The sheer viciousness of it—a plot designed to obstruct another's path—sent a chill down Xu Yunfan's spine, even though he was its beneficiary.
'It seems I was too naive before. I still have much to learn.'
He gave a wry, inward smile. He once thought only the Mortal World was treacherous, but now he knew the games played in the Imperial Court were where the true bloodless killing took place. In a world with a path to the Extraordinary, it was only natural that Extraordinary power would influence the fate of a nation.
With this move, the Taoist Sect had paved his Heaven-Reaching Path, but it had also bound his fate and the Sect's to a tightrope stretched over a cliff. If he advanced unimpeded, the Taoist Sect could use the Dragon Vein Xuanhuang Qi to turn the tables completely, allowing him to undergo a total transformation and accumulate a vast reserve of True Qi far beyond that of any ordinary Ninth Realm practitioner.
