardly say anything. The dangers of the Void Soul Battlefield are plain for all to see. But if everyone dies in there, Song Taichong would have no way to explain himself. He couldn't possibly be that stupid!"
"Precisely." Lu Yang said, "Considering the White Bone Heavenly Ladder before us, perhaps the one truly scheming behind the scenes, trying to kill us all, is inside this War Soul Domain!"
Bai Qing said, "Young Master Lu, are you saying the one who truly set this trap for us is that Eight Absolutes War Soul?"
Lu Yang nodded. "Fairy, do you remember the Evil Demon War Soul?"
"Of course." Bai Qing said. At the very beginning, she had been transported to that Evil Demon War Soul's domain and had nearly been possessed by it, losing her life.
In the end, it was Lu Yang who had saved her, allowing Bai Qing to escape disaster.
Lu Yang continued, "Do you remember that fake