Brother Huang, your might shook the eight wilds, you ruled Ten Thousand Ages alone, first in Heavenly Origin and unmatched across the Heavens

"How would I know?"

Yun Qing: "?"

"What?!"

His double pupils widened. Big Cat was stunned.

No, little brother, you looked so confident just now that I thought you'd already seen through the whole board, every cause and consequence, every detail of the Heavenly Demons' scheme. That was why you could sit so calmly on the fishing terrace, idly watching the winds and clouds rise.

So Your Excellency didn't know a damn thing?!

Yun Qing even stammered.

"Th-then didn't you say the Heavenly Demons would advance the game themselves, and we only needed to wait..."

Yun Huang's tone was casual. "Oh, I guessed."

"Guessed?!"

"They keep turning the same few shabby tricks over and over."

Yun Huang saw nothing remotely surprising about this.

Yun Qing was utterly speechless. He felt his whole world tilt.

So your supposed calm on the fishing terrace was purely because you had nerves of steel?

And here I really thought everything was within the Immortal Emperor's grasp. How foolish, how innocent of me.

An Immortal Emperor's nerves of steel. Truly terrifying.

But there was clearly no time left to complain. Yun Qing looked back at Luo Qinglian, his brow drawing tighter and tighter.

If Luo Qinglian himself could be affected to this extent,

"This is bad. Something's happened to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect!"

"Brother Huang."

Yun Qing pointed at Luo Qinglian, who was still struggling against the imperial manifestation.

"Sorry for the trouble, but please restrain Senior Azure Lotus for now. I'll hurry to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect!"

Before Yun Huang could answer, Yun Qing had already leaped to his feet, pulling out a Communication Jade Talisman to issue urgent orders as he hurried outside.

"First Elder, there may have been a major upheaval at the Azure Lotus Sword Sect."

"Second Elder, immediately