From the tone to the choice of words, it was not hard to guess who owned that voice.
"Southern Dipper wants to cooperate with me? Join forces to suppress Candle Dragon?" With a turn of thought, Qiu Yan's countless Incense Faith thoughts began to churn, surging like roaring waves as they laid out every possibility and change.
Yet almost the instant those words fell, Candle Dragon's voice also rang out within Qiu Yan's heart—
"Southern Dipper has come to pluck the fruit. I will not hide it from you: my aim is to wipe out Donghua and seize its Fortune. But that is a matter of each relying on his own ability. If I can defeat you, then naturally I will do so; if I cannot, then it is simply fate. At least I will have made the journey. But Southern Dipper has always delighted in schemes. If he interferes, Donghua will ultimately be led astray without a sound. A man like him is far more dangerous than one like me, who fights with blade and spear in the open. The urgent matter is for us to join hands and drive him back!"
"Oh?" Qiu Yan's heart stirred. "Candle Dragon is also seeking an alliance with me to drive back Heaven Lord Nandou. That makes sense. Heaven Lord Nandou has appeared here now, which suggests some unexpected change; he arrived at the last minute, and the space around him is still unstable. If two Heaven Lord-level figures strike together, shattering space and throwing time and space into turmoil, they truly could force Heaven Lord Nandou back!"
Candle Dragon's presence here was actually related to White Emperor. White Emperor had deliberately arranged for him to arrive in Donghua ahead of time. Otherwise, according to the Original Edition itinerary, he would have