Hun Mie Xian's body swayed as though he were drunk. He let out heart-rending roars, venting the fury in his heart without restraint.
The Sky Demon Clan members knew full well that their clan chief was in a state of extreme rage, and none of them dared step forward to persuade him.
"Why? Why exactly? Why has the plan I painstakingly prepared for over ten thousand years failed just like this? I refuse to accept it!"
Hun Mie Xian continually pounded his own body, riddled with holes and wounds.
Suddenly, his scarlet eyes fixed upon Lu Ren as he angrily demanded, "Lu Ren, was it you? A tremendously powerful Sword Qi was fused into the Nine Provinces Origin. Was that your doing?"
It was precisely that Sword Qi which had split apart the Nine Provinces Origin that had originally fused together, allowing it to escape from his body once more.
Lu Ren sat cross-legged at the center of the altar, suppressed by chains, yet he remained calm and composed. "Of course it was me. Otherwise, why would I foolishly hand all of the Nine Provinces Origin over to you?"
"What did you say?"
Hun Mie Xian roared. Flames burst from his pupils, as if they intended to burn Lu Ren to ashes.
So all of this had actually been Lu Ren's plan!
Lu Ren smiled faintly and said, "Do you still remember the Ghost Emperor's Cave Mansion? When I entered the Ghost Emperor's Cave Mansion, you shattered space and entered it. You pretended to save me—wasn't it all for the Ghost State Origin?"
"Back then, I tampered with the Ghost Emperor Origin and fused an incomparably powerful Sword Qi into it, precisely to guard against the day you truly tried to fuse the Nine Provinces Origin!"
"What?"
Upon hearing Lu