Chapter 444

"Within this world, there hides a mastermind behind the scenes, a powerful figure lurking in the shadows! All changes stem from him, and all appearances are due to him!"

"It is he who created all of this!"

"What scheme does he truly have? What exactly is he calculating!"

His mind was shaken deeply. At this moment, Ye Shen felt his brain had reached its absolute limit; brain cells were being consumed wildly. He had never been this smart in thousands of billions of years. Everything had been thought through and connected by him.

Hiding for so long, even creating a plane, this mysterious figure behind the scenes must have a scheme. There was no doubt about this; otherwise, Ye Shen would not believe it even if beaten to death, and it would completely defy logic.

Could his transmigration also be related to that mysterious figure behind the scenes?

Or even, could the origin of the Heavens Chat Group, which he had always wanted to figure out, be related to him as well?

It is damn possible!

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental, and how could it be such a coincidence!

He realized it!

He understood!

This must be the truth, this must be the complete answer!

It is absolutely so!

"So, my transmigration and everything up to now might all be under the watch of that mysterious figure behind the scenes. Perhaps, I am just one of his chess pieces?"

Ye Shen's body trembled. He felt his scalp go numb, and his heart fluttered with a sudden surge. Fear and horror arose from the depths of his heart. He felt terrible, and even began to doubt life itself.

What the hell!

Screw you!

Damn your grandfather!

(╯‵□)╯︵┻━┻!

His mentality collapsed; his mentality exploded directly.

"No, I have already made contact with that one. If that mysterious person discovered it, they could not fail to interfere, nor could they fail to care. Otherwise, wouldn't that be asking for death?"

"Looking at it this way, this mysterious person probably does not watch me every single moment."

"Right, exactly! Yes, he surely has his own matters to attend to; otherwise, he would not have set up such a massive grand scheme. Even if I am an important chess piece under his command, he cannot possibly watch me every single moment."

"If that is the case, then it is absurd. No one would have that much energy. Therefore, I am temporarily still safe."

Thinking this, Ye Shen breathed out a sigh as if relieved of a heavy burden, and his whole body relaxed.

Too terrifying, truly too terrifying.

It was not that Ye Shen was making a mountain out of a molehill; if anyone else were in his place, they would definitely react exactly like Ye Shen.

Put yourself in his shoes: if you thought your entire growth was due to your strong luck, that you were blessed by fortune, and that was why you achieved today's success.

And then what?

One day you suddenly discover that your growth and strengthening over thousands of billions of years, everything, was all just a chess game, and you, you were merely a chess piece. Everything you have was given by others, and others might even be watching you every single moment.

Could you remain calm?

Could you remain peaceful?

Could you not feel horror?

No one is an exception.

It is simply within common sense and common emotion; it is very normal, reasonable and fitting.

"An opportunity! This is my opportunity! Since he has not discovered me yet, that means I still have the possibility to change and break the game! Great, indeed, fate is still on my side, my luck is still very good."

"Just at this moment, that one came knocking. This is fate working in the unseen! Good, good, this is much better."

A faint smile appeared on Ye Shen's face. His heart felt a wave of relief, mixed with sighs of emotion and unbridled joy.

Fate works in the unseen, fate works in the unseen!

If he had not met that one, he would surely still be kept in the dark until now. As for his future fate, let alone that, it would surely be miserable to the extreme.

Now, he can finally break free in advance!

He will be liberated!

What, which side to choose?

Does this even need choosing!

Does this even need hesitation, does this even need inner conflict?

It is definitely Supreme Hongjun. This is a question that requires no doubt and no thought; anyone with a brain knows what to do, knows how to deal with Supreme Hongjun.

After all, one side is Supreme Hongjun, looking down from on high upon billions of heavens, while the other is a rat in a gutter, too afraid to be discovered by Supreme Hongjun. The answer is obvious at a glance.

Not to mention this mysterious person is too beastly; he has been calculating against him all along. Even just for revenge and to prevent himself from remaining a chess piece, he must surely defect to Supreme Hongjun.

Furthermore, that one even gave rewards. No matter how one chooses, there cannot be a second option.

It is inevitable to grab onto Supreme Hongjun's thigh!

"Wait!"

At this moment, thinking of something else, Ye Shen's body shuddered, his pupils shrank, and his expression became even more horrified.

