The Former Enemy!

After everyone left, Beerus looked at Jiang Yun and said, "With your strength, there was no need to do this, was there? You should've been able to resolve this quickly!"

Jiang Yun smiled upon hearing that. "Lord Beerus, why do you think Fuyu told us his objective?"

Jiang Yun spoke in riddles.

Beerus was suddenly startled by those words. Rather than asking Jiang Yun why, he fixed his gaze below and seemed to be deep in thought.

Several full minutes passed before Beerus spoke again. "You mean Fuyu deliberately revealed his objective and had everyone try to stop him. But what was his purpose in doing that?"

Jiang Yun smiled at that. It seemed Beerus had already realized Fuyu's scheme, though he had not fully pieced it together yet.

So Jiang Yun stopped being mysterious and said, "With Fuyu's strength, even with the World Tree's power, it's impossible for him to devour every universe. Grand Zeno won't permit it. If even we can't resolve this, Grand Zeno will likely act personally and erase the World Tree from existence."

"When that time comes, it will be your dereliction of duty!"

"Fuyu knows this precisely, which is why he took the initiative to tell us his objective and draw us toward the source of the World Tree. His true goal definitely isn't to destroy every universe and then create a new one. That wouldn't benefit him at all."

"And when we consider Prison Planet, Hearts, and now the World Trees, we can see that Fuyu's goal isn't to kill us. He has another scheme!"

Jiang Yun slowly laid out his speculation, immediately making Beerus's eyes widen. Beerus had actually thought of part of it as well, but not as thoroughly as Jiang Yun had.

Krillin and the others beside them were equally