"Looks like we've obtained another Natal Soul Artifact this time."
This was what Ye Tian had always been most concerned about.
Back when he had set out to gather the Twelve, he had never expected things to go so smoothly—so smoothly that it was almost unbelievable.
Everything had started improving after Di Jiang joined them, and then Xuan Ming had added flowers to the brocade. The journey had become even easier from there.
Now, they were about to obtain a Soul Artifact in the blink of an eye. Even Ye Tian found it somewhat unreal.
It was as though there was a hand behind everything, manipulating this chessboard from the shadows. Even Di Jiang and Xuan Ming were merely somewhat more important pieces upon this board.
He himself was more like an insignificant pawn, at risk of being discarded or captured at any moment.
"Kid, what are you thinking about again?"
Di Jiang asked.
"Don't you think everything has gone far too smoothly? Why does it seem that we've encountered no real resistance along the way? Every danger has turned into good fortune, every peril into safety."
Ye Tian said.
Xuan Ming shot him a cold glance.
"This is just you humans being overly suspicious. If everything had not gone smoothly, you would have died without even a scrap left from the very first step you took on this journey."
Those words instantly reminded Ye Tian of how Ju Mang had nearly possessed him before. Had it not been for the Glazed Fire within his sea of consciousness, everything would have been different.
There would have been no later events at all.
A roar interrupted Ye Tian's sentimental speculation.
Following the sound, he saw Tu Bo locked in an inseparable battle with She Bi Shi in the sky.
For the