Old Yu stood still, his face grim. How had he been exposed? How had the Third Boss learned that the Phantom Reach had hired Emperor Slayer?1

It was also true that the Phantom Reach’s push to have their ruler become a Seraph was related to the Wisdom Domain.0

While no one from the Wisdom Domain itself could become a Seraph, they could control who did. Both the former Seraph Yi Shang and his replacement, the ruler of the Phantom Reach, had risen to power because of this.0

Seraph Yi had not even truly lost to the ruler of the Phantom Reach. Rather, he had abdicated at Old Yu’s instructions.0

The old man had been caught off guard by Lu Yin’s success in fighting for the title of Seraph at the Umbral Deep. Old Yu had thought that Lu Yin would definitely be eliminated at the Umbral Deep without question. However, one expert after another had been defeated, and even Emperor Slayer had lost. Lu Yin’s limits were still unprobed, and that had forced Old Yu to change his plans.0

He also had not expected Lu Yin to see through all his plans.0

Did he truly not care about the lives and deaths of those aboard Boundless? How had he determined that there was a connection between Emperor Slayer and the Phantom Reach?5

For the time being, Old Yu pushed his confusion aside and focused on the issues at hand. He assumed that Lu Yin was someone with both peerless cultivation talent and an ability to scheme. He should be someone who understood how to pursue the benefits while avoiding risks. Given the situation,...3