What was Li Gang's plan, actually?
He reasoned many things out. Unfortunately, he was still a mortal, and he couldn't think of all kinds of possibilities in just half an hour. It was simply not possible. After figuring out what he could, almost all of his time was consumed. He had little time left, so he could only make a generalised plan and couldn't go into details about what decisions he should take in the future.
He decided—he would conquer the world.
Li Gang understood that whoever was reading his mind was incapable of directly taking action against him, since they needed something from him.
He had something they needed, and for that, they had to let him grow to a certain extent. He didn't know what it was.
Li Gang thought, 'Could it be something related to my transmigration?'
He couldn't think of any other unique quality in himself. He lacked the information to truly figure it out.
Until they took that "something," they wouldn't harm him.
He also thought, 'They shouldn't have absolute control over me. Otherwise, why would they allow me to have rational thinking? It would have been best to make me a puppet while keeping me alive! The entire time, they left me on my own and never tried to control me. Or could it be that they can't control me?'
The reason he continuously used "they" was because he believed there shouldn't be just one enemy. The Elemental Emperor could be one, and a strong one at that, but he might not be the only enemy.
Li Gang denied his previous thought. "It's better to assume they can control me, but for some reason, they aren't."
Because of these reasons, he decided to conquer the world. However, as soon as he exited this place, he must never think about conquering the world. He had to make sure that his enemies somehow granted him this wish on their own.
There was a specific reason for this.
Because if his enemies couldn't have complete control over him, then he could try to resist and establish his own influence over the world. Once he had influence, he could do whatever he wished, as long as he himself wasn't controlled.
But what if he could be completely controlled?
Then just pack up and give yourself away. You can't do anything anyway. You are just a pig on the chopping board—do you think you are omnipotent? It's better to accept your fate and pray for them to show kindness… or mercy.
The Awakening Ceremony ended.
Li Gang returned to his usual life, pretending to be ignorant of many things. The Immortals also started making him vile.
Li Gang encountered Wang Xueyao in the meantime. What he didn't know was that Wang Xueyao was far stronger than those who monitored him. In her presence, they didn't dare control his thoughts.
Unfortunately, he missed this golden opportunity and never made any plans.
At this point, Wang Xueyao had the Nine Absolute Seals. These Absolute Seals not only suppressed her higher-dimensional physique to just three dimensions, but also suppressed her Soul Cultivation, Warrior Cultivation, the knowledge she possessed, and the experience she had.
It should be noted that any higher being couldn't interfere with the Divine Spirit World, with the exception of Supremes. Even if they wanted to enter this world and take action, they would be forced to become mortals and start cultivation from the beginning—unless they occupied someone else's body, in which case they would inherit that body's cultivation.
Wang Xueyao deliberately placed the Nine Seals on herself so that she could easily enter this world and, in case of emergency, break the seals and counterattack.
There were two ways to break these seals.
The first was through cultivation. As one's cultivation rose to the level corresponding to a lower seal, that seal would naturally break. For example, if one's cultivation reached the tier of the Eighth Seal, then the Ninth Seal would collapse on its own, granting further knowledge and experience.
The second way was to forcibly break the seals, which would lead to severe consequences for the entire world. At the same time, she would also face backlash from Little Heaven.
The Monarch Inheritance was about to begin. In fact, it should have taken quite a few years to open, but Kong Xuan opened it beforehand.
He Fan had long figured out how to open the Real Inheritance. There were, in fact, two ways.
The first way for opening the Real Inheritance was so absurd that it required allowing the Immortals to successfully refine the Dao-Refining Heaven Ascension Pill while also stopping the Creator from consuming the Mind-Liberating Sovereign Thought Pill.
The second was using the Wanderer.
He Fan possessed Absolute Perception. When the four tokens merged and he was brought into the strange world, he noticed that something was missing during the merging process.
That "something" couldn't be defined in words. It was abstract, as if a specific identity was needed to fill the missing piece. He could perceive that it was something that shouldn't exist in this world.
When he heard about the Wanderer—one who didn't belong to this world—he intuitively felt that as long as that person obtained all four tokens at once, he would be able to open the Real Inheritance.
The Immortals were incapable of seeing the entire process, since during the merging of the four tokens, time itself was stopped.
This was the entire reason the Elemental Emperor wanted to kill Li Gang back then.
You might have wondered why the Elemental Emperor was targeting Li Gang when he was needed to open the Real Inheritance.
