Step by Step, He Eased His Way into the Trap

Hearing Li Shun's question, Kong Changqing laughed wordlessly. "Grand Arbiter has never truly fought a Heaven and Earth Realm Sage to the death. I am but an old man of mortal flesh—how could I presume to fathom such heavenly secrets?"

Yet after knitting his brows in thought for a while, he ultimately offered his own deduction. "If both sides truly brought forth every last bit of their strength and fought with their lives on the line, then I believe the outcome would depend entirely on where the battlefield lay. If it were within the Heaven and Earth of Great Qian, on the home ground of this realm, then a Heaven and Earth Realm Sage, whose words became law, would surely hold the upper hand."

"But if they were outside the Heaven and Earth of Great Qian..."

Kong Changqing's voice sank low. "Then I fear a Spirit Roaming Realm cultivator would be the stronger."

"It is like those indescribable Outer Gods. Though they possess near-limitless terrifying might beyond the heavens, once their projections descend into this realm and fall within this Heaven and Earth Membrane, they are inevitably bound by layer upon layer of laws. Their strength would certainly be greatly diminished."

"That was why cultivators like us had a sliver of a chance to fight them, even to suppress them. Otherwise, if those Outer Gods could tear through Heaven and Earth and descend in their full prime..."

Kong Changqing did not continue.

Yet the meaning of his words was self-evident. If that day truly came, this world would likely vanish into ashes in an instant.

Li Shun nodded deeply in agreement.

After all, he had faced an Outer God in person and knew full well how terrifying they were.

The Right Chancellor's arrangements were indeed swift and decisive, arriving