"So it was you?" Shang Shi stared at the figure who had merged with Zhao Su, clad in red armor and holding a scepter.
Only then did everything finally become clear.
Zhao Su was indeed an incomplete remnant soul, but not the remnant soul of that member of the Zhao Family from the Heaven-Quelling Lineage.
He was the remnant soul of the God of Destruction, one of the eighteen great God Kings of the Divine Realm in Elder Antiquity.
In other words, Zhao Su had known from the very beginning that he was a piece in an enormous game of chess.
Two players controlled this board: the Heaven-Quelling Lineage and Shang Shi's lineage, which represented the Heavenly Dao.
Yet neither had realized that a true chess player was hiding beyond the two of them.
The God of Destruction.
"Shang Shi, now that you know all my plans, you can die with your eyes closed!"
The corners of Zhao Su's mouth lifted slightly, an evil air spreading across his face. He raised the Destruction Scepter high, bringing it down upon Shang Shi together with the Annihilation Formation.
Shang Shi did not resist, because he knew that even if he fought back now, he could no longer turn heaven and earth around.
"Do you think you've really won?"
As Shang Shi's soul was about to dissipate completely, he showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he laughed triumphantly.
"Though you've finally freed yourself from me, this is far from the final battle. I'll be waiting for you in the Forbidden Land deep in space!"
Before Shang Shi vanished completely, he spoke much the same words Blue Moon had spoken before leaving.
The Forbidden Land had been nothing more than a legend even in Elder Antiquity.
Rumor had it that this was the birthplace of