Outside Azure Firmament Mountain, as he observed the changes in heaven and earth's aura, Flame Talisman True Lord, who had originally been waiting for Thunder-Taming True Lord to break through to the Dao Embryo realm, suddenly frowned.
"This aura is somewhat wrong..."
Divine light blazed from his eyes as his Dao body manifested. Flame Talisman True Lord sought to see through all the mist.
"Thunder Tamer? No, No-Self's aura is mixed within it. He has suffered a backlash."
Piercing through heaven and earth's true essence, Flame Talisman True Lord caught that subtle trace of anomaly.
"How is that possible? I had already confirmed that it was indeed No-Self's true body. With his true body annihilated and his divine soul shattered, how could No-Self possibly backlash against Thunder Tamer and seize his body? Even if he excelled in divine soul techniques, it should have been impossible. After all, his fundamental nature was there."
"Unless his divine soul has undergone some sort of transformation and surpassed its original limit."
Having guessed at a possibility, Flame Talisman True Lord's expression turned grave. At this moment, he was basically certain that No-Self had backlashed against Thunder-Taming True Lord—and succeeded.
Yet he still could not understand how No-Self had deceived him and succeeded in such a short time, leaving him no chance to intervene.
"Perhaps No-Self had been plotting against Thunder Tamer—or rather, against my Flame Phoenix Immortal Palace—from the very beginning."
Thinking of the Heavenly Flame Heart-Cleansing Marrow he had given away before, Flame Talisman True Lord traced events backward and saw far more clearly. A single leaf before one's eyes could block the whole mountain; once many things revealed even the slightest point, they could no longer be concealed.
"Borrowing a chicken to hatch your own eggs. What a scheme, what a method.