The Human Emperor's Grand Wedding!

"You're here."

Elder Heavenly Secret looked at Li Qingshan and smiled faintly.

There was no fear in that smile, no resentment—only the calm detachment of one who had seen through the affairs of the world.

Li Qingshan walked up to him and stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

"Elder Heavenly Secret, there was no grudge between us. Why did you collude with Seven Star Patriarch and use Ye Lingshuang as bait?"

Elder Heavenly Secret let out a soft sigh.

"Some matters were not mine to decide."

He looked at Li Qingshan, his gaze profound.

"I cultivate the Dao of Heavenly Secrets and can glimpse a thread of fate. It was precisely because I saw it that I had no choice but to act."

Li Qingshan frowned slightly.

"What do you mean?"

Elder Heavenly Secret fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Do you know that there is a kind of karma in this world called destiny? Some people are born with immense fortune and great opportunities, but they are also accompanied by immense karma. That thread of fate I glimpsed forced me to cooperate with Seven Star Patriarch. Otherwise, Heavenly Secret Pavilion would have faced a great calamity."

Li Qingshan sneered. "So you chose to harm me?"

Elder Heavenly Secret shook his head.

"I never intended to harm you. I merely... followed the heavenly secrets. They showed that you were fated to undergo this trial, but it was not a death trial. Not only would you survive, you would even turn misfortune into fortune."

He looked at Li Qingshan, a trace of complexity flashing through his eyes.

"The facts proved that the heavenly secrets were right. Not only did you survive, you even passed the heavenly tribulation of ascension and attained the Mahayana realm. Yet I must