It was because, from the Timeless Demon God's memories of the entire future, the Elemental Emperor knew that Ji Changchen was another person who didn't belong to this world. He Fan's Spiritual Imprint wasn't in its true form, so he had been unable to perceive it.
The Elemental Emperor wanted to bet on Ji Changchen and kill Li Gang, as he perceived Li Gang as a major threat.
But why?
It was because Li Gang's Special Ability was incomplete. The Elemental Emperor didn't know why it was incomplete, since he didn't possess the complete memory, but he had his guesses.
It was because the Heavenly Dao that brought Li Gang into this world believed that he was too talented to possess a complete Special Ability. Thus, his ability was broken and incomplete.
And if even the Heavenly Dao treated him with such caution, how could the Elemental Emperor ever underestimate him?
Unlike the Elemental Emperor, the Immortals' view on this matter was different for a very simple reason: Wanderers were known in the God Realm for their terrible intelligence.
The Elemental Emperor had no such memory of Wanderers, since the Timeless Demon God himself was a Wanderer—and far smarter than ordinary Warriors. What he didn't know was that the Timeless Demon God had become this intelligent over countless years of cultivation, experience, and his unique talent.
Kong Xuan had already placed the Spatial Order inside the Monarch Inheritance.
At the same time, in Jade Harbor City, a young man appeared in a small teahouse. There were a few people gathered, discussing the opening of the Monarch Inheritance.
The young man, named Deng Wei, narrowed his eyes and thought inwardly, 'Void Emperor? Or Renascence?'
Soon, the Monarch Inheritance opened.
At that moment, a massive space-time turbulence formed into a huge circular gate. The surrounding airflow intensified several times over.
But no one had the courage to enter such an unknown place first. They were all cautious. People were generally rational—they wouldn't do such idiotic things.
As everyone hesitated, two people suddenly rushed forward.
Li Minghui and Wang Jinlong immediately broke into a sweat. 'Why these two…'
They were none other than Li Gang and Wang Xueyao.
Looking at Wang Xueyao, Long Yifan's heart skipped a beat. 'So beautiful!' He glanced at their camp and asked, "Who are these two?"
Wang Jinlong was sweating but still answered politely, "Young Master Long, this is my daughter, Wang Xueyao, and my son-in-law, Li Gang."
Long Yifan looked at him deeply and said, "Son-in-law, you say?"
Deng Wei was none other than the true body of the Elemental Emperor. He used the wind attribute to silently apply a soft poison on Long Yifan, enhancing his lustful nature.
As a Rank 5 Warrior and the young master of the Spirit Dragon Clan, which beauty had he not seen?
Even if Wang Xueyao were ten times more beautiful than all of them, he still wouldn't normally lose control. At most, he would feel a light crush, but he wouldn't proactively inquire about her.
His feelings had been intensified by Deng Wei. He wanted Long Yifan to oppose Li Gang in this inheritance. He wanted Li Gang dead.
Unfortunately, that wasn't possible as long as Wang Xueyao existed.
Thus, he came this time to separate the two of them.
As soon as he entered the Monarch Inheritance, he silently killed a Dragon Spirit faction warrior and sent a clone in his disguise.
Deng Wei knew that under the watchful eyes of the Immortals, if he tried to manipulate events, he would be exposed. If that happened, the Immortals would focus on him even more. In that case, he would have to spend a large amount of Belief Power to hide his thoughts.
Deng Wei would occasionally spy on Wang Xueyao and Li Gang, and this was noticed by Wang Xueyao.
As a result, she found an opportunity to separate from Li Gang. At this time, her knowledge of the situation was incomplete, and she had no intention of saving him. She wouldn't try to protect him until he could be controlled.
The method of control was the Red Thread of Heaven.
The Red Thread of Heaven was a Heavenly Treasure that bound two Immortals of opposite sex. Once used, it couldn't be broken, and whoever confessed first would be forced to obey the other's commands for their entire life.
However, when used on Warriors—so that they wouldn't be deceived by Immortal schemes—its effect changed. It could be broken before a Warrior reached Immortality. But if it wasn't broken before reaching Immortality, it would become deeply rooted, forcing the person to obey the other's commands.
Even becoming a Supreme would be useless.
After sensing Deng Wei, Wang Xueyao left Li Gang. This also happened to align with the opportunity created by Deng Wei.
He controlled a Spiritfire Wolf to attack a few Warriors nearby. Hearing the commotion, it attracted both Li Gang and Wang Xueyao.