668: They are all chess pieces

The oppressive feeling brought by the six Immortals who emerged from the Space-Time Forbidden Zone was truly terrifying.

Even factions like the Sky Immortal Palace, whose ancestors included Immortals, were completely unable to contend with them.

This great battle, as everyone had anticipated, ended with the Space-Time Forbidden Zone achieving an almost crushing victory.

These super factions, which had been hiding deep within the Space-Time Forbidden Zone's history, accumulating power, just waiting for the right moment to astonish the world and shake the heavens and earth.

They were like slightly larger ants, easily crushed by the Space-Time Forbidden Zone.

Such terrifying deterrent power was undeniably dreadful.

Even the originally chaotic situation in the Myriad Domains of the Heavens suddenly fell into a deathly silence and stillness due to the Space-Time Forbidden Zone's intervention.

After all, the Space-Time Forbidden Zone was not merely contending with the six Immortal Lineage Factions, including the Sky Immortal Palace.

More importantly, they were also dispatching large armies and powerful Cultivators to suppress the Innate Realm and the powerful Cultivators of the Profound Heaven Great World!

They effortlessly suppressed the powerful Cultivators of the Innate Realm and the Profound Heaven Great World, grinding them into the ground.

With their other hand, they casually annihilated the six Immortal Lineage Factions.

Anyone who witnessed this would feel their scalp tingle and would have to weigh whether they had the standing to challenge the Space-Time Forbidden Zone's authority.

However, compared to the shock and horror of most people,

a very small number of people looked puzzled, always feeling that the Space-Time Forbidden Zone and Kong Wudao might be playing a grand game.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that.

If the Space-Time Forbidden Zone wanted to, instantly resolving the powerful Cultivators of the Innate Realm and the Profound Heaven Great World would be incredibly simple.

Yet, the Space-Time Forbidden Zone had no such intention, dragging out a battle that could have been quickly resolved.

This would either mean they were pure fools.

Or they had their own grand scheme.

But everyone understood that the Space-Time Forbidden Zone was clearly the latter.

This immediately made many people uneasy.

An invisible, pitch-black hand seemed to appear above their heads and in their hearts, and a pall of fear and worry enveloped their entire bodies.

..........

Time gradually flowed by.

Soon, a month had passed.

During this period, the tug-of-war between the powerful Cultivators of the Myriad Domains of the Heavens and the Innate Realm never ceased.

According to the Myriad Domains of the Heavens' foundation and strength, they could have actually ended this meaningless war much earlier.

But what angered and confused them was that.

All of their plans and arrangements would always be seen through by Lord Xuanhe in advance.

This led to a very ridiculous situation: all the plans and offensives they painstakingly constructed would always be easily dismantled, having no effect whatsoever.

As a result, this tug-of-war dragged on longer and longer, and more and more Cultivators and living beings died.

Now the entire Innate Realm was stained crimson, and a single breath would fill one's chest with the strong smell of blood.

Within the core stronghold of the Innate Realm.

"Lord Xuanhe... this great battle has caused too many losses to our Xuantian World and the Innate Realm. If it continues, it truly has no meaning..."

A powerful Cultivator had developed a desire to retreat and, bracing himself, spoke to Lord Xuanhe.

"So, you intend to beg for mercy from those fellows in the Myriad Domains of the Heavens and become their prisoners?"

Lord Xuanhe, who was about to return to his Immortal Cave to formulate the next plan, paused slightly, then suddenly turned around, and a terrifying Qi instantly swept out.

Under the suppression of this terrifying power, the Xuantian World's powerful Cultivator's Soul immediately trembled, and his bones creaked under the immense pressure.

"If you dare to speak such disheartening, morale-shaking words to me again, I will slaughter you!"

After leaving a threatening remark,

disregarding the complex or fearful gazes cast by others,

Lord Xuanhe directly returned to his Immortal Cave, casually activating a Seal formation to completely block out external probing.

It was only when his Qi completely disappeared that the numerous Cultivators slowly regained their composure, though they still felt some lingering fear.

"I feel like Lord Xuanhe has changed ever since that day... He's become even colder and more terrifying!"

A powerful Cultivator of the Xuantian World spoke in a hushed voice, with lingering fear.

His words quickly received agreement from the others.

"I feel the same... Lord Xuanhe seems like a changed person. Before, when he resisted the Myriad Domains of the Heavens, he would still consider the consequences or impact..."

"But now, he completely disregards such consequences, as if the deaths and injuries of our Two Great Worlds have nothing to do with him..."

"He even gives me the impression that as long as people from our Two Great Worlds aren't completely wiped out, we must resist the Myriad Domains of the Heavens to the very end!"

"You can't say that! Lord Xuanhe is, after all, the foremost individual in our Profound Heaven Great World; he couldn't possibly side with the Myriad Domains of the Heavens!"

"He merely wants to continue resisting and preserve our homeland!"

..........

But what everyone didn't know was that.

The moment Lord Xuanhe entered his Immortal Cave,

his originally majestic face, along with his piercing eyes,

rotated in an instant.

His face suddenly became blank, as if it had lost its original vitality.

His pupils also lost focus, turning a deathly gray, like those of a corpse.

He no longer possessed his original lofty divine Qi; instead, he was filled with a certain Death Qi!

He looked exactly like someone who had been dead for a long time!

If an outsider were to see this, they would likely be scared out of their wits!

A dead person who could still walk and speak like a living person outside—just thinking about it was enough to send shivers down one's spine!

And here, Lord Xuanhe, who had completely become a walking corpse, slowly approached the pitch-black divine seat in the center of the Immortal Cave.

He lowered his head and respectfully knelt on the ground.

And seated on the pitch-black divine seat was Kong Wudao's Devil Incarnation!

At this moment, he was leisurely sipping a cup of tea, appearing very calm and indifferent.

And during this time, the clashes between the Two Great Worlds and the Myriad Domains of the Heavens could be said to have been entirely orchestrated by him.

This great battle seemed grand and tragic, didn't it?

But, all of this had been arranged by him long ago.

He had said it before: he had to play both the good guy and the bad guy.

The reason he expended effort to prevent this great battle, and caused casualties every day,

was to cooperate with those fellows from the Godly Remnants, allowing them to mature the epoch seed through a hidden blood sacrifice method.

And he had been subtly altering the blood sacrifice ritual through the power of the primal black coffin.

Now, the epoch seed had unknowingly absorbed a lot of strange dark energy.

When it matured, it would be the moment the accumulated dark and strange energy erupted.

At that time, a terrifying Darkness Turmoil would be unleashed in the Myriad Domains of the Heavens.

And the culprit behind this Darkness Turmoil would be the Godly Remnants, who proclaimed themselves to be the side of justice.

As for him, the true instigator and culprit, he would resolve this calamity in the guise of a savior.

During this process, he would deceive the heavens, and at the cost of sacrificing countless living beings and even the entire Emperor Road's destiny, he would achieve the Dao and become an Emperor.

He would also take the opportunity to further control the primal black coffin that was Sealed in his mind, using the power of the epoch seed.

In this vast battle, besides him, there would be no winners!

Because everyone, all living beings, and all factions were merely pawns on his chessboard.