According to the original plan of "Lord of Compassion · ...%¥%...¥ · (•́へ•́╬) · Yixuxi,"
he intended to hold Zhou Heng back with "Black River Survival," the game launched through the "Fated Black River," while he himself confronted the "Boundless Celestial Palace," buying time until his own "Sea of Stars Lord" status crystallized anew.
There was no major problem with the plan itself.
A survival game involving everyone would trap Zhou Heng, the greatest variable, on the Black River, leaving him unable to spare a hand to interfere with the contest outside.
He, meanwhile, could take the opportunity to maneuver against the palace masters of the "Boundless Celestial Palace," dragging things out bit by bit until his "Sea of Stars Lord" Divine Rank returned.
Once that time came, with his Divine Rank in hand, he could go anywhere in the vast world.
But there had never been a foolproof plan in this world.
Especially when the opponent was a special entity like Zhou Heng, who stirred up the Boundless Endless, any seemingly comprehensive arrangement could be torn open at any moment.
And now, with "Goodness" and "Beauty" of the Supreme Three Heroes entering the fray in their true bodies, he had no choice but to change his approach.
Otherwise, when his "Sea of Stars Lord" Divine Rank crystallized anew, the "Sea of Stars Lord" Divine Ranks of "Goodness" and "Beauty" of the Supreme Three Heroes would crystallize anew as well.
By then, everything he had gained through painstaking arrangements and layers of scheming would go down the drain.
Therefore, before the Sea of Stars Lord statuses of "Goodness" and "Beauty" of the Supreme Three Heroes successfully crystallized, he had to bring the entire situation firmly under his control.
However, the many living beings of the "Boundless Celestial Palace" had already