The Outer God Infiltrates the Mortal World

"Good! Though you're far from the halls of power, you can still discern their subtlest workings." Kong Changqing nodded slightly, approval deepening in his eyes.

"You guessed right. The Right Chancellor saw through the strangeness behind this boy long ago. This absurd arrangement was deliberate—a way to invite him into the trap."

"Oh?" Li Shun's expression shifted.

"Come to think of it, you're from East Mountain. When Shentu Xin set fire to the Imperial Tomb, you happened to be inside it, didn't you?" Kong Changqing abruptly changed the subject.

Li Shun nodded calmly. "But my cultivation was shallow at the time. I had no idea what was happening around me. Only later, when that treasonous proclamation spread across the land, did I belatedly piece together what had happened."

"That was because the Imperial Tomb was covered by unfathomable restrictions. Even if burned to ruins, it could rewind and restore itself in an instant." As he spoke, Kong Changqing studied Li Shun closely, as if searching for something.

Li Shun played his part perfectly, letting a look of startled understanding cross his face. "So that's why... No wonder."

Kong Changqing found no flaw in Li Shun's expression. He withdrew his gaze and continued, "When Shentu Xin burned the tomb, his rebellious body should have been erased alongside its ashes when Heaven and Earth forcibly reset it—scattered to the winds without a trace."

"But in truth, he never completely perished."

"An imprint of his Causality from that day still remains within the Imperial Tomb's peerless array. If we spare no expense to wrench the tomb's time back to that day, we can forcibly bring him out of the void. But the price of such a heaven-defying act, one that turns Heaven and Earth upside down, is almost beyond belief. To expend such