While exploring the Elf Star Domain, he had happened to be drawn by the fluctuations of [Trickery] and come here.
The people here had schemed to create [Trickery]. Countless people had died in their games of political intrigue. Like raising venomous creatures to devour one another, their conduct ensured that only one would hold supreme power.
Everyone else would become nourishment to bring forth [Trickery].
But although they had created [Trickery], they did not know that the very thing they relied on was what most wanted to kill them and overthrow this absurd game.
So Kou Ying had broken the locks binding [Trickery] and torn apart its protective umbrella, allowing the furious souls to take revenge on those lofty figures who had used and manipulated them at will like pawns.
The one-eyed commander did not understand what the other man was saying, but his instincts told him that those who had schemed against them and sent them to their deaths were probably finished.
That really was... immensely satisfying.
Kou Ying pondered whether to take [Trickery] back with him.
"Forget it. I'll go back and see how Wan Lan is doing."
Before leaving, he warned everyone.
"When you go back, you'd best warn your people not to keep treating all living beings as pawns. This time, they really will die. If they're planning for people's welfare, that's one thing, but if they're scheming for power and profit and harming everyone else, they shouldn't blame others when they die."
With that, he turned and left.
Twisted shadows spread silently like a tide in the night, completely engulfing the wreckage behind him.
After returning to the Elf Star Domain, he looked at the currents of air gathering around Wan Lan. They had been inconspicuous before, but now they resembled a planet condensed from