However, he has always been cautious.
So, before proceeding, he's starting to recall the chess pieces he had previously placed outside.
Originally, his plan included the "East Sea Immortal Realm," since as long as Gu Yaojue and the others reached the East Sea Immortal Realm, he could directly go there through the "Thousand-Mile in a Line," but this step failed.
Yet in the Barbarian Race, Zhenyan Xue, a chess piece "placed in a dead end to await rebirth," provided him with extremely valuable information, allowing him to understand the overall situation instantly despite being far away.
As for why he regarded Zhenyan Xue as a chess piece.
The reason is simple.
If family and friends are already in the game yet you ignore them, believing they are still in a "fairy-tale castle without deceit and harm," it will only lead to deadly consequences and helpless, perhaps comfort-seeking childish crying.
