The two sat facing each other, a silence beyond words filling the palace.
After a long while, the Eternal Night Lifeless Dao Lord finally spoke. "I've carefully analyzed everything that happened during the last Investiture of Gods War!"
"There's something wrong with the Haoran Sage."
"He and Li Qing are definitely connected, and deeply so."
"Especially at the very end. He was almost the first to detect where Li Qing had placed the decoy."
"He was also the quickest to act!"
"It wasn't because he had quick reflexes. It was because he had already guessed some of what was going on."
"When the Myriad Treasures Undying Dao Lord fell last time!"
"I went back over everything that happened, and I discovered that the Haoran Sage was deliberately steering us."
"We didn't notice anything wrong at the time."
"Looking back, he must have established some sort of connection with Li Qing by then."
"He has now reached the level of a Conceptual Logic Prototype!"
"Even if we Immortal Realm beings and the Wisdom Logic Anomaly all attacked together, we'd have no more than a seventy percent chance of defeating him!"
"Li Qing has arranged so much this time. On the surface, he seems to be laying the groundwork for the future."
"But I have a feeling we're his targets."
"If we blindly follow his plan, there's a very good chance we'll step into a trap."
"If there's something wrong with the Haoran Sage, do you think he might seize this chance to eliminate us?"
The Chaos Yin-Yang Dao Lord nodded slightly. "I've had my suspicions too."
"The Haoran Sage is suspicious, but I could never work out exactly why."
"Now that you've said it, I suddenly understand."
"And have you noticed? The Haoran Sage has constantly drawn everyone's attention toward Li