[Although you had already completed your breakthrough, Qingming Hetong Heaven appeared to have lowered its guard. In truth, however, its vigilance had risen another level—only this layer was better concealed, and what it guarded against was no ordinary person...]
[In the 1,517,158th year, Wei Lai emerged from seclusion ahead of schedule after Chen Ye personally helped him Consolidate Foundation and Cultivate Origin. He immediately came to see you, yet you did not tell him about the mysterious person.
This had nothing to do with trust. After all, Wei Lai of this world was already one of your secondary bodies, so there was no need to worry about trust. Telling him would merely add to Wei Lai's troubles, and he could not help you with this matter anyway. It was better to let Wei Lai remain in Qingming Hetong Heaven as the obvious piece, just as you had originally planned, making others less likely to grow suspicious.]
[After Wei Lai appeared, he and Li Yuanming presided over the breakthrough celebration. He became Qingming Hetong Heaven's undisputed strongest figure on the surface. Quite a few chose to remain after the banquet, accounting for one-third of those who had approached to watch during the breakthrough.
Some had long been on bad terms with the Dao Sect and the Witch Clan, or at least had no fondness for either force. Others had originally been Rogue Cultivators and now felt that the new faction lacked fresh blood. They wished to follow it and become the first batch of "elders," fighting for greater benefits for themselves.
Unbelievably, a considerable portion of them were Demonic Cultivators formerly under Moro. Some had already been hidden agents when the Demonic Sect went to war with the Witch Clan, while others had been in secluded cultivation and missed it, only