The more the Elder of Chaos thought it through, the harder it became to calm the turmoil in his heart.
Vaguely, he felt as though he could already foresee how all living beings would react.
Look!
Gu Changqing of the Interception Sect may be mighty, but what can he give you?
He can only lead all living beings against the Heavenly Dao, down an unknown road to death!
But our Profound Gate-or rather, Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos-can give you the Sage Positions you have dreamed of!
Follow me, and you can ascend to heaven in a single step, attain the Dao, and become Sages!
Defy me, and you are all heretics, with nothing ahead but death!
Once he understood all this, the Elder of Chaos felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.
He looked at the figure before him and, for the first time, felt a tremor rise from the depths of his soul.
Ruthless!
Utterly ruthless!
This was ten thousand times more vicious than attacking and killing them outright!
This was a scheme to strike at their hearts!
"Good..."
A dry syllable escaped the Elder of Chaos's throat.
Across his ravaged, hideous face, slowly, ever so slowly, a grotesquely twisted yet wildly jubilant smile spread.
"Good! Excellent!"
He could not help bursting into laughter, filled with the exhilaration of surviving disaster and the hope of revenge.
"Daoist Hongjun! This method... truly could not be more brilliant!"
"Two birds with one stone! No, several birds with one stone!"
"This way, we can not only bolster our influence, but also regain the reverence of all living beings and isolate Gu Changqing completely!"
The Elder of Chaos trembled all over with excitement. All his earlier humiliation, resentment, and despair transformed