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"Won't the Immortal Sects be in for a shock when the time comes?"
A mocking smile touched Tang Changsheng's lips. The Immortal Sects had deliberately reminded him that his own Laws and Heavenly Secrets needed balance, and that he must not lean too far in any one direction.
It was a scheme laid out in broad daylight!
They meant to slow Tang Changsheng's advance openly, to keep his power from growing too quickly—even to hold him at Half-Step Taiyi.
And Tang Changsheng could not resent them for it. He had to thank the Immortal Sects for the warning.
By his own reckoning, once he fully attained Taiyi, his Laws and Heavenly Secrets would become fixed. Adjusting them afterward would be harder than ever.
His best course was to balance the Laws of his Inner Heavenly Secrets before reaching Taiyi. Only then might he have a chance to climb still higher one day.
The Immortal Sects probably think this will hold me back for a thousand years—or several hundred at the very least.
If I had to work out the path myself, it really might take that long.
But I happen to be lucky enough to cross the river by feeling my way along the Lord of Ultimate's corpse.
Even so, the thought left Tang Changsheng uneasy.
Do the Immortal Sects always deal with people through schemes and tricks?
He admitted that schemes were sometimes unavoidable. But for a power so vast to show not a trace of openness or grandeur—it sickened him.
*Hmph. No matter. Once I fully attain Taiyi, I'll have a way out. If it comes to that, I simply won't play