A Plan, an Accident

"Chen Yan and the Dream Eater must have already lost one of their number."

Inside the vast Cloudtop Palace, Empress Ji lounged against the throne in her Pitch-Black Armor. Her enchanting yet icy eyes narrowed as she looked at the phantom of Lord Chen in the Great Hall.

"What method did you use to sense the Dream Eater and Chen Yan?" Empress Ji furrowed her brows.

"You needn't concern yourself with that."

Lord Chen spoke in a low voice:

"There are only two possibilities now.

"First, both Chen Yan and Lu Xunyang are dead.

"Second, the Dream Eater is dead, and Chen He has been suppressed by Lu Xunyang."

His voice was calm. Both guesses were based on his own methods.

He could sense Chen Yan and the Dream Eater through the Ancient God's aura, but he couldn't see them clearly.

In particular, after Heaven and Earth Wept Blood, the two beings he could sense had become one. The one he could sense had also grown extremely indistinct, leaving Lord Chen unable to determine who it was.

The rules he had imposed on Chen Yan had also vanished.

Either Chen Yan was dead, and with his death, everything had naturally disappeared.

Or the Dream Eater was dead.

But if the Dream Eater had died, Chen He was still alive.

Of course, it was also possible that Chen He had been suppressed—by Lu Xunyang.

Those were the only two conclusions Lord Chen could draw for now. Everything still depended on whether Lu Xunyang emerged from the Ancient God Forbidden Land.

But Lord Chen always erred on the side of caution. Looking at the languid Empress Ji, he said:

"I came to see you to urge you to return to Ji Prefecture. Chi Lord will oversee the fighting here in Tie Prefecture."