Dual transformations of the Nether Void! Divine sense must reach the summit! Cut the grass and uproot it!

Lin Changheng had begun laying his plans long ago.

But those plans were meant to sweep across the Jin Territory and acquire its various legacies and unique resources. To that end, when discussing "cooperation on relief for Jin" with [True Person Qi], he had already planted hidden measures and left himself room to maneuver.

Yet human calculations had always fallen short of Heaven's.

Not long after Lin Chang's plan began, just as he was steadily reaping results, he encountered a lightning cultivator surnamed Qiu in the [Cave Abode Ruins] left by a Nascent Soul Cultivator, then accidentally entered a large secret realm.

From that point onward, events took a complete, hundred-and-eighty-degree turn from Lin Changheng's original plans and expectations.

But thanks to Lin Chang's exceptionally deep reserves, his gains instead increased tenfold, even several dozenfold.

He had seized a fleeting, heaven-sent opportunity.

Perhaps my disappearance gave the senior Song Region cultivators supporting Jin an excuse to demand an explanation from the Jin Kingdom, ask for help finding me and apprehending the culprit, and use that to secure some benefits?

A possibility occurred to Lin Changheng.

It was quite plausible. The matter certainly needed handling, but mature factions and cultivators would also catch the scent of profit the moment an unforeseen event arose.

And pursue it.

Moreover, given the favors he had once shown many of the Song Region's Core Formation cultivators, they might even hold him up as a model of the relief effort for Jin. Of course, the decision was not theirs to make. At most, they could float the idea during a major meeting. Ultimately, it still depended on the will of the [Illusion-Breaking True Lord].

Would he go with the current, or make the decision alone?

In a cultivation world where individual might reigned supreme, either was