Though it lasted only an instant, he knew the other party was definitely not the Supreme Heavenly Lord.
"What's going on? Something unknown has appeared, and it may well be an existence on the level of the Positive-Negative Ultimate Mechanism."
"How is that possible?"
A chill of horror rose in his heart. Somewhere beyond perception, a mysterious hunter seemed to be hiding.
His expression shifted as he pondered for a long time, but he told no one what he had discovered.
"Someone hidden in the shadows like this might prove useful later."
"He suddenly erased his own presence. He clearly sensed the Jade Tablet's scan."
"How interesting. With the Supreme Cataclysm upon us, every kind of unfathomable existence is coming out of the woodwork."
Li Qing's Past Body grew even more cautious. He would have to reconsider every plan he had made.
An unknown player had silently stepped onto the Chessboard.
But the player had slipped up on that first appearance, allowing him to notice.
The mysterious man sat in a teahouse, watching the carriages and horses pass below, his eyes thoughtful.
"This is troublesome. A Reverse Ultimate Mechanism has actually appeared."
"The Forward Supreme Mechanism has yet to appear, so the True Fruit cannot emerge."
"The two sides are at a stalemate again."
"But they have nothing to do with that Sourceflow existence's aura, or with the Fifth Source Stream."
"Could a Sourceflow existence really have sensed that the True Fruit here is about to ripen?"
"And come here specifically to lie low and wait?"
"I can sense the Fifth Source Stream's existence. The other party must be able to sense it too."
A shadow passed through his eyes. "Hmph. I've waited countless eras. The True Fruit must be mine, and so must the Fifth Source Stream."
"Whoever you