"So then, Fu Tian."
Zu Shou spoke indifferently, without the slightest ripple. "Why did you scheme against him after they opened the heavens? Were you curious about his secrets, or curious whether this was the handiwork of our Human Race?"
"He has killed too many Defiled Lifespans." Fu Tian spoke meaningfully. "Nor do I believe your Human Race could so calmly destroy the Human Emperor Realm. After all, you people are far too good at hiding..."
"You should not have schemed against him." Zu Shou's words turned several degrees colder. "He has shown kindness to our Human Race. No matter what earthshaking secrets he holds, outsiders like you have no right to touch him."
He had clearly paid attention to Chen Xun. This man possessed Great Freedom within his heart, yet went against it and walked the path of sacrificing the realm. Zu Shou held this one in extraordinary respect.
"Zu Shou, I cannot scheme against him, and I bear him no ill intent."
Fu Tian shook his head and sighed softly. "After such long years, I no longer dare recklessly meddle with the heavenly count. Long ago, I followed the changes of time and ceased committing acts that defied heaven. I merely wanted to make things a little easier for the Crown Princes and the others."
"But your hand has reached too far."
Zu Shou's eyes turned incomparably cold as well. "No living being likes being plotted against. You may scheme against the General Trend of Heaven and Earth, but scheme against people... and you will eventually suffer the backlash. Five Elements Immortal Path, I advise you not to be curious."
"Why has killing so many Defiled Lifespans not shortened his life? Only because the Five Elements can dissolve the backlash of lifespan, returning it to heaven and earth."