Annoyed

"Alright."

Annihilation nodded. "I'll keep monitoring it. If the anomaly you described can still appear under my surveillance, then the hand behind it may be of such a high level that people would rather not believe it. It would be a good thing if it overlapped with the shadow you saw, because this incident might let us pin down its identity.

Since enemies are bound to exist, having only one would allow us to defend and strike back more precisely. But if the waters are too muddied and it has nothing to do with that shadow, then the problem will be serious.

That would mean there is more than one enemy lurking in the dark—possibly a whole group. At that point, we may have to bring you fully into the spotlight, or seek Truth's protection.

Because only the status of a Supreme Deity can make them behave themselves and stop them from tampering with things under the watch of all gods."

Tang Chuan had other concerns. "What if this is part of their plan too? I don't even understand my current state myself. Since they are so skilled at plotting, they would surely be able to guess our thoughts—that we would use the name of a Supreme Deity to intimidate them.

They would simply wait for me to step into the spotlight, when everyone was watching. Then, no matter how exquisite the arrangements my former self left behind were, flaws would still emerge. Out in the open, those flaws would be magnified without limit, giving them an opening to exploit.

Because then, whether they were lower gods, higher gods, Omnipotent Gods, or my nine fellow Supreme Main Gods, they would all cast doubtful looks my way.

Could my former self really have been so powerful that he concealed everything from