Netherworld Retrograde

Li Yelai could only say he'd been dragged down by that damn Deceit Dao.

Even though he himself had already been glanced at by the Master of Transformation and become a Deceit Chosen One, he still had to curse that damned thing!

At this moment, unexpectedly—

The Book Holder spoke up: "Mr. Copper Face, let's talk in private."

This made quite a few electors look over; the Book Holder actually had times when he was this polite?

Li Yelai's expression didn't change as he accepted the Book Holder's invitation.

After the two entered the secret space, the Book Holder spoke first: "My apologies, Emperor's Fall. It was indeed a lapse on my part that led to your identity being exposed."

"Your lapse caused my order volume to plummet," Li Yelai sneered. "Well, in your plan I was supposed to die in the Disaster Fog along with the Ninth Generation Champion anyway. Exposed is exposed; either way, the next time you see me will be when I return."

"Don't be angry, Lord Di Yuan," the Book Holder replied. "I will compensate you."

As he spoke, a damaged Metal Token appeared in front of Li Yelai.

This was obviously some kind of technological artifact, yet extremely ancient, with some kind of script engraved on it. Probably needed the Deceitful God's Chosen Mask activated to read it.

"This is..." Li Yelai picked up the Metal Token and examined it. Aside from being rather tough, it didn't seem to have any other special traits.

"This is the core Token of the Opportunity I mentioned. The intel I gave you before can let you all enter the Land of Opportunity and make it easier to gain benefits. But with this, you can enter the core area of the Land of Opportunity and thus receive an even better boon. Of course, dangers will also appear within; that choice is yours." The Book Holder spoke: "This is my compensation to you."

"You're brushing me off with just this?" Li Yelai sneered. "You exposed my identity and made the electors wary of me. This little thing isn't enough."

"It's enough, Emperor's Fall. If you succeed, you'll receive sufficient boon." The Book Holder replied, "This is guaranteed by the Book of Destiny!"

In fact, that was indeed the case.

In the Book of Destiny's calculations, this round of Opportunity would give rise to several powerhouses.

Under fate's arrangements, they had obtained clues and prophecies, and gained the qualification to enter the core.

A few among them would obtain legacies from an ancient and powerful civilization.

Thereby bursting forth with the brilliance they were meant to have in the fate to come.

But as Variables appeared, many destinies shifted; the powerhouses who should have gone to obtain their Opportunities failed to walk the routes they were meant to.

Now letting Emperor's Fall pick up the bargain couldn't really be called a loss.

In the Book Holder's plan, many powerhouses would go to the Land of Opportunity; while gaining Opportunities and growing stronger, they would inevitably encounter the Ninth Generation Champion who "meets dragon and tiger"!

In that situation, the stronger Emperor's Fall Chosen One was as an ally, the better!

"Sounds nice enough. What kind of Opportunity is it?" Li Yelai asked.

"A legacy from a certain civilization, absolutely not weaker than Ten Thousand Dragon Lake," the Book Holder said. "You should be very clear how much Ten Thousand Dragon Lake boosted the Humans... If you obtain this kind of legacy, your status within the Sect will rise quite a bit as well."

After thinking it over, Li Yelai gave a slight nod. "Barely acceptable. I don't want there to be a next time..."

"Naturally." The Book Holder nodded.

After that, the two exited the secret space.

By now, most of the electors in the hall had finished their trades and started sharing intel.

The first batch of intel was naturally details from within the Disaster Fog.

The Human Champion commanded the Chaos Army, then the Ninth Generation Champion battled the Nether River. In the end, the Heroes went to their deaths and the Disaster Fog was dispelled.

Of course, the five electors omitted some of the details.

And when it got to this point, quite a few electors looked toward Li Yelai.

Now they could all guess Li Yelai's identity as a Chaos Chosen; was he the one being commanded by the Champion?

"Just cooperation, nothing worth making a fuss about," Li Yelai replied calmly. "In a war between the living and the dead, naturally the living work together. There's no such thing as 'commanding'."

To everyone else, this sounded like forced dignity repair.

"Makes sense. If word got out, it'd sound awful. A Divine Chosen needs to save face too."

"So because you cooperated with Humans, you weren't besieged by the Champions and got to walk out of the Disaster Fog safe and sound?"

"The Human Giant City does keep its promises, huh? Isn't that right, Copper Face..."

"Using the Disaster Fog to shape the Champions of all generations, that move is ruthless!"

