At this moment, the Dao Emperor Qingxu was panicked, his mind racing as he calculated how to escape his predicament.
He knew all too well that by choosing to speak with Zhong Ling in private, Jiang Chen was clearly placing more trust in that avatar. If that were the case, his attempts at sowing discord would likely be ineffective. Yet, he could not remain trapped here indefinitely; the God of the Valley had already appeared, and he could not afford to lose control over the Forty-Nine Heavens, or the consequences would be unforeseeable. At the same time, he did not want to release Jiang Chen from the Gate of Xuanpin, as doing so would be letting a tiger return to the mountains, inevitably leading to a much more formidable opponent in the future.
Just as Qingxu felt this mounting anxiety, a shadow flickered before him, and Jiang Chen reappeared.
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