They were all played by him

At this moment, Gongyang Ren finally understood, killing intent surging from his entire body!

Sikong Jing had slain the real chief of Soul Devourer and taken his place, using his granddaughter Gongyang Ying to lay out his scheme. His true goal had only ever been one—to ambush Mo Ci within the State Preceptor's Residence.

The reason he had never laid a hand on Ying'er, the reason he had kept the bandits from slaughtering commoners indiscriminately, was not because he was devoted in love, nor because he wanted to cleanse the bandits' reputation.

It was because... he was not the truly heinous chief of Soul Devourer.

The reason he was not at the rumored second realm of Extraordinary, but merely at the Dao Martial Realm with such terrifying combat power, was precisely because he was Sikong Jing.

The reason he had refused to become a personal guard was not because he feared being misunderstood, but because he needed to arrange the conditions to assassinate Mo Ci.

The reason he had killed Gong Beiqiang and slipped free of surveillance was not merely to send the Millennial White Ginseng. He had gone to kill Lian Zhuiyu, spreading his name throughout the entire War Soul Imperial Capital in order to lure Mo Ci out.

And why had the Steel Bone Flying Vulture appeared out of thin air? It was the little vulture Sikong Jing had brought with him when he appeared at the State Preceptor's Residence for the second time!

From the moment Sikong Jing appeared as Soul Devourer, every last thing had been prepared for Mo Ci.

Whether it was himself or his granddaughter Gongyang Ying, whether it was any of the academies, all of them had been deceived by him, all of them used by him!

It was not just Ying'er who