Now, I Hold the Stakes

"Fellow Daoist, you are forthright."

Hearing Nangong Jinghe relent, Chen Yang's greatest worry finally settled.

He immediately connected to the Divine Palace and sent the Secret Realm Divine Being inside. This way, its life was truly preserved.

Now, even if Chen Yang turned hostile and fought Nangong Jinghe to the death, it would not matter. It was only an avatar, and losing it here would not affect Chen Yang much.

At most, he would expend some cultivation. He could simply mold another one later.

However, this was a rare opportunity to obtain information about the Void Realm and even the outer domains. Chen Yang still wanted to carefully cultivate his connection with Nangong Jinghe.

After all, whether it was himself or the Yang Family, they would eventually have dealings with this broader layer of the world.

Sharpening the axe does not delay woodcutting. Learning a little in advance would let them prepare for danger before it arrived. It was always better that way.

Thus, after taking the Secret Realm Divine Being into the Cambang Divine Palace, Chen Yang had no more worries holding him back and began to settle more naturally into his current role.

First, he lavishly praised Nangong Jinghe's magnanimity and concession. Then, with a grave and earnest manner, he began explaining that fabricated method to the Void Stepping Old Monster in great detail.

"Fellow Daoist, this method is exceedingly profound and obscure. It took me more than ten years to master it."

"But rest assured, Fellow Daoist. The main reason it took me so long was that I had no one to guide me back then. From entry to advancement, then to deeper mastery, I could only cross the river by feeling for stones alone."

"Now that I have cultivated this method to completion and am passing