Wei Qian's talent was ordinary, yet he excelled at schemes. Not only had he offered Moro hundreds of effective plans, he had also seen through more than a hundred schemes others had aimed at the Devil Ancestor. Thus, although his cultivation was merely that of a high-level Immortal King, Moro still valued him greatly, calling him an indispensable brain. Moro had even repeatedly sought treasures to increase his Lifespan and cultivation, intending to forcibly pile him up to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
Originally, if not for the unexpected intervention of Witch Emperor Houtu, Wei Qian's counterespionage scheme would have succeeded. The next step would have been to have Li Chengtai, under his bewitchment, eliminate Li Yuanming, a renowned powerhouse of the Three Pure Heavens, thereby removing a potential future emperor. Then, he would control Li Chengtai's revenge for his father and lead the entire Fengyin Sacred Dynasty in continuously challenging the Dao Sect's standing.
Once matters truly developed in that direction, no matter how the Dao Sect struggled, it would likely have been to no avail. This caused the two Heavenly Venerates, who had learned the news from Witch Emperor Houtu, to break out in cold sweat and grow even warier of Wei Qian.
Yet even though Witch Emperor Houtu had deduced the beginning and end of the matter, the two understood that after all this time brewing, the Dao Sect had already fallen into a crisis of trust.
Once the seed of suspicion had been planted, so long as the Dao Sect's people were not all upright and open, even the slightest stain would keep other factions from fully trusting them. They would inevitably remain wary of them...
Just as the two Heavenly Venerates had expected, all the factions of the Three Pure Heavens were gripped by panic. Like a