Just as the great battle in Xuanming Sky began,

In the Grotto Heaven,

Inside the villa,

Zhong Shenxiu walked out from the server room and opened the window, enjoying the fresh air following a summer thunderstorm.

Summer rains came quickly and left swiftly, sometimes falling alongside the sunshine, bringing beautiful rainbows with them.

His gaze shifted and suddenly, he smiled.

Across from him,

Zhang Peng who was hiding in the bushes was scared witless!

He quickly bowed his head, not daring to even breathe heavily.

At that moment, a voice echoed in his mind, "What did you see?"

"A villa, a young man, he opened a window... and it seemed like he saw me."

Zhang Peng responded with his thoughts, while inside he was almost in tears.

He was just an ordinary high school student prepared to go to class!

How had he suddenly fallen to this low?

What had happened to bring this about?

Ah, right, it must have started when that big sister had finished evaluating him, and, with ecstasy across her face, began to report.

Originally, Zhang Peng had just planned to become a clerical worker at the Special Review Bureau, which was safe and allowed for exploring the extraordinary, and he heard the pay was quite good.

But after the sister asked a bunch of strange questions, she immediately upgraded his treatment to 'S' level and then arranged a car to take him to the Special Review Bureau headquarters for advanced training.

Because he was an extremely special talent!

Originally, Zhang Peng was quite pleased with himself—did this not indicate that he was exceptionally gifted and destined to become a strong Martial Artist?

But unexpectedly, the convoy escorting him was hijacked halfway!

And the person who kidnapped him was the very last person he wanted to face.

The man claimed to be the Supreme Heavenly Dao Sect Master!

Zhang Peng was scared stiff at that instant; the Heavenly Dao Sect Master! That was the world's number one most-wanted criminal!

After being kidnapped, the man did not kill him or torture him but instead used a very strange method to inhabit his body.

"Indeed... you can see it! You can see it!"

Inside Zhang Peng's mind, the Heavenly Dao Sect Master's voice became extremely excited. "This man behind the scenes, at long last, let the old master find him! It was not in vain that the old master employed the Feather Transformation method to dwell within your sea of consciousness... No, now that you and I are nearly one, why can I still not see it?"

"How would I know? I'm still a student..."

Zhang Peng's face was a mask of misery. "Wait… now I'm definitely going to miss my exams, how miserable!"

"Haha, my boy, do you wish to take the university entrance exams, aiming to get into Martial Arts University and become a Martial Artist? I am a Daoist, a cultivator of immortality, who has even achieved immortality!"

The voice of the Heavenly Dao Sect Master became ethereal and mysterious. "If you assist me this time and I am lucky enough to survive, I will certainly teach you all that I know! Currently, I am among the ranks of the Holy Immortals, and in the original realm, many would break their heads just for the chance to be accepted as a disciple!"

Indeed, this Heavenly Dao Sect Master had now broken through to achieve an unprecedented state—becoming a Supreme-grade Taoist!

In the realm of Taoists, this state was referred to as—Feather Transformation!

It is as if aloof from the world, alone in its purity, achieving immortality through Feather Transformation!

A Taoist in this state could transform both their physical body and Divine Soul into primal qi, a fundamental shift in their form of life.

It was after learning of Zhang Peng's special abilities that the Heavenly Dao Sect Master used the special state of Feather Transformation to dwell within Zhang Peng's sea of consciousness.

But at this moment, facing the open ground ahead, he was still perplexed.

Just then, atop that open space, a multi-story luxurious villa emerged out of thin air.

"Since you're here, won't you come in for a chat?"

Zhong Shenxiu's voice entered Zhang Peng's sea of consciousness.

Zhang Peng shook all over, as if turned to stone.

Inside his mind, the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao Sect Master was struck as if by lightning, and after a long while, he finally said, "Since that is the case, let's go in!"

He took over Zhang Peng's body, stood up, and walked towards the villa.

At this moment, in the secret bases of who knows how many countries, satellite alarms were continuously flashing.

"Target movement!"

"Target movement!"

Countless prominent figures watched the satellite screens without blinking, some of them already gripping the bottles of their emergency heart-saving pills tightly...

...

Zhang Peng had already lost control over his body and could only watch helplessly as he walked into the villa, came into the living room, and saw a young man sitting on the sofa.

The other's eyes, bright as the morning stars, looked over, seemingly with pity, "Another protagonist, what a pity..."

In Zhong Shenxiu's view, this protagonist named Zhang Peng was indeed a bit too tragic.

Although regarded by the will of the Grotto Heaven as the last act of defiance, he only possessed the ability to shrug off influence and see himself for who he was.

That was all.

And moreover, he was directly presented as a gift to the Heavenly Dao Sect Master!

Without a doubt!

Although Zhang Peng was kidnapped, Zhong Shenxiu was very clear that the current Special Review Bureau had a tacit understanding with the Heavenly Dao Alliance!

It wasn't just the Special Review Bureau; in fact, even other foreign governments were the same!

One could say that the reason why the Heavenly Dao Sect Master had not been surrounded and attacked was also because various parties were putting on a show for Zhong Shenxiu.

Of course, it was just a tacit understanding; they hadn't even had a proper conversation.

This time, Zhang Peng's route of advance was also the result of the Heavenly Dao Sect Master directly breaking into a branch of the Special Review Bureau and obtaining it through a Soul Search of its members.

And the objective? It seemed that various countries wanted to use the Heavenly Dao Sect Master as a tool to probe their own 'man behind the curtain.'

And if he could injure them, all the better.

'However, the geniuses of Grotto Heaven are not limited to Zhang Peng, Lin Fan could be considered one as well...'

Zhong Shenxiu nodded, looking towards Zhang Peng, and in an instant saw a supreme Daoist, who was indeed the Heavenly Dao Sect Master!

"Speaking of which, it's quite amusing!"

He spoke indifferently, causing the spiritual thoughts of the Heavenly Dao Sect Master to almost freeze.

'This... is this the real master of the Outer Heaven Demons, the Supreme Lord of the Heavenly Demon, the one playing with our world, the Lord of Order, the God of the Game?'

In the heart of the Heavenly Dao Sect Master, it was as if thunder roared incessantly.

At the same time, he also felt a sadness.

Even at the risk of certain death, he invaded this realm of the Sky Demon World.

Even by chance, he advanced to a supreme Daoist and achieved the state of transformation!

But when facing this true 'man behind the curtain,' he still had not a shred of confidence!

This was confirmed the moment he saw the other party.

Compared to the other, he was as ants to humans, perhaps an even greater disparity.

If the other didn't hold back, a single glance, or even a breath, could kill him!

Zhong Shenxiu, however, didn't care about him and continued to sigh to himself: "The bunch from Grotto Heaven, on one hand, prepare to fawn over me, while on the other, they let things slide and incite you to come at me. Isn't it contradictory?"

Xie Biqi and others were making the final efforts and performance, prepared to complete the tasks assigned by this 'man behind the curtain,' and then fawn over him.

But on the other hand, the countries and players alike tacitly let things slide, allowing the Heavenly Dao Sect Master to come and probe, which could be described with one phrase—

Ferocious and yet weak!

Or to put it another way... both ferocious and weak!

"Indeed, this group called humanity has never come to a consensus..."

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