Chiyou's Bitter Realization: I Was a Pawn Too; Xuanyuan Fulfilled His Merits and Attained the Dao

In Zhuolu.

The people of both camps stared at Chi You and Xuanyuan, who had started catching up right there on the battlefield.

They were all dumbstruck.

What... what was going on?

Why were their leaders hugging the enemy?

They were supposed to be mortal enemies. Why had they suddenly embraced, looking so close?

The Witch-Human Tribe and the Witch Clan were utterly baffled.

Their leader, Chi You, was no longer as brutal and overbearing as he once had been, but he was still proud to the bone and looked down on everyone. How could he be chatting with Xuanyuan?

Could their leader really possess some powerful witchcraft?

Had they fallen under his spell without realizing it?

The officials and cultivators of Xuanyuan Kingdom found it even harder to believe.

Ever since their lord had defeated Yu Wang, Qing Yang, and the other overlords, he had developed the imposing bearing of a Human Lord. Bolstered by boundless Human Race Clan Fortune and National Fortune, Xuanyuan wielded terrifying power despite his modest cultivation.

When angered, Xuanyuan could command Xuanyuan Kingdom's National Fortune and part of the Human Race Destiny to suppress cultivators.

Whether they followed the Immortal Dao, the Divine Path, the Martial Path, or any other path, none could withstand that pressure!

They could not bring their strength to bear at all.

Over time, Xuanyuan had acquired an authority that commanded awe even when he was calm, along with the distance that came from standing above others.

Though Xuanyuan told every official he met that they were as close as brothers, a gulf still separated lord and subject. True closeness and trust remained out of reach.

So what was their lord doing with Chi You now?!

Was the Human Race's greatest traitor... their lord himself?!

"Senior brother, if I'd known