Yuan Qingxu's deductions coincided perfectly with An Jing's previous guesses.
Especially since he had only just nearly been seized by that world's Heavenly Dao in the Tianyuan Realm and forcibly made to fill a vacant post, he understood Yuan Qingxu's conclusion all the more deeply.
"Xuantian Ji essentially wanted to become a new Heavenly Dao as well. Add the Tianyi Demonic Sect... ha, and myself too."
Standing amid the void, An Jing pondered. "When I created the Grotto-Heaven Method, the Heavenly Dao's support—and its eagerness to give me chances for enlightenment—were far too obvious."
"And it wasn't only the Huaixu Heavenly Dao. The Tianyuan Heavenly Dao was no exception—they were all supporting me in developing this path. It seems they were all looking for a substitute."
"Xuantian Ji's line of thought back then wasn't wrong, but his decision was. After all, he wasn't me. His understanding of the 'Dao' wasn't deep enough. He merely wanted to 'merge with the Dao' and become Return to Void Dao One."
A trace of emotion entered An Jing's voice. "But 'merging with the Dao' is only one way to become 'Return to Void Dao One.' It is simply the easiest and most common method, which is why everyone gave it the name of a realm."
"But in truth, realms are things that do not exist—illusory concepts existing only in human imagination. Xuantian Ji was bound by realms, so he became obsessed with a false veil and ultimately walked the wrong path."
To become an infinite existence, one did not need to fixate upon Heavenly Fate... Of course, An Jing understood that this was not Xuantian Ji's fault. It was Huaixu's fault. For hundreds of thousands of years, Huaixu Martial Dao had ingrained the notion of Fate Grids deep into people's hearts, while Heavenly Fate