[At the scene, Past Li Ping's words brought the atmosphere to an abrupt standstill.]
[After a long while, True You's Great Dao voice followed, drifting through the talent:]
["When it comes to the future or the past, perhaps I fall short of you."]
["But... the present me hasn't lost yet, has he?"]
[His true thoughts could not be discerned from the Great Dao's voice.]
[As for you, the ostensible "Bait," all you could feel at this exchange was astonishment upon astonishment.]
[The Great Dao's voice continued through [Purple talent: I Am the Chess Player]:]
["Indeed. There are far, far too many things I still haven't figured out."]
["For example..."]
[True You continued, seemingly hinting at something:]
["Why did you secretly guide me toward this actual [Supreme True Realm]?"]
["If I'm not mistaken, you learned everything I had experienced from the very beginning of our contact."]
["In other words, you knew from the start that the place I had lived in all this time was never the [Supreme True Realm], but that so-called 'Immortal Realm.'"]
(Mentioned in chapters 371 and 372.)
["But you could have kept quiet."]
["Yet you insisted on bringing it up. You even helped me negotiate with that chess player from the [Longevity Realm] for that very purpose."]
["I thought nothing of it at the time. You probably already used your abilities and hidden contingencies to influence me then, all to stop me from thinking too much and deciding not to go to the actual [Supreme True Realm]."]
["Later, with the help of [Purple talent: I Am the Chess Player], I managed to conceal my true self, keeping your abilities from influencing me."]
["That was when I immediately realized something was wrong..."]
[True You's Great Dao voice paused, then continued:]
["Why did you go to such painstaking lengths