Hongjun looked at Heavenly Dao Shichen's face, falling silent for a moment.
His gaze lingered for a long time within Heavenly Dao Shichen's calm eyes, as if searching for something.
"You seem to have not a shred of resentment about acting as a chess piece," Hongjun finally spoke, his voice carrying a probing note.
"Furthermore, as the trump card fusing with him, you will completely vanish."
He paused for a few breaths, his gaze locking directly onto Heavenly Dao Shichen's eyes.
"Do you not wish to attain independence? Are you truly resigned to this?"
Heavenly Dao Shichen looked at Hongjun, remaining silent for a brief moment.
Then, he revealed a trace of a smile.
"From the moment of my birth, my destiny was born for this overarching plan."
His voice was very soft, yet it carried a trace of firmness.
"He and I were originally of the same origin and entity; how can there be any talk of being resigned or not!"
Hongjun nodded gently.
At the very depths of his gaze, that final trace of hidden suspicion settled and subsided.
He spoke no further, simply slowly closing his eyes to regulate his breath and recover.
Heavenly Dao Shichen watched his appearance, shook his head, and softly muttered.
"This old fellow... is truly cautious. Even after divulging the entire truth in its entirety, he still harbors wariness deep in his heart!"
Having spoken, he also sat cross-legged on the spot and closed his eyes once more.
Within the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, silence returned once again.
Meanwhile.
Among the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds.
Those Shichen consciousnesses scattered within the bodies of countless living beings gradually grew chaotic and hazy after absorbing such vast emotions.
Those emotions were overly complex, and gradually, those fragments of consciousness began to attract