"The conflict between us is fundamentally irreconcilable. If I gain control over dharma's decline, you will lose your divine might and fall from an immortal or god on high to a true mortal. But if you complete your time loop, you may also draw all changes in space and time under your control. Then you could toy with every living being except me in the palm of your hand, and I would never again have a chance to control the power of dharma's decline."
"An unchangeable past, a future already ordained-that kind of time loop is what truly drives people to despair."
"Everything you said before was true, but you concealed your real purpose, and the real reason you feared me. Because the power of dharma's decline is the strongest weapon for breaking that time loop."
As soon as the thought arose, Li Chen understood Immortal Emperor Xuanling's scheme, as well as the conflict between the power he wielded and those mighty experts.
"Li Chen, don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Hearing Li Chen's words, Immortal Emperor Xuanling flew into a humiliated rage, his voice growing agitated.
Li Chen had struck at his deepest secret and laid bare the bitter reality: after all his years of diligent planning, just as success was within sight, the power of dharma's decline Li Chen had comprehended had interfered, forcing him to emerge.
Li Chen said, "An ancient Great Power like you should stay obediently in his coffin. Leaping out to oppose me is simply asking for suffering."
Immortal Emperor Xuanling suddenly calmed down and sneered. "Even if you can seal me away, you cannot seal away the ambition of countless living beings to pursue transcendent power. Since spiritual energy exists in this