Hongjun's gaze sharpened.
Unless Xuandu possessed a supreme treasure capable of concealing the Heavenly Secret.
The Chaos Bead.
A Chaos Supreme Treasure that had existed since the dawn of World Creation, ranked alongside the Jade Disk of Fortune and the Heaven-Opening Axe.
This bead contained a world within it. It could conceal the Heavenly Secret, sever Karma, and deceive heaven itself.
If Xuandu had obtained this bead and used the Bead World to conceal his aura,
then even Hongjun might not have been able to detect him.
Hongjun drew a deep breath.
He recalled the past.
He recalled the time when the Earth Dao had revived, when the Heavenly Secret had become chaotic and utterly obscured.
He had thought Yang Mei had acted.
He had thought that old rival had returned to ruin his plans.
He had thought Yang Mei had used Space Law to conceal everything.
But now that he considered it...
Perhaps not.
Yang Mei was powerful, but his Space Law excelled in twisting the void and shattering all things with supreme might.
Concealing the Heavenly Secret was not his specialty.
But the Chaos Bead was different.
This bead contained a world of its own, a self-contained heaven and earth isolated from the Great Wilderness.
Not even the Heavenly Dao could sense anything within the bead.
If Xuandu had used this bead to conceal his aura, conceal Karma, and conceal the truth behind the Earth Dao's revival,
then even Hongjun could not deduce the slightest trace of it.
Hongjun's expression darkened slightly.
He thought of Wuzhuang Temple.
Beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree, there had been that lingering trace of Chaos Qi.
That aura had been identical to Yang Mei's, making him certain that his old rival had returned.
But what if that aura had not been left behind