Lin Yi's thoughts churned like a lake stirred by a gale, and all the doubts he had previously suppressed surfaced at once.
Great Emperor Jin Man had insisted on entering the secret realm in person and mentioned that "avatars are not recognized." This suddenly gave Lin Yi a bold suspicion. Could it be that Venerable Xuantian had long since left the outside world and entered the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm ahead of time?
Once this thought emerged, it grew wildly like vines. The more he considered it, the more likely it seemed.
But when exactly had Venerable Xuantian entered the secret realm?
After all, the iron rule of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm was that any expert above the Emperor Realm who entered would inevitably trigger a backlash from the secret realm's origin. Thunder Punishment would roar, and heaven and earth would change color. It could never happen without a sound.
With spies from every faction densely stationed around the secret realm, Venerable Xuantian, as a core figure of the Myriad Emperor Alliance, could not possibly enter unnoticed.
Unless... it had happened during the chaos when Great Emperor Jin Man fought that mysterious peak Emperor Realm expert!
Lin Yi's pupils contracted as an even more shocking speculation flashed through his mind.
Perhaps, in the instant before the Space Channel shattered, Venerable Xuantian had used the aftermath of the battle as cover and entered the secret realm amid the chaos.
That would explain how the Thunder Punishment and the phenomenon of spatial collapse had concealed one another, deceiving everyone.
Could that mysterious expert who had fought Great Emperor Jin Man to the death also have been deliberately arranged by Venerable Xuantian?
Was the purpose simply to create chaos and mislead everyone?
But as soon as this conjecture arose, Lin Yi himself