The continuation of the Ancient Five Elements Cultivation Method, a clash of words, Divine Ability transformation

Most likely, they would refuse.

Because-this was human nature!

It had been so with the [Sixty-Year Secret Realm], and so with the [Yan State Large Secret Realm]. Those who discovered them wanted everything for themselves; those who learned of them later wanted a share.

At the same time, to exclude outsiders and keep more factions from joining in, they could even temporarily shake hands and make peace, joining forces-

Thus, Lin Changheng was not worried.

Only if they felt their strength insufficient, found themselves unable to gain anything, or faced matters spiraling out of control into utter desperation would they reluctantly make it public to secure a share.

Getting less was better than getting nothing.

But now, they had not reached such desperate straits-

Even if they spilled the secret, the two True Lords of Song-Jin and the Righteous Path Alliance's True Lord, who opposed them, would not blindly believe them, let themselves be manipulated into breaking with Lin Changheng, and sever their own arms.

Even taking ten thousand steps back, if everyone pressured Lin Changheng over baseless, unfounded claims, he could simply dust off his backside and leave. Who could stop him?

He could repay them one by one afterward. Thus, he remained utterly composed.

"You must be Ten Thousand Longevity, who caused such a great stir immediately upon returning to the [Eight States Region]?"

With his face taut, Daoist Tianzhu spoke directly, his voice stiff.

He offered no cupped-hands greeting or nod, displaying extreme arrogance.

At these words, all the Nascent Soul Cultivators, whether newly arrived or already present, turned their gazes toward him in unison.

Some studied Lin Changheng curiously; others looked back and forth between him and Daoist Tianzhu.

Illusion-Breaking True Lord, in particular, wore an odd expression.

He kept feeling that the Demonic Path, the