[The view returned to the present.]
[As your connection to the [Battered Demon Realm] abruptly snapped, your depleted aura surged in an instant. Like a withered tree greeting spring, you returned to your peak condition in the blink of an eye.]
[With a thought, you unleashed the major divine ability [Word Follows the Law]:]
["I shall return to my peak condition."]
[With those words of power, the boundless might of the [Supreme True Realm] poured wildly into you,]
[Reforging your shattered dharma body and solidifying your illusory true spirit. Every injury vanished in an instant, restoring you to your strongest state.]
[Yet although your body had recovered, your mind still hung in suspense.]
[[Donghuang Taiyi]'s final choice had left you utterly shocked.]
[By all rights, anyone who heard what you had said back then would have taken it as desperate nonsense—"painting a grand feast" with empty promises, without a shred of credibility.]
[Yet at the final moment, that Demon Emperor had chosen to sacrifice himself to help you, even going so far as to destroy the [Battered Demon Realm].]
[Why?]
[After a moment's reflection, a terrifying suspicion arose in your mind:]
[Perhaps [Donghuang Taiyi] had concealed crucial information from you.]
[For instance, Wang Hao's scheme might not have targeted you alone. He might even have intended to let [Donghuang Taiyi] take your place,]
[Then trigger some hidden contingency to send that Demon Emperor to a tragic end as well.]
[[Donghuang Taiyi] had noticed this and realized that whether he helped you or not,]
[He faced certain death. His only option had been to lend you a hand at the final moment, using the uncertainty you represented to break that closed loop of inevitable death.]
[It was not that your "painted feast" smelled so tempting, but that he had no other