Xianyu quickly withdrew his gaze before his two colleagues noticed anything amiss.
He soon arrived at a conclusion.
There were only two possibilities. First, Fuli had tampered with things behind the scenes.
Second, his two colleagues did not know the Luofu's history.
Xianyu rarely dwelled too much on details. He preferred to focus on whoever benefited, then work backward from the outcome to deduce the mastermind's true goal.
Then why had THEY erased Daiyang's existence from the Xianzhou...?
Who benefited from this? If Fuli really was behind it... what did the Aeon of Remembrance stand to gain?
The answer was nothing.
There was no beneficiary, no advantage to be gained.
Fuli and Erudition only sent their people out at specific junctures.
Looking back over his previous life and this one, everything THEY had done served a single purpose: preventing Xianyu from ascending to a higher dimension.
For example, when he first met Fuli, something had happened to Lan.
Back then, Lan had fired an arrow at the Ambrosial Arbor, the miracle revered by the people of the Luofu, and provoked widespread outrage.
But considering his achievements and his position as the Yaoqing General's successor, they had not executed him outright. They had merely put him into a slumber.
During that time, Fuli's people had intervened, concealing the matter from Xianyu and his subordinates.
They had known nothing about it until everything was settled. Only then had they learned the truth.
Xianyu and his subordinates had been furious. Then, at that precise juncture, Fuli had appeared, voluntarily made concessions, and struck a deal with Xianyu.
If not for Fuli, if Lan had never become an Aeon...
Xianyu would have stormed the Luofu and rescued Lan the moment he learned what had happened.
With Lan's help, he would surely have conquered the