A Two-Way Journey

"That demigod who betrayed them?"

Su Gao was clearly sharp-eyed. She had immediately noticed that the victims were putting up little resistance and seemed somewhat caught off guard. She guessed, sounding surprised, "So she was pretending to surrender? That doesn't make much sense. Was An Jing being too complacent?"

"Maybe she just won the argument with herself."

Fu Qian had always admired Su Gao's keen battle instincts.

But the gap in their information meant she could only sense that something was wrong, not draw any conclusions.

"That person was surrendered to at the time."

Fu Qian pointed at his head, sharing An Jing Shizhi's selfless disclosure with her once again.

"Just like you said earlier, An Jing Shizhi didn't perform only one action. This was also part of his ascension ritual."

"I see... So the conflict between the two organizations was something An Jing deliberately instigated, too?"

Su Gao quickly made the connection.

"Defining a concept and giving it supernatural significance is strange, but it does fit my understanding of the concept of authority. The actions that came later might make sense logically, but—"

"The style doesn't match, right?"

Fu Qian interrupted Su Gao.

In fact, he felt the same way.

Compared with the earlier manifestation, which was almost like an expression of the essence of power, the later part—naming a divine creature and mentally violating her—was downright dark and twisted.

Was it like sacrificing someone to inaugurate the ritual?

"Actually, there's another point. An ascension ritual is so important that if it can be made more controllable, then any amount of resources should be worth spending."

Fu Qian continued along Su Gao's line of reasoning.

"So in this situation, An Jing Shizhi actually had a simpler, safer option: go after his own people. The Yasui Company is full of