[You spoke, a trace of understanding born of insight in your tone, as though stating an outcome that had long been ordained:]
["I imagine that when I first learned of the [Dao-Burying Fruit Position], I had already drawn your attention and that of the [Mysterious Dao Master]!"]
["You were probing my origins, too. That was why, when my [essence] improved, you deliberately triggered those phenomena to test my depths!"]
[You were, of course, referring to the time you had tried to activate [late bloomer] in Chen Qingyan's [Secret Realm].]
[Previously, I had always thought the phenomena in heaven and earth triggered by that activation of [late bloomer] were a manifestation of your methods.]
[Looking back now, it had been nothing more than a meticulously designed test.]
[After all, how could a mere improvement in [essence] truly stir "phenomena in heaven and earth"?!]
["Correct," came [Heavenly Will]'s voice, no longer concealing anything, with the frankness of a chess player finally unveiling the chessboard,]
["I did indeed wish to test your origins and methods at the time, so I stirred phenomena in heaven and earth to put you to the test."]
["But you resolved that trouble, and with Chen Qingyan, the reincarnation of a [Heavenly Venerable], there as well, I recognized those methods]
[—they belonged to the Ruler of [Beyond Heaven], the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable]!”]
["At that point, I concluded that you were the second figure of [Beyond Heaven]—the [Eternal Pole Dao Venerable]. Thus, I no longer dared exert too much influence over you..."]
[At those words, you paused slightly.]
[This was the second time you had heard that title.]
[The previous time had been within the "[Dream Master]"'s [false world].]
[Then, it changed tack and said indifferently:]
["But later, that Dao Master who bore [Heaven's Mandate] made a move, catching