"So that's how it was."
After hearing everything Xu Xing had done during this trip to Ancient Great Profound Heaven, Charm Ancestor's smile faded, and her expression grew somewhat more solemn.
Then she voiced her confusion.
"But why did 'Heaven' appear in Ancient Great Profound Heaven?"
Since Xuan knew Calamity of Heaven's identity.
Then after everything that had happened during Remote Antiquity, Heaven itself should have known that as well.
And that was where the problem arose.
Heaven clearly knew that its appearance would allow the fellow Daoist to sense the existence of Ancient Great Profound Heaven, yet it had still chosen to show itself...
"Heaven should have known that doing this would make the situation of the Cang Race even more dire." Charm Ancestor frowned. "There shouldn't be anything in it for it, should there?"
Was there truly nothing in it for Heaven?
"Not necessarily." Xu Xing looked at the seven-colored radiance bound before him.
"It is unclear for now what Gu is thinking, but Xuan's intentions can be seen to some extent. He would never take the initiative to hasten Heaven's revival."
"One could even say that he himself is extremely wary of Heaven."
"Perhaps Heaven realized this, which is why it deliberately appeared and further worsened the Cang Race's situation—forcing Gu and Xuan to find a way to awaken it from its slumber and bring it back."
Yet as soon as he said this, Xu Xing frowned, shook his head, and muttered to himself.
"But if that really was the reason, it should have had a better way of handling it..."
If Heaven's true aim had been this, then it should have used it as leverage rather than appearing directly and drawing him to Ancient Great Profound Heaven.
To some extent, worsening the Cang Race's circumstances could