[Unlike Yu Yanli, who still harbored a fluke of hope, believing three years was not long enough to reveal much and that permanently controlling others would require too great an expenditure—something the Ancient Demonic Creature could not accomplish—you attached great importance to this foe whom even the Ancient Emperor could only Seal. You had already prepared for the worst. The upcoming operation to breach the Seal might have to be changed into a defense against invasion!]
[Unlike Yu Yanli, who had participated in the first operation, you were better able to sort through the matter from another angle. Now, everything had been linked together. The Ancient Demonic Creature's devouring of so many worlds might not have been due to gluttony, but to replenish its missing energy. Now, using the Origins of those worlds as a foundation, it had long laid its plans and waited for you to deliver yourselves to its door, where it could take control of you. It could both weaken your strength and hasten the fulfillment of its goal.
Yet even now, you still did not know what the Ancient Demonic Creature's main purpose was. The disparity in intelligence between enemy and ally was severe, and you would likely suffer another loss next. Not to mention that at a time like this, Mara—whether because he had not yet seen the full situation or for some other reason—was still tying down the strength of the Witch Clan, dragging everyone down...]
[Thinking of Mara, a spark flashed through your mind, and at last you thought of another possibility. Why did Mara's actions anger you? Because what he was doing now was utterly unlike his usual behavior. Although he had always wanted to deal the Immortal Sect a heavy blow, whenever the calamities of All Heavens arose, he could always