[[Heaven's Mandate] in your Sea of Consciousness still flickered with light, but unlike that earlier flash of inspiration, it offered no other solution.]
[That made sense. You were only a [Nascent Soul True Lord] who had barely attained Void-Proof. What power did you have to meddle in a chess game played by [Spirit Transformation Dao Masters]?!]
[Unless you truly could fight like Senior Lin Feng, overpowering three Dao Master-level beings while still in the [Heavenly Venerable] realm.]
[But that was unrealistic!]
[Perhaps your original self, who possessed the [Simulator], could do it, but you could not!]
[Yet you could not simply sit back and watch that [Spirit Transformation Dao Master] lurking in the shadows draw the net closed.]
[At the same time, something puzzled you even more: why could your [Heaven's Mandate] influence someone as powerful as Senior Lin Feng, yet fail to detect that being hidden in the shadows?!]
[Why?]
[Since it had remained in the [present] all along, surely you should have been able to detect it with the two Talents, [Heaven's Mandate] and [Once and for All], at your disposal!]
[You kept feeling that you had overlooked something.]
[Just as you struggled to make sense of it, the Talent [Heaven's Mandate] in your Sea of Consciousness suddenly erupted with fierce light.]
[It shone more brilliantly than ever before, even... taking on a trace of golden radiance!]
[And [Once and for All] activated again.]
[—Inspiration flashed, and understanding poured into you like sacred nectar over your head. Everything clicked in an instant!]
[It was [Heaven's Mandate]. That being also possessed [Heaven's Mandate]!]
[And its [Heaven's Mandate] was far stronger than yours!]
[That was why your [Heaven's Mandate] could not warn you, and why even the combined efforts of your two Talents had failed to detect it!]
[The eruption