Di Nai was now utterly abandoned by all.
Not a single person stood on his side.
Compared to that, no one was willing to risk their life for someone who would do anything as long as it let him win.
The reason Dragon Scion had turned against him so decisively was that Dragon Scion knew Di Nai's methods all too well.
If Dragon Scion had not interfered with time first, Di Nai would likely have dragged the Sun God into this long ago.
When that happened, the Sun God would certainly not mind erasing Dragon Scion, a being filled with hatred for Him, as well.
Di Nai knew this, yet he did not care.
Since that was the case, Dragon Scion did not care about the alliance with Di Nai either.
It was a mutual choice.
Many people never understood until the very end why they had been betrayed, or why someone who would betray them could remain loyal to another.
Such barriers between hearts, such gaps in understanding.
They had also formed between Naimus and Di Nai.
"Naimus, I lost this time, but I won't lose next time!" Di Nai said, and the entire alchemical ritual swiftly changed.
A streak of silver began to shift. Ripples of spatial fluctuations emerged, then rapidly carried Di Nai's core away.
His final scheme had failed. He had not managed to drag the Sun God into the battle, so there was nothing to gain from staying any longer.
In that case, he might as well leave.
The priority was to find other materials as soon as possible and produce the Philosopher's Stone within a short time.
Before leaving, however, Di Nai still took away most of the ritual.
The refinement progress of the Philosopher's Stone immediately came to a halt.
Although Naimus possessed