A tangle of doubts churned through Meng Qi's mind. He reined in his emotions, set aside his subjective assumptions, and began examining Gu Xiaosang and the Golden Emperor from the beginning.
As he delved deeper, a few things gradually began to bother him. His mind was utterly calm.
"Before Xiao Sang came back to life, the Golden Emperor had kept sending subordinates to look for the clues she'd left behind, trying to erase her completely and eliminate the greatest hidden danger. But somehow, things always ended up serving other purposes..."
"When it came to the Chaos Green Lotus Seed in the Jade Void Palace, She had ample reason to make Sha Wujing awaken early. Not only did this fail to provoke an overreaction from the other great figures, but Sha Wujing himself had been entirely willing. That kept the other divine envoys from feeling that, if the rabbit died, the fox would grieve, and from harboring resentment. Sha Wujing's early awakening also made the Luo Sect the first faction of this age to wield legendary power. They carried a mysterious corpse out of the depths of Spirit Mountain, and She must have had other arrangements to complete as well..."
"In the battle in the Fusang Ancient Tree realm, She used Sha Wujing to defuse the danger lurking there with some unknown divine ability, then obtained a fruit with a special connection to the Azure Emperor. Afterward, She 'gifted' it to me at just the right moment. It played a crucial role today, when the Azure Emperor crossed the Sea of Suffering and ascended to the Other Shore..."
"The four divine envoys' visit to probe us was even more clearly meant to draw away the Jade Void Palace's forces and give Maitreya and the Demon Race an opening..."
Then Meng Qi