Xue Jingnian said gravely, "There is something strange about this. Gu Yuanqing has clearly remained active in the outside world all these years. Daoist Friend Heavenly Eye fought him in the Exquisite Realm Domain, and even you, Divine Venerable, have met him in person."
The Jun Tian God King said, "Then you believe the Gu Yuanqing in the Heavenly Canopy Dao Realm is not the same Gu Yuanqing we have seen?"
Xue Jingnian hesitated before saying, "I cannot be certain either. Judging by Duan Linchuan's information, the Gu Yuanqing in the Heavenly Canopy Dao Realm does indeed match his identity in the outside world. If they are not the same person, then someone must be deliberately impersonating him to dispel the suspicion that he and the Creation God King are one and the same."
"But if that were truly the case, Gu Yuanqing ought not to have appeared in the outside world. Yet the facts say otherwise.
"Could it be—he sent an avatar inside?"
The Jun Tian God King rose and walked down from his elevated seat. "I, too, was once fortunate enough to enter the Heavenly Canopy Dao Realm. Under its rules, the mind sinks within, and none can resist. Even an avatar or a split soul would be useless. In the Fa Yuan Realm's billions of years, no such case has ever been heard of."
"Besides, such an opportunity comes but once across the ages. If one can achieve Dao Integration and obtain a divine artifact's source, becoming a Heavenly God is within reach, and becoming a God King is something to look forward to. Who would resist?" Xue Jingnian turned slightly aside and said, "Indeed, no one should refuse such an opportunity. Yet Gu Yuanqing seems unwilling to achieve Dao Integration within the Heavenly Canopy Dao Realm.