At that very moment!
Everyone was stunned by Xie Wansheng's scheme. Who could have imagined that an Evil Body possessed such calculating cunning?
Xie Wansheng continued, "Later, Lei Tuo and the others spread word of my grave injuries far and wide, stirring the ambitions of those in the Immortal Path Great World!"
"And the paths of demons and devils had long eyed the Immortal Path Great World like tigers eyeing prey, intent on carving it up. With threats both within and without, I devised a plan."
His gaze swept across the crowd, as though admiring the perfect game he had set in motion. "I would act from the shadows, passing on the will of the Evil Dao, and drive the Myriad Heavens and Worlds to unite against it. Only then could I divert everyone's attention and keep them too occupied to trouble me!"
"Otherwise, it wouldn't just have been Devouring Sun, Qian Shi, and their ilk. Those ancient beings hidden even deeper, who had coveted the Immortal Path Origin for so long, would surely have joined forces against me."
"How else could I have gained that precious chance to catch my breath? How else could I have laid my plans in peace and ultimately seized the Divine Dao Origin?"
"So that's how it was..."
Lu Ren's heart shook as he stared at Xie Wansheng. "The All-Heavens Alliance fought the Evil Dao for ten thousand years. Countless people died, and the war shook the heavens. From beginning to end, all of it was just a game you controlled from the shadows? Just to buy yourself time to recover and find the Divine Dao Origin?!"
Everyone present, including the lingering wills of several progenitors, was overwhelmed by shock and a sense of absurdity.
An age of war, rivers of blood—all because of