[Past Li Ping, within the memory scene, seemed to sense your gaze and looked your way as well.]
[Abruptly, your gazes collided.]
[At that moment, it seemed he had seen through every part of your plan, leaving it nowhere to hide...]
["Chen Fan..."]
[Past Li Ping finally spoke, suddenly sending the Great Dao's Voice through the memory scene amid the silence:]
["It seems you chose that deity after all."]
[The moment those words rang out, you understood that he really had seen through your plan with Zero.]
[Otherwise, he would never have said that...]
[When had it happened?]
[Was it when I just activated [Golden Talent: Investment] to give Zhang Wenping the Strange Clown Mask?]
[Or... even earlier?!]
[You knew none of the answers, but presumably, Past Li Ping was about to make his move!]
["Rest assured, I actually learned of your plan far earlier than you think."]
[Past Li Ping's Great Dao's Voice once again came through the memory scene, its Dao Resonance as chilling as the Nine Hells.]
["After all, I am also an [Otherworldly Demon] who stands at the summit, a mastermind who once plotted across countless ancient eras."]
["Deducing this plan of yours was quite simple!"]
["Yet I pretended not to know. Do you know why?"]
[His string of remarks left you somewhat speechless. So he had known about this all along.]
[He had simply been pretending not to know!]
[That made sense. After all, these great chess players were all old schemers.]
[You and Zero could also communicate through [Colorful Talent: Ten Gates],]
[and with traveling to the [Primordial World] to seek a "sliver of vitality" and deal with Wang Hao being unrealistic,]
[making a deal with Zero to eliminate the identity of Li Ping in reality had become the optimal solution...]
[He had anticipated