Duan De shook his head. "How could there be two Chaos Bells? There's only one real Chaos Bell! Dijun's is genuine. Taiyi merely used his understanding of the Chaos Bell and condensed Dao Rhyme into an imitation, just like the Hetu Luoshu Diagram I made earlier with Manifesting Reality from Illusion!"
Even as he spoke, Duan De kept his shifty eyes on the two figures clashing in the sky, his thoughts unreadable.
Before Duan De could think further, Ren sent him a message through the Firmament Ledger from within the Ancestral Witch Hall. "Duan De... while Taiyi and Dijun are fighting, go into that Small World and see what's hidden in the Sun Palace! Taiyi kept himself in check for so many years. There's no way it's that simple! That Sun Palace is especially strange!"
Everything that had happened in the Small World, along with everything Duan De and the others had seen and heard, had been relayed to Ren through the Firmament Ledger. Ren knew that during all those years trapped there, Duan De had investigated almost every place—except the Sun Palace. And nothing in that Small World was more mysterious than the Sun Palace!
Duan De's shifty eyes gleamed as he stared at the radiant Sun Palace. He sent back, "Heavens, that Heavenly Venerable... you didn't need to tell me, Brother Ren. I was already planning to do it! After being trapped for so long, I deserve some compensation! Taiyi even used a scrap of useless information to swindle my Emperor Scripture out of me. I can't let that stand! When have I ever taken a loss like this? I'm collecting interest!"
With that, Duan De left a clone behind and signaled Feilian with a glance.
After spending so much time with Duan De, Feilian understood at once.