Tongtian suddenly thought of something utterly terrifying.
"God-Slaying Heavenly Venerable, you're also in the late Supreme Realm now, so I have a question."
"We all know that even after devouring and stealing someone else's entire cultivation and essence, you still need to reach that realm to truly wield power of that level!"
"It's already been confirmed that the Taixu God King only stole fifty percent of the Purple Firmament God King's power back then!"
"In that case, the real reason he reached the Godless Realm probably wasn't just betraying the God King and plundering his power, was it?"
At these words, the God-Slaying Heavenly Venerable's pupils contracted sharply, and he instantly understood what Tongtian meant.
"Indeed. Long before the Taixu God King's betrayal, he'd actually had plenty of opportunities!"
"Some Heavenly Venerables from the Neutral Faction even said he'd had better opportunities before that, yet the Taixu God King never made his move!"
"So that time, when all Four Children of the Purple Firmament were fully prepared and he could very well have failed, no one expected Taixu to choose that moment to strike. Yet he succeeded!"
"And he seems to have devoured half a piece of Creation Energy from the Heavenly Secrets Holy Land just before that!"
There in the chaos, Tongtian and the God-Slaying Heavenly Venerable
gradually deduced the cause of the God Kings' war all those years ago from this half-piece of Creation Energy, whose authenticity remained unknown!
Just as they thought,
if the Taixu God King had merely harbored rebellious intentions and wanted to seize the God King's power,
he could easily have found a more suitable opportunity!
Some people even remembered that the Purple Firmament God King had entered a delicate state of enlightenment many times!
The reason no one had expected the Taixu God