Yu Yuan had long known about the crisis facing the Civilization Ladder.
If the Blood Grand Duke really had been responsible for the Reaper's death...
Then his strength would probably have to be reassessed.
The Everfrost Tyrant's entry into the Civilization Ladder and his frenzied attacks on the Frost Demon King over frost faith now seemed to make sense, too.
The struggle over frost faith had certainly been part of it, but killing Transdimensional beings to accelerate that entity's influence over the Civilization Ladder...
Had probably been another part of the plan.
Killing the Frost Demon King had been a plan to kill two birds with one stone all along.
Yu Yuan rubbed his brow, a chill spreading through him.
To be honest, he had been pleased when the Everfrost Tyrant clashed with the Frost Demon King, throwing the Civilization Ladder into chaos and turmoil.
It had given him an opportunity to grow and strengthen himself.
But in truth, he had never approved of the Everfrost Tyrant's approach.
Recklessly exposing himself to so many Transdimensional beings, even with his outstanding strength, had seemed foolish when he was fighting on foreign ground after just sneaking across the border.
Given Yu Yuan's temperament, he would have chosen to develop in secret and only act once victory was assured.
Now it seemed that his earlier thinking had been the truly foolish thing.
Perhaps the Everfrost Tyrant's true intention had never been to rapidly expand the reach of the Extreme Cold Disaster.
That had merely been a secondary objective.
His real purpose had been to use his strength to swiftly kill the Civilization Ladder's Transdimensional beings and help that entity descend.
With the Blood Grand Duke working from within, the Everfrost Tyrant's plan had actually succeeded.
Even when the Transdimensional Council launched a joint