Chen Yang could understand Yue Wuxiang's thoughts in this matter.
Looking at the Yang Clan's later rise to prominence, his decision could indeed be called exceptionally farsighted.
Under the circumstances of that time, hoping Yue Shuwang could slowly cultivate and eventually achieve True Intent or an even higher realm was clearly already too late.
Lanyue Sect did not have much time left. He could only use the quickest method, overdrawing Yue Shuwang's potential to rapidly raise her realm, so that his sect would retain enough competitiveness in the future struggle for the Northwest's great tide.
It was only regrettable that plans could never keep pace with change. The speed of the Yang Clan's ascent had far exceeded his expectations.
After the journey to the Earthly Treasure Secret Realm, he had known that he could only walk this road into darkness. There was no turning back.
What Chen Yang did not yet know was that Yue Wuxiang had even prepared Yue Shuwang's item for proving the Dao.
It was his own younger brother, True Person Qingguang Yue Lansheng, who was already beyond saving.
In Yue Wuxiang's plan, Yue Shuwang would rapidly break through all the way to Spiritual Connection Perfection, after which Lanyue Sect's secret art would sacrifice Yue Lansheng as the foundation for her proving the Dao.
Though the chance of success with such a method was less than twenty percent, for Lanyue Sect, which had already reached the end of the road, only by staking everything on a single throw could they seek a sliver of survival.
It was precisely because he harbored such thoughts that Yue Wuxiang had revealed that crazed smile when Yang Lingqing proposed a Dao debate that would end in a fight to the death.
If Yue Shuwang could win this Dao debate, her chances