As Chen Cuo's words fell, the broken sections of the Black Banner began to tremble.
"You want to take me? Dream on! A being of my stature..."
The Black Banner's voice had grown weak, but its arrogance remained. Before it could finish, its sections flew up one by one and were sucked into the Gourd. Then it fell silent.
The Gourd shuddered several times after taking in the Black Banner, then settled. Chen Cuo drew it back into his mind.
He closed his eyes and sensed that Dream Marsh now held one more thing.
With his attention elsewhere, the Mind Daoist settled down.
The outline of the bright moon in the sky faded away.
Dao Yin looked up at it, feeling a sudden sense of loss.
Chen Cuo had only managed to make that full moon appear in a hazy form by using Between Cause and Effect to stir the Secret Realm's Restriction.
Before reaching the Yun Mansion, he had already used his Divine Ability. He had set his own safety, his hidden cards, and Great Hua's foundations as the cause, and his enemies' failure on the brink of success as the effect.
It was both a Divine Ability and a prediction, so he had some confidence.
The moment he stepped into the Yun Mansion, the conditions for that Cause and Effect were in place. When Fu Jue flew into a rage and tried to take Chen Cuo's life within the Great Hua Secret Realm, he violated its rules, completing every condition.
The most fundamental factors were the Bian and the incarnation in Dream Marsh, along with the Three Lives Transform into Sainthood Dao he had obtained by chance!
Together, the three were enough to break through the shroud of mist. That had allowed Great Hua's foundations to come into