[An unsolvable death trap, Past Li Ping's warning, and the schemes of Nine Heavens, Lord of the Heavenly Court]

[What did that mean? He wanted your true body to go into the World Within the Painting?!]

[At that moment, perhaps you finally understood what the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] meant. Perhaps everything that had just happened was merely part of his scheme?]

[Every part of his scheme was built around making your true body come to him. Otherwise, with the resources at his disposal, the situation would probably have been even worse!]

[You had deployed all five of your "Other Selves," yet you had not even seen his face...]

[This [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] had clearly only returned when the immeasurable kalpa of the Fourth Era was about to begin, yet he seemed to have amassed countless methods—and what he had revealed seemed to be merely the tip of the iceberg!]

[Four Immortal Venerables at perfected nascent soul limit-breaking, plus the Penglai Island Lord and Buddha Ancestor Shakyamuni summoned from two scroll paintings. Beyond those, he had scarcely employed any other methods.]

[An old-generation powerhouse could not possibly have so few tricks up his sleeve. Meanwhile, you really had run out of options!]

[After all your efforts, it felt as though you had accomplished nothing. Aside from witnessing another display of the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority]'s methods, what had you achieved?!]

[Were you being toyed with in the palm of his hand?!]

[Yet you were trapped deep within the death trap he had laid.]

[So... this death trap truly had no solution!!!]

[Just as helplessness began to wash over you, a Great Dao's Voice rang out at precisely the right moment:]

["Chen Fan, I believe you really should meet this [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority]!"]

[It was [Past Li Ping]. His Great Dao's Voice reached you through the scenes in your memories.]

["You really have