When he had dealt with that former Buddhist Sect powerhouse, the other party had indeed conducted himself openly and aboveboard, and had even offered a practical method capable of breaking the Dark Evil Formation.
But... for Southern Bright Leaving Fire to advance, even without refining and absorbing the Sacred Spirit Cult's Hope Fire, there might not have been no other way.
Yet the other party had specifically mentioned the Sacred Spirit Cult's Hope Fire. At the time, it had seemed like nothing.
But upon further reflection, it clearly carried the suspicion of using Su Shi'er and the mysterious visitor from Heavenly Capital to sabotage the Sacred Spirit Cult's schemes.
The other party might not have known the precise grudges between Su Shi'er and Yin Qingxue, the visitor from Heavenly Capital, but he could still see part of the situation.
And that was indeed what had happened. The disturbance involving the Hope Fire had set the two against each other, leading them to discover and interfere with the Sacred Spirit Cult's plans.
Within the ancient evil formation, it was true that countless living beings had died miserably. Yet a considerable number of cultivators and mortals had managed to leave at the first opportunity and escape disaster.
And if not for the people from Demon Dragon Pool who had arrived by accident at the final moment, then even if the evil formation had been activated, the final result would surely have been failure.
A string of information flashed rapidly through Su Shi'er's mind like flowers glimpsed from a galloping horse, and the more he pondered it, the more terrified he became.
At the final moment of the Sacred Spirit Cult's Spirit Appeasement Assembly years ago, the twenty-four-character prophecy that had emerged within the Hope Fire had absolutely not been the Sacred Spirit