For the next stretch of time, Mu Qing relied on the Book of the Star Shepherd Emperor to enter the Stellar Dimension. While attempting to create a divine ability, he remained ready at all times to deal with matters in Blackflame City.
In truth, the way to break the deadlock was simple.
The Black Demon Sect Master had surely prepared an opponent powerful enough to keep him occupied for a sufficient amount of time.
The Black Domain Grand Competition would take place in three years. That meant the potential crisis in Blackflame City could hold him back for several years.
As long as Mu Qing failed to show up on the day the Black Domain Grand Competition began, it would be useless even if Elder Mo Zi registered him.
If Mu Qing went straight to the Black Domain Grand Competition without resolving the crisis in Blackflame City, then the Black Demon Sect Master would have ample reason to make a move against him.
The reverse was also true. If Mu Qing resolved Blackflame City's affairs before the Black Domain Grand Competition, then he could participate openly and aboveboard, leaving the Black Demon Sect Master unable to act against him.
First, if the Black Demon Sect Master attacked Mu Qing, there was a good chance the Dark Heaven Dharma King would discover it.
Second, with Mo Zi's help, Mu Qing's current identity had become that of the Star Shepherd Emperor's son.
Setting aside the Star Shepherd Emperor, who was rumored to have fallen but was in fact still alive in the Stellar Dimension—
That elder from the Sacred Treasure Hall alone carried enough weight.
Mu Qing's fabricated identity had quite an impressive background: his father was the Star Shepherd Emperor, while his mother was an elder of the Sacred Treasure Hall.