Many people knew what happened next.
In just a few hours, the once-thriving Dao Alliance Mountain Gate was left with her as its sole survivor.
And only because she had seen the situation turning against them and abandoned the other three to flee.
Otherwise, the Dao Alliance—the self-proclaimed leader of the Human Race's righteous path, which had led Tiannan Continent in clinging to life under the demons' claws—would likely have vanished into the dust of history long ago.
From that day on, the woman in the thin robe changed her way of thinking.
She had spent her life treading carefully, all to keep her true identity hidden and prevent that Wretched Woman from learning any of her methods.
She only wanted to raise a suitable successor before that Wretched Woman discovered the truth, then have that successor devoured in an attempt to break through to the next realm.
Or, before the array opened, have that successor hold the Wretched Woman back long enough for her to escape.
"What a pity. A genius like this finally appeared, yet he isn't part of my plan."
"Then again, that means the boy has no need to worry about the things I care about!"
Looking down at the blood-soaked young man, the woman in the thin robe badly wanted to toss him the Dao Token in her hand, which could activate the Tianyan Sect's Teleportation Formation.
After all, she was that Wretched Woman's primary target. Once the woman broke free, she would likely come for her at once.
And if she also held the Dao Token that could open the Outer Sealing Formation...
The woman did not need to think hard to know what would happen.
"If someone else held this Dao Token, might things take a different turn?"
"And since that young man