We Agreed Not to Kill

Ning Ye was a child of destiny; even a Heaven's Dao killing trap could not kill him easily.

Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign knew that as well—if he had still laid down a Heaven's Dao killing trap under such circumstances, then he was confident it could deal with Ning Ye without bringing trouble upon himself.

But that understanding rested on one premise: that Ning Ye had merely received a single blessing of Heaven's Dao fortune during his previous confrontation with the Nine Sacred Venerables.

Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign's problem was that he knew Ning Ye was a child of destiny, but did not know how many times he had received the favor of fortune.

That gap in information was Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign's greatest mistake.

Yet Ning Ye had no intention of exploiting it, because that would mean exposing the truth about his fortune.

So Ning Ye still observed carefully, gradually coming to understand.

Hmm, though it was a dead-end setup, it had left behind a sliver of life. No wonder... But where that chance of life lay was a question, and where the killing tribulation lay was also a question.

Heaven's Dao fortune favored Ning Ye alone, so his understanding of Heaven's Dao killing traps far exceeded Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign's imagination. But he could not know the specifics of the scheme; after all, this was Purple Zenith Sacred Sovereign's arrangement, and had nothing to do with Heaven's Dao.

To put it plainly, Ning Ye understood every characteristic, power, and consequence of the Heaven's Dao killing trap, but he had no way of knowing how it would be brought about.

The killing trap had now appeared, but the killing tribulation had yet to descend. It still needed time to brew.

As Ning Ye pondered, he saw several cultivators flying in