To avoid being led by the nose, the only way was to break the restrictions and frameworks set by people like Chen Henian. Even people like Chen Henian could not have anticipated this, so the Nascent Soul old monsters of the Moon Shadow Alliance naturally had no way of foreseeing that his moves would suddenly undergo a drastic change.
Although it looked a bit perilous and even ran the risk of offending Chen Henian and the others, in the eyes of Lu Xiaotian, it was actually the safest path.
As long as he could accomplish something, even if he stirred up some twists and turns along the way, Chen Henian and the others might feel displeased afterwards, but they would not blame him. Of course, if he delayed the grand combat strategy of the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm, those Nascent Soul patriarchs would inevitably come looking for him afterwards to settle accounts.
Lu Xiaotian's gaze flickered. Even if he failed, he could just run away when the time came; there was still some hope. As for the fact that his unauthorized change of plan would certainly cause various sects of the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm—such as Ancient Sword Sect, Azure Elixir Palace, Void Heaven Gate, Sun Demon Sect, and Soaring Heavens Palace, which were directly thrown into the battle—to shoulder more risks, or even maintain high-intensity combat operations and suffer the loss of quite a few more cultivators,
well, after all, he was the one who had been plotted against, and now he could not care about that much anymore. Why should he be the one to sacrifice for the greater good of the Moonwatch Cultivation Realm instead of anyone else?
Having figured out the crux of the matter, Lu Xiaotian let out a long breath. His vexed gaze turned firm once