"To come here and see all of this is both fate and destiny! You must know that the Heavenly Dao of your Cangyun Continent is no longer the Heavenly Dao it once was. It has been forced to merge with a shattered soul fragment of Huo, and its motives are none other than two."
His tone suddenly turned archaic, speaking very slowly as if afraid Li Dai wouldn't understand. Although the pronoun he used for Huo had changed from "you" to "thou," his expression and tone remained identical. Li Dai had a feeling that this "thou" business was actually his habitual way of speaking. He hadn't used his usual style with Huo, which showed he wasn't entirely devoid of emotion toward her; subconsciously disguising his true self in her presence meant he had already raised a guard against her. To make a heartless stone feel the need for defense, Huo was truly formidable, and it showed that her actions had already crossed his bottom line.
As for why he spoke in modern colloquialisms, it wasn't strange at all. He was born carrying the fortune of the three thousand worlds. Without accidents—like a Saint reaching the pinnacle of enlightenment—he would ultimately become a ruler-like existence over the three thousand worlds. But the Shengtian Cauldron had been stolen, and the Heavenly Fortune Bracelet and its counterpart hadn't yet fully recognized their master before the series of events orchestrated by Huo took place. His own path of cultivation had been forced to interrupt, and while controlling on…
Chapter 503