[Conjectures, the being that assimilated the [Longevity Realm], soul-searching Mu Changshou]

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[The information this time was just as immense. As expected of Eight Rings intelligence, it answered many of your questions and helped you understand a great deal.]

[First, just how powerful was the being that had assimilated the entire [Longevity Realm]?]

[—You believed it was very likely a Supreme Existence.]

[Otherwise, there would not have been the description "examining the lines on one's palm."]

[Likewise, the main point of this Eight Rings intelligence was that this being had assimilated the entire [Longevity Realm] to anchor its own state of never having fallen.]

[You did not know the specifics, but judging by the situation, had some grave problem befallen it, leading to this?]

["Already fallen, or never fallen."]

[Such a state already said it all.]

[So it could only assimilate the [Longevity Realm] to seek a sliver of hope for survival?]

[You had a few conjectures about why it had been reduced to this state, and how it had carried out the assimilation.]

[—It very likely had something to do with the [Supreme Immortal] and [Heaven and Earth].]

[As for its identity, you believed it was the being that had founded the [Jade Pool] in the Longevity Realm.]

[Your reasoning was as follows:]

[This being that had assimilated the [Longevity Realm] knew the affairs of this realm like the back of its hand. Since that was so, it must also have known that something was wrong with the Jade Pool.]

[Then why had the Six Rings intelligence you received earlier explicitly mentioned only the [Supreme Immortal] and [Heaven and Earth] acting against it and laying schemes, but not this being?]

[There were only two possibilities:]

[First, the being that had assimilated the [Longevity Realm] was itself the being that had founded the Jade Pool.]

[Second,