"Wu Chang, while there is still time, you can calm down and think it over carefully."
"Will you choose to trust me, who has weathered storms alongside you for over a century and now stands before you, or place your last hope in that group of righteous cultivators far away in the Righteous Path, far away in the northwest?"
Bai Di did not know of the existence of the Canglan Divine Palace. At this moment, the competitors he envisioned were the pieces Wu Chang had left behind within the Righteous Path after placing bets on both sides.
What he had just said was of uncertain truth, but his words of gratitude were utterly sincere.
With Bai Di's shrewdness and intellect, even without a voice transmission from Old Devil Lang Xiao, he would certainly have understood Wu Chang's true value.
How could he possibly hand over such a once-in-the-world opportunity and fortune so easily?
Bai Di believed he was no inferior to Zhuang Xuanji, so naturally, he had never regarded Lang Xiao and the other two as worthy of notice.
Just as he had said before, if they truly had the ability, why would they need his side to create the necessary conditions before they could descend to the Lower Realm?
Thus, sacrificing Wu Chang and using him as a bargaining chip to strike a deal with the three old monsters of the Upper Realm was merely meant to lure these three Void-Treading cultivators into sending their soul fragments down to the Lower Realm.
Do not forget that the reason the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord had resolved to assist Bai Di with all his strength was entirely based on the latter's ability to help him attain the Dao.
In the Upper Realm, Lang Xiao and the other two were indeed Void-Treading