Lang Xiao's words and conduct naturally drew Nangong Jinghe's scorn and contempt.
But they also made the latter lose any interest in continuing to toy with him. He instead fell silent and began considering what came next.
Joining forces with Lang Xiao was absolutely impossible.
If he truly did so, Nangong Jinghe would lose the legitimacy to act in accordance with Immortal Intent.
As for the opportunity's origin Lang Xiao had mentioned, hidden within the demonic lands and connected to spatial Daoist Magic, Nangong Jinghe truly had little interest in it.
That left Nangong Jinghe with only one matter to ponder.
Who exactly was the contingency Canglan Immortal Intent had found—the person capable of ultimately passing judgment on Lang Xiao and the other two?
Originally, he had thought the most likely candidate was that foreign-domain cultivator who had entered Canglan. Yet judging from Canglan Immortal Intent's decree at the time, that person had already been confined by Immortal Intent and could no longer interfere in Canglan's affairs.
If Lang Xiao and the other two returned to the Profound Insight realm, then with the spatial Daoist Magic they had comprehended in the Void Realm, their combat prowess would far surpass that of Lower Realm Venerables.
Moreover, because their current bodies had been formed from the remains of a peak demonic cultivator, the upper limit of their cultivation would most likely reach the level of Great Venerables.
Three Profound Insight cultivators at the level of Great Venerables, each possessing the abilities of Upper Realm cultivators—against the present Canglan Continent, that was absolutely crushing power.
Perhaps only those few peak figures returning from beyond the heavens could suppress them.
Thus, Canglan Immortal Intent's final trump card had to be a living expert at the peak level.
With that thought, Nangong Jinghe turned to