Within Cold Ice Hell, Liang Zhaohuang operated the power of the formation. Projections of Yang Xinghai, Liu Taifeng, and Jiang Jinhe manifested around him as they discussed the situation in Heaven-Severing Hell.
"In my view, both the Human Emperor and Lu Zhenlei, the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, have fallen into someone's scheme."
"The Four Symbols World-Suppressing Stele appeared in Heaven-Severing Hell. The Human Emperor, the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, and the Xuanming Demon God each seem to hold one stele, but in truth, they are all being suppressed and trapped by the Four Symbols World-Suppressing Stele!"
Light gleamed in Liu Taifeng's eyes as he spoke in a deep voice.
"The only question is, who laid this scheme?"
"Nine Palaces Immortal Lord? But he too appears to have been suppressed and trapped within the Four Symbols World-Suppressing Stele?"
"Or perhaps this was an arrangement of his—destroying himself first, only to rise again afterward?"
"He dragged the Demonic Path, the Heavenly Dao, and the Human Emperor into the suppression and confinement of the Four Symbols World-Suppressing Stele, pulling all four parties back onto the same level!"
"Then, beneath the suppression of the Four Symbols World-Suppressing Stele, he would kill and refine the Demonic Path, the Heavenly Dao, and the Human Emperor, seize the final victory outright, and take command of the three realms of heaven and earth?"
Liu Taifeng was also an Immortal-tier existence and knew many of this world's secrets and circumstances well. In but an instant, he had inferred one possibility.
Hearing this, the others all nodded slightly, acknowledging his conjecture.
Liang Zhaohuang also recalled the previous transaction between Four Symbols Island and himself, as well as the actions of the East Sea sects. Those had likely been hidden moves and arrangements left behind by Nine Palaces Immortal