Such wild concerns were not entirely unfounded.
The Immortal King was an extremely cautious man. Without even revealing his true strength, he had kept the Three Realms and Six Paths firmly in his grasp, which showed just how formidable his methods were.
The talent and strength Lin Yi had displayed, along with every near-impossible feat he accomplished, made the Immortal King more wary of him.
Especially when Lin Yi achieved things even the Immortal King could not, that impossibility filled the Immortal King with particularly intense unease.
"Immortal King, you are overthinking it. Lin Yi is a young genius, and he does indeed possess infinite potential. What he accomplished today was something we would never have dared imagine, but it was all just a coincidence."
Manifestation True Lord held a chess piece between his fingers as he carefully analyzed the situation.
The Three Realms and Six Paths were merely an amplified reflection of the natural world. The law of the strong devouring the weak applied everywhere.
The strong were strong, and the weak were weak.
The Immortal King was the most powerful creature in this natural world. Absolute strength granted absolute authority, allowing him to decide the life and death of every other creature.
Yes, there were certainly other powerful creatures in this natural world, but they were not the strongest.
Barring unforeseen circumstances, no other creature, no matter what it did, could defeat the strongest one.
"Immortal King, Hou may merely have been careless for a moment and allowed Lin Yi to seize an opening. But once it recovers, won't that kid be out of options?"
As he said this, Hou's gaze remained fixed on the Monitoring Spirit Crystal.
He was analyzing the battle between Lin Yi and Hou, but wasn't the Hou in his analysis referring to the