The Alliance Leader's phantom turned his head.
"What do you mean?"
"Once the Frenzied Absorption started, the Origin Fetus drew in more than the Northern Lands' fortune. It also drew in the Great Hua Origin Source attraction he had set up earlier."
Zhou Xuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"To sever it, he would have to give up everything he absorbed over the past six days as well. If you were him, could you bear to?"
Old Ancestor Xuanming sneered on the spot.
"No."
Old Ancestor Cangwu quietly uttered a single word.
"Greed."
Zhou Xuan nodded.
"So his first reaction won't be to sever it, but to suppress the Corruption and keep devouring."
Lin Qingzhu picked up the thread.
"But the more he devours, the deeper the poison goes."
Zhou Xuan looked toward the Jade Talisman.
"Exactly."
Inside the Jade Talisman, Emperor Jiang Wu seemed to have heard their assessment.
"You guessed right."
"Grand Hua Old Ancestor hasn't completely stopped his cultivation. He's using his Dao Fruit to suppress the Black Qi, and he's still absorbing the Origin Fetus's Origin Source."
Old Ancestor Xuanming slapped the table.
"Fool!"
Zhou Xuan looked at him.
"Senior, you had some rather interesting ideas yourself when you kept that fragment to study."
Old Ancestor Xuanming's face twitched.
"You brat, do you have to dredge up old accounts right now?"
Lin Qingzhu added softly.
"It's a good time. It'll help the lesson stick."
Old Ancestor Cangwu could not hold back a quiet laugh.
The Alliance Leader's phantom also fell silent for a moment.
Old Ancestor Xuanming pointed at them, then finally lowered his hand.
"Fine. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hold it against you."
Outside, the Grand Hua Immortal Vein was still being subjected to successive waves of pressure.