In the beginning, Quan Xiaotong and the others had opposed Hanyu venturing into the Central Continent again.
After all, no one knew when Tai Yi and Yuan Chu would descend. If Hanyu happened to run into them, things would become a great deal more troublesome.
With the cards they currently held, they could afford to fight slowly.
There was no need to be so hasty.
The ones who ought to be anxious were the two who had yet to come down.
But Hanyu had always been suspicious of the Heavenly Dao's attitude. He constantly felt as though the Heavenly Dao were making arrangements for its final affairs.
Especially the Heavenly Dao's repeated instruction that he gather the rules as quickly as possible—it sounded even more like the Dao had said, Leave yourself a way out.
If it had confidence, why would it need a way out?
These matters were no secret, so Hanyu simply told them about his conversation with the two.
Quan Xiaotong and Yin Mang both fell silent. Let alone Hanyu—even having heard it indirectly, they could sense that something was wrong with the Heavenly Dao.
Hanyu's plan was actually quite simple: while the Heavenly Beings from both sides had yet to descend, he would seize as much as he could.
"I'm only afraid you'll provoke Them into coming down directly."
Yin Mang sighed helplessly. Tai Yi and Yuan Chu had never fixed a time for their descent, but if Hanyu jumped around too aggressively, there was bound to be a chance that he would pull the Heavenly Beings from both sides down directly.
And that chance was enormous.
"Let's gamble!"
Hanyu spoke resolutely. Since the Heavenly Dao had already appeared, he naturally could not continue hiding. If it could let him collect these things, then it probably