Fortunately, after Jin Jue lingered nearby, he made no further moves. The aura around him also changed; the savage violence that had filled his face somehow vanished completely, replaced by the tranquil bearing of an enlightened monk as he calmly watched you all.
Together with the gleaming top of his head, bright enough to use as a mirror, if not for his previous ferocity still vivid in everyone's minds, someone might truly have believed it.
In the end, you let it go. Whether what Shen Ming said was right or wrong, now was not the time to dwell on it. Who knew how many people were lurking in the shadows, watching you like tigers eyeing their prey? The most urgent matter was to leave this chaotic battlefield. As for what came afterward, you would have to verify it yourself. If things were truly as Shen Ming had said, then you could only find another way to resolve it.
You had cultivated for barely over a million years, yet already possessed the strength to contend with a Quasi-Emperor. The various Talents you carried were also your foundation. It was not as though there were truly no solutions.
Even if Extreme Charm could not completely immunize you against the Book's subconscious bewitchment, it was not entirely useless either. This had already been proven when you first encountered it. With Extreme Charm's help, you had not been successfully bewitched.
Moreover, the Eighth-ring Creation Supreme Treasure was powerful, but your Phoenix Divine Mark was no ordinary object either. Others might not know it, but you understood clearly that once you became a Quasi-Emperor, your Lifebound Supreme Treasure would undergo another transformation. At that time, there might yet be a turning point through the Phoenix Divine Mark.
No matter how strange the Book was, it