Heaven-Stepping Gambit, Golden Phase Annihilated!

"Not bad."

"After all, the target had become clear, so this trip hadn't been in vain."

"The news about Ye Taiping wasn't released by you, was it?" Bei Gong Lin asked.

After placing a piece, World Ending Old Man said, "Brother Bei Gong sees clearly indeed."

"Of course. If I were the one spreading that news, there would have been no need to mention Ye Taiping at all."

"He had been innocent from the start, merely forced into this chaotic situation."

Bei Gong Lin pondered for a moment. After setting down a piece, he said, "Whether he is innocent or not remains to be discussed."

"At the very least, the Ye Shen Clan will not let him go, and I have no need to waste time on him."

"So in this game, you and someone else were plotting against me?"

Bei Gong Lin's gaze locked tightly onto World Ending Old Man. The latter remained remarkably composed and admitted frankly, "That's right."

"In this game, our target had always been you."

Bei Gong Lin stared at him. "Who else?"

"Yan Kunlun?"

"No... he and Ye Tianze had both suffered heavy losses. He had no spare time to scheme against me."

"Then it must be... that person behind the Origin World, that so-called... Karma Dao Venerable from your Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea?!"

World Ending Old Man said, "I am not from the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea, so please do not misunderstand that, Fellow Daoist Bei Gong."

"However, you were indeed correct. The mastermind behind this game was him, Karma Dao Venerable."

"He deliberately released the news about Ye Taiping and even drew the Ye Shen Clan into it, all so that I would not benefit."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Tell me, how could this man's heart be so rotten?"

World Ending