"The strongest beings in this plane must surely be at the Supreme Heaven level. This is absolute; otherwise, they could not arbitrarily twist and casually modify the time-space river of this plane. If one had not reached the Supreme Heaven level, it would be impossible to do so."

"If the strongest are at the Supreme Heaven level, then, is this mysterious person only at the Great Dao realm? What is going on!?"

Ye Shen was filled with doubt and uncertainty. His whole mind was stunned. He felt it touched upon a blind spot in his knowledge, making his brain struggle to turn the corner.

The mysterious person's chess pieces are already at the Supreme Heaven level, yet the mysterious person himself is not?

Is the mysterious person only at the Great Dao level?

Isn't this just like mocking him?

"Did that mysterious person deceive that one, causing that one to make a mistake? Or does this hide some shocking secret?"

Ye Shen thought silently.

Whatever the reason, does it not all point to this mysterious person being terrifying?

Too deep in schemes!

Too calculating!

Simply too terrifying!

His whole body trembled; Ye Shen's eyes grew even more resolute. He made up his mind: he must crush this mysterious person, otherwise, as a pawn, wouldn't he surely be GG and finished?

No, perhaps the fate would be even worse than being GG and finished.

823 "Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately I met this one."

Thinking this, Ye Shen immediately felt even more relieved and even more excited.

"That one said discovering a clue grants the highest status among all heavens, and I, having even found his hiding place, wouldn't I be directly granted the authority of the supreme primordial beings?"

"That is the Supreme Primordial! If I could become a being of the Supreme Primordial, then..."

Ye Shen sucked in a sharp breath; his whole body became excited, even imagining what the scene would look like after he became a being of the Supreme Primordial.

The scene was too beautiful; he dared not think further.

After all, according to the novels he read in his past life, the Supreme Primordial was awesome to the extreme; it was said every being wielded a dimension, so every being in the Primordial plane was a lord of a heaven!

How could this be described merely as "fortified"? How could this be described merely as "sky-high awesome"?

"No, right now I must private-chat and tell that one all these things!"

Thinking of the mysterious person's threat, and then thinking of the temptation of the reward given by Supreme Hongjun, immediately, the unsettled Ye Shen decisively opened the Heavens Chat Group and chose to private-chat 'Supreme Hongjun'.

The private-chat function was an extra feature Ye Shen gained after continuously upgrading the Heavens Chat Group, allowing two people to chat privately rather than in the group; this need not be elaborated.

In the Sea of Heavens, patches of purple mist permeated every corner of the heavens; an aura as primordial and profound as the source itself spread over every wisp of purple mist.

If the purple intent was abundant, as if extending from the primordial, it seemed to be nurturing boundless realms.

And just in some corner of the Sea of Heavens, faintly one could sense wave after wave of obscure aura fluctuations, profound and deep, wondrously ineffable, as if containing majestic, lofty, and supreme power.

As the aura breathed in and out, it seemed to shake the surrounding boundless heavens, causing the infinite planes to tremble in fear.

One could see lines tracing out, as if revealing the outline of an ancient, vast, and terrifying city.

Immortal light and rosy clouds, divine charm of utmost purple, immortal beasts and strange birds, gods, demons, immortals, and Buddhas, the deep sound of Dao bells, radiant light of various hues, auspicious purple qi and auspicious qi, celebratory clouds and precious treasures—countless strange phenomena and profound mysteries flashed over this city.

If not entering time and space, it seemed to stand above time and space, as if attaining the unique; even the River of Time and Space would find it hard to erode it, and even harder to reflect the location of this city.

As mysterious as the city was, it had already transcended the River of Time and Space; even the River of Time and Space would find it difficult to evolve an existence that was both similar and different within other dimensions.

Though it was a city, outwardly it seemed only the size of a single city, but its interior was vast and majestic beyond all comparison, like a single dust mote containing a universe; its area was as vast and majestic as a dimension of time and space.

Even stars and the universe would appear small and insignificant within this city; the figures of every race or being in the heavens could be seen from within this city, as if this were a microcosm of the heavens.

Mysterious and unfathomable, profound and deep, wondrously ineffable, filled with an ancient and special flavor.

This city was nothing other than... Tiancheng!!!