Heaven as the chessboard, stars as the pieces!

Wang Ping waited patiently for a while, but nothing changed.

No Spirit Treasure descended from the heavens, nor did any sudden enlightenment strike him. Everything remained calm, as though Water-Fire Dual Qi truly had no intention of doing anything.

The [Profound Arts Supreme Dao Lord] clearly wanted to probe Water-Fire Dual Qi's attitude, but Water-Fire Dual Qi refused to give him a definite answer.

Yet doing nothing was, in itself, a kind of answer.

That meant at least one of the two paths, [Water-fire fulfillment] and [earth-fire brightness wounded], was a deep pit—a trap the True Lords didn't want exposed!

After all, if both paths were good for everyone, why hesitate? Water-Fire Dual Qi could have declared their stance openly. Since they deliberately concealed it, there was clearly at least one path they wanted the Dao Lord to choose, while also fearing he wouldn't choose it if they made their position clear.

Such a choice had to be a trap.

There was even a chance... that both were traps!

At that thought, Wang Ping frowned again. This was the Water-Fire Dual Qi True Lords' response to the [Profound Arts Supreme True Lord], but what about him, their pawn?

What did the True Lords of Water-Fire Dual Qi want him to do?

By now, Wang Ping already had a guess—perhaps they favored [earth-fire brightness wounded], which meant letting the Dao Ground fall.

The reason was simple.

The First Seat still hadn't arrived.

First Seat Lian Ruzhao had originally agreed to accompany him to the [Burial-Star Sand Sea], but when a True Lord's enormous hand had carried him away, she had been left behind.

Yet quite some time had passed since then.

With the First Seat's speed, she should have had enough time to reach the [Burial-Star Sand Sea]. In reality, however,