In an instant, Countless calculations flashed through the High Priest's mind.
Meanwhile, Upon hearing the words "the complete, entire volume," Cheng Buzheng felt a surge of heat rush straight to his head, nearly causing him to lose his composure.
Though he possessed a method for forging a Law Treasure Body, obtained from the Purgatory Clan's Progenitor, it was ultimately an incomplete method. Deducing and completing it would require an immense amount of law origin.
If he could obtain a ready-made complete method, not only would it save him the effort of deduction, but it could also serve as a foundation, greatly reducing the cost of deducing a method suited to himself!
At that moment, Cheng Buzheng was truly tempted—tempted as never before!
However, Just as that immense temptation was about to drown out his reason, an icy chill suddenly rose from the depths of his heart, like a basin of ice water poured over his head, instantly restoring his clarity.
"I can't agree!
This is absolutely poison wrapped in honey!"
"Giving up part of the Great Array's authority would be no different from exposing my throat and vital points beneath another's blade!
The Forbidden Sea is the only route to the higher world, and the Thunder Abyss Forbidden Area is the key to the ascension passage.
If I lose my absolute influence over the Great Array, then when I ascend in the future...
wouldn't my life and death be entirely at the mercy of this Purgatory Clan High Priest?"
"Unless I am willing to abandon the Immortal Path and remain trapped in this world forever, or...
gamble that his lifespan is shorter than mine and wait for the High Priest to ascend first.
But how could a matter concerning my very life, the foundation of my path, be entrusted to