Yu Ke neither agreed nor disagreed.
He recalled the last time he had personally participated in the simulation of "Lu Chen" in his previous life. It had begun inexplicably and ended just as inexplicably.
One chance at [personal participation] had gone to waste.
Now Master Dong had gone to every length to bring him into this world and activate the God-Startling Formation—all to trap him.
Yu Ke looked up at the sky, though everything had returned to normal.
The night remained deep, the moon hung high, and its clear light spilled down.
Master Dong, across from him, seemed to have lost all interest in talking.
Dong Cheng said with a sigh, "Perhaps no one in this world, since time immemorial, has ever forced you into such a predicament."
Yu Ke knew Master Dong had glimpsed the Kun Void Cauldron's secret—within the cauldron lay a world of its own, holding sun, moon, mountains, and rivers.
"Heaven and earth nurture all things, yet rather than show gratitude, you bear a grudge so great you would swallow the heavens?"
Yu Ke looked at Master Dong and said slowly, "I don't know where you obtained the God-Startling Formation. What exactly are you plotting?"
Master Dong's expression shifted slightly, but he soon regained his composure.
"A thousand years ago, had I attained the Dao and ascended, I would have been grateful to this world. I would have wished to leave my name in history, as Lu Chen did."
"Three hundred years later, I swore that if I ascended, I would keep the people of Great Qi—and all living beings under heaven—far from war."
"Another three hundred years passed. If heaven and earth had allowed me to ascend, I would have sent my disciples throughout the land to spread my blessings and save the people."
"When