Xia Tong said, "What are you talking about?"
The King of Fate froze.
What are you playing dumb with me for?
However, the King of Fate also saw Xia Tong's situation clearly through the Eye of Fate.
The current Xia Tong was actually just Xia Tong.
He possessed none of the royal authority an Outsider should have, and he no longer even relied on the Outsiders' powers to live.
His fate now truly belonged to a subject of the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao.
"You've betrayed us thoroughly."
Xia Tong said, "You're making no sense."
The King of Fate sighed.
"Fine, it doesn't matter even if you are him. Since you've chosen betrayal, we're enemies. And you're very unlucky. Given a little more time, perhaps you really could return to your peak. But right now, you only have the strength of the third level of Return to True."
Hum!
As he spoke, the King of Fate brought down an enormous demon-subduing pestle.
The pestle crossed the Void and smashed down toward Xia Tong.
Xia Tong merely raised his hand gently.
A glimmer flickered at his fingertip.
Ding!
When the glimmer collided with the enormous pestle, there was only a crisp chime.
The entire pestle vanished completely.
The King of Fate's eyelids twitched violently.
The White Chalk King's ability-erasure!
The King of Fate activated his ability again.
The entire Fate Arena began to turn.
He was stirring up the tides of fate.
At the same time, the King of Fate directly unleashed his ultimate trump card.
Fate Rewrite.
"I decree fate. I rewrite your fate to make you mortal."
Then the King of Fate took out a brush and inscribed special runes between heaven and earth.
With every stroke he made, Xia Tong's cultivation dropped by one level.
By the time the King