"The Tathagata knows the thoughts in the hearts of other sentient beings. He knows them just as they are."
This was Mind-Reading.
It was the supreme supernatural power of the Buddhist Sect.
And Guanyan had spent five hundred and thirty-seven years studying the Dragon God.
How terrifying were those four words, "knows them just as they are"?
All this time, the Dragon God's greatest efforts had gone toward capturing Yuheng and taking control of Yuheng. It had never paid any heed to Guanyan or anything in the Forest Sea Source Realm, including its World Will.
Even the loss of the Divine Handle and the delay in devouring the World Will's power had been nothing more than tricks to distract others.
It hadn't wanted to draw too much attention or make too much of a commotion, lest it attract other competitors.
Even the reason it had gone to all that trouble to set up the Dragon God Enthronement mission and appoint a Dragon God Envoy, occasionally finding ways to hand out a few rewards, had all been to conceal its attempt to occupy Yuheng Star.
That was the only thing that mattered.
It had laid so many contingencies over the long years that even it could hardly remember them all. How could it have spared a thought for a little monk like Guanyan, who had only just reached the Inner Palace Realm when he first entered the Forest Sea Source Realm?
All the stalemates and deadlocks had been deliberate. Once the time came, it would reveal its true strength and crush everything in its path.
But it hadn't expected...
It seemed that every contingency it had put in place had been countered.
Even some of the measures it hadn't yet had a chance to activate had been snuffed out ahead of