Chapter 1407: No More Secrets.

His tone grew somewhat angry as he said, "My second point is that if Heavenly Eye had told us about the things she hid long ago, none of these would have happened. We would have taken away the loot without Ragnarok knowing. So we could have used it against him without giving him time to prepare for it."

"If we knew about the worlds much earlier, we could have planned a trap for him when he came to destroy them or even prepared a distraction so that we could establish our Domains without disturbance."

"And if I didn’t want to appease a certain someone by getting back at Ragnarok, I wouldn’t have taken the risk to try to convince the Will of Alpha Peak to side with us," he said, glaring openly at Heavenly Eye.

After blaming her with his look for all the misfortune they’d just experienced, he said, "So I will say one last time, is there something you’re hiding that Ragnarok could use against us?"

No one said anything. They looked at each other, searching for anyone with a secret.

Then Tepid Scholar coughed as he said, "I have made certain arrangements in Blessed Heaven World."

"You know that array I use to capture worlds and expand the Blessed Heaven World, right? Well, I put a tiny fail-safe in it."

"It is nothing much. But the fail-safe will destroy the Blessed Heaven World once activated."

"What the fuck?" Heavenly Eye asked, shocked.

Actually, everyone was shocked. Heavenly Eye was just the most vocal one. The way they looked at Tepid Scholar also changed.

"You call that a tiny fail-safe?" Sword Way asked incredulously.

"It can destroy a super world, for God’s sake. What is big to you if you call it tiny?"

"First of all, I only put it there as a contingency," Tepid Scholar said, defending himself.

"I didn’t intend to use it unless Black Chain succeeded in enslaving the Will of the World. There was no way I would help the super world grow only for Black Chain to swoop in and take the fruit of my labor."

"Secondly, the bigger Blessed Heaven got, the lesser the impact of the explosion of the world subduing array. In its current state, it definitely can’t destroy the Blessed Heaven World. But it can surely interfere with it at a critical moment, such as when the world is ascending."

"I’m impressed," Black Chain said, slowly clapping his hands.

"To think for so many years I thought you were defeated and broken. Yet, you are showing how formidable you truly were. I respect you now."

"It isn’t much respect, but it’s better than what I think about the rest of this rabble. For that, you should be glad."

But Tepid Scholar wasn’t happy to hear his praise. Instead, the Dao Lord of the Myriad Phenomenon Sect said, "I want to punch your face in so much."

Before the matter could escalate, Wandering Thief interjected, asking Tepid Scholar, "Is that all?"

Tepid Scholar scoffed at Black Chain, then turned to Wandering Thief and said, "Well, there is a little bit more."

"Oh man," Sword Maestro said, groaning.

"You’re exaggerating," Tepid Scholar said, frowning at him. "It isn’t anything big. I’m not even sure it will work."

"I also installed some rules that I might have hoped to use to control the Divine Mountain after it ascends. It was a far-fetched idea that I believe has a 10% chance of success at best."

"And you said I was scheming," Martial Will said, shaking his head reproachfully.

"Yet, you had a plan to enslave or destroy Blessed Heaven World. I wonder what the Will of the World will think when it hears this. I’m sure it will at least be shocked that its favorite Dao Lord already had a plan locked and loaded to kill it."

On one side, Martial Will was condemning Tepid Scholar. On the other side, Black Chain was clapping again.

In the middle were those horrified by what Tepid Scholar did, and those who didn’t care. The horrified were mostly apprehensive about what Ragnarok could do with this information.

"Well, I think it goes without saying that Ragnarok mustn’t use this," Wandering Thief began.

"In a perfect world, I would say that we should make sure that he doesn’t find out. But this isn’t a perfect world at all."

"It isn’t even semi-normal by any definition. Therefore, the world subduing array must be dismantled or destroyed."

"What if I just remove the fail-safe?" Tepid Scholar said.

Shaking his head, Wandering Thief said, "I think you should just remove the array completely."

"We don’t know what Ragnarok can do with the array or the information, but trust me when I say we don’t want to find out. Prevention is better than cure, so you have to remove it as soon as possible. I would prefer it if you did it instantly."

"Fine," Tepid Scholar said, sighing in defeat.

"The Will of the World won’t like this, though. I’m its favorite Dao Lord because I gave it that array."

"It likes that array and won’t want to let it go without a reasonable explanation. What explanation do I give it for removing the world subduing array?"

Heavenly Eye immediately suggested, "Tell the Will it’s Ragnarok’s fault."

"Yes, tell it that Ragnarok is up to no good and is planning to use the world subduing array to enslave it. So you’re saving it, and Ragnarok is the villain."

If she were alone and Ragnarok did something as simple as exposing her large worlds, she would go crazy and attack him. Even though she could still establish her Domain on those large worlds, the crime of exposing her secret and exploiting it would be enough for her to gather every Dao Lord, target his Domains, target his Divine Mountain, and attack him directly.

But Ragnarok did something much worse. He exposed her secrets, destroyed them, or stole them for himself. Then he forced her to enlist the help of her so-called "allies" who took her stuff but had no intention of returning it.

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