At this moment, inside the Royal City.
After seeing Natsume's true body, King Jiaye was clearly somewhat puzzled.
It was not that he was shocked this human demigod had suddenly advanced to the limit of demigods.
Rather, he was astonished by one thing.
Why had that [Sophon] suddenly switched sides again?
Just like Xushiki.
In the eyes of the royal family's upper echelons, this human, Natsume, was clearly a pawn cultivated by [Sophon].
A pawn meant to help her break free from the [Ancestral God Palace].
Now that she had escaped, why had she not fled the [Shiki Origin Realm] at once?
Instead, she had sent this pawn to attack the royal family again, attempting to sabotage King Zhenruo's godhood ascension ritual?
That made no sense.
If she truly did not want King Zhenruo to become a god, why had she cooperated with the royal family before? Why had she sold that Yellow Spring Goddess to them?
Unless...
Some even greater benefit was driving her?
Or perhaps Xushiki had promised her some advantage, prompting her to ally with him?
Trying to profit twice from the same affair?
What a clever move!
But wasn't that far too greedy?
King Jiaye believed he had figured out [Sophon]'s motives. Only that could barely explain it.
Naturally, he had no idea.
That nearly omniscient Sophon had been forced into doing such a foolish thing by Natsume.
Of course.
There was no point dwelling on the reason now.
The most urgent matter
was to defend the Royal City and hold the barrier.
As for the ancestral divine artifact, the [Thousand-Lead Stone], which the enemy had taken, King Jiaye had also imagined the "truth."
There was a ninety percent chance that Maha's invasion and the battle for the Yellow Spring Realm had also been orchestrated and