"As a Divine Chosen who saw nine Champions and still lived, you've got enough to be proud of."

"As a Divine Chosen, you never tried to challenge a Champion? Even if you couldn't beat the earlier ones, you had to at least try the Ninth Champion, right?"

A few electors went all Yin Yang on Li Yelai, convinced that the only reason he could leave the Disaster Fog alive was because he'd reached some deal and cooperation with the Humans.

Li Yelai ignored them. This was exactly how the Ark Chosen Ones ought to treat Chaos believers.

Though among them there was no shortage of selfish Flame Sect types, quite a few people genuinely held hostility toward Chaos.

After that came intel from other regions.

Among them was intel that Champion Team One had been dragged into a ghost.

The electors' verdict was: that Returning Soul sure is brave!

Then there was intel that the Furnace Heart Venerable of No.1 Border City had been targeted by a Stab. The electors speculated it might be assassins from the Forbidden Zone, but the one playing against No.1 Border City was the Doomsday Forest—did Extraordinary Creatures also have this kind of assassin?

(Hold on a moment, just keeping my attendance streak.)

Under fate's arrangements, they had obtained clues and prophecies, and gained the qualification to enter the core.

A few among them would obtain legacies from an ancient and powerful civilization.

Thereby bursting forth with the brilliance they were meant to have in the fate to come.

But as Variables appeared, many destinies shifted; the powerhouses who should have gone to obtain their Opportunities failed to walk the routes they were meant to.

Now letting Emperor's Fall pick up the bargain couldn't really be called a loss.

In the Book Holder's plan, many powerhouses would go to the Land of Opportunity; while gaining Opportunities and growing stronger, they would inevitably encounter the Ninth Generation Champion who "meets dragon and tiger"!

In that situation, the stronger Emperor's Fall Chosen One was as an ally, the better!

"Sounds nice enough. What kind of Opportunity is it?" Li Yelai asked.

"A legacy from a certain civilization, absolutely not weaker than Ten Thousand Dragon Lake," the Book Holder said. "You should be very clear how much Ten Thousand Dragon Lake boosted the Humans... If you obtain this kind of legacy, your status within the Sect will rise quite a bit as well."

After thinking it over, Li Yelai gave a slight nod. "Barely acceptable. I don't want there to be a next time..."

"Naturally." The Book Holder nodded.

After that, the two exited the secret space.

By now, most of the electors in the hall had finished their trades and started sharing intel.

The first batch of intel was naturally details from within the Disaster Fog.

The Human Champion commanded the Chaos Army, then the Ninth Generation Champion battled the Nether River. In the end, the Heroes went to their deaths and the Disaster Fog was dispelled.

Of course, the five electors omitted some of the details.

And when it got to this point, quite a few electors looked toward Li Yelai.

Now they could all guess Li Yelai's identity as a Chaos Chosen; was he the one being commanded by the Champion?

"Just cooperation, nothing worth making a fuss about," Li Yelai replied calmly. "In a war between the living and the dead, naturally the living work together. There's no such thing as 'commanding'."

To everyone else, this sounded like forced dignity repair.

"Makes sense. If word got out, it'd sound awful. A Divine Chosen needs to save face too."

"So because you cooperated with Humans, you weren't besieged by the Champions and got to walk out of the Disaster Fog safe and sound?"

"The Human Giant City does keep its promises, huh? Isn't that right, Copper Face..."

"Using the Disaster Fog to shape the Champions of all generations, that move is ruthless!"

"As a Divine Chosen who saw nine Champions and still lived, you've got enough to be proud of."

"As a Divine Chosen, you never tried to challenge a Champion? Even if you couldn't beat the earlier ones, you had to at least try the Ninth Champion, right?"

A few electors went all Yin Yang on Li Yelai, convinced that the only reason he could leave the Disaster Fog alive was because he'd reached some deal and cooperation with the Humans.

Li Yelai ignored them. This was exactly how the Ark Chosen Ones ought to treat Chaos believers.

Though among them there was no shortage of selfish Flame Sect types, quite a few people genuinely held hostility toward Chaos.

After that came intel from other regions.

Among them was intel that Champion Team One had been dragged into a ghost.

The electors' verdict was: that Returning Soul sure is brave!

Then there was intel that the Furnace Heart Venerable of No.1 Border City had been targeted by a Stab. The electors speculated it might be assassins from the Forbidden Zone, but the one playing against No.1 Border City was the Doomsday Forest—did Extraordinary Creatures also have this kind of assassin?

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