"A grand play? A stage?"
Yi Xing stared at Heaven's Mandate's grave expression with a strange look in his eyes, then suddenly laughed.
"Don't tell me you're saying that crazy Wusheng, who blew himself up, was behind all this?"
"What a joke! Forget Wusheng—even [Playfate], the one behind him, is nothing more than a worm weaving Puppet Threads. How could it possibly possess the power to manipulate Fate?"
"You misunderstand."
Heaven's Mandate gently shook his head and said seriously,
"The point is not Wusheng or [Playfate], but the gifts—from Fate!"
"The Thread of Destiny, Wusheng's throne, that Puppet Thread bestowed by [Playfate], came from an Authority Fragment of 'Eternal,' and in the end, it fell into Li Qingshan's hands!"
"And it was precisely because of that that Li Qingshan became Ancient, advanced by leaps and bounds in such a short time, formally stepped onto the Universe's stage, and repeatedly slew the Black Fiend Alliance and Evil Buddha Alliance in turn..."
"What kind of bullshit theory is that?!"
Yi Xing impatiently cut him off, his brows drawn tight.
"Li Qingshan's rapid advancement came from his unprecedented talent and comprehension that defies all reason. That was why he could refine those Authority Fragments in such a short time!"
"If you want to call it a gift, then it was a gift from our Human Territory—a gift of Senior Shengyin's protection!"
"Even that Thread of Destiny back then was only reclaimed by Li Qingshan because I personally withstood [Playfate]'s attack! What does that have to do with Fate?"
"Is that so?"
Heaven's Mandate slightly raised his eyelids. Rather than refuting him at once, he said blandly,
"And how do you know that your intervention was not part of Fate's design?"
"Don't forget, you and [Playfate] clashed five hundred million years ago. Wusheng only