Quinn Shepherd nodded, his expression somewhere between a smile and a smirk.
Five years ago, Starr pulled out Quinn Heavenly Venerable’s token to set him up, luring him to Fallen-God Valley. The valley was just a passage to the High Emperor’s Heavenly Court, where Venerable Skysoar’s disciple Ethan Stoneshaper was still tirelessly gathering corpses for his master.
Back then, when Quinn arrived at Fallen-God Valley, disciples of the Heavenly Emperor like Lila Swallowfeather and Autumnwhite were also there, along with the Heavenly Dragon King under Earth Mother Primordial Lady, and the Heaven-Guide Divine War-Body quietly sneaking in.
On the suspended coffin in Fallen-God Valley, the words ‘opens for Quinn Shepherd’ were inscribed—but in truth, it meant only ‘opens for Quinn Heavenly Venerable, Shepherd Heavenly Venerable.’
At the time, Quinn had wondered why, if he didn’t go to Fallen-God Valley, no one would bother exploring it, but the moment he did, a whole crowd suddenly rushed over. It seemed far too coincidental.
Looking back now, it was all just the Ancient-God Emperor, the Supreme Emperor, and Earth Mother Primordial Lady plotting against him. Of course, Earth Mother was in on it too.
Five years ago, Quinn couldn’t see through their scheme. Only now did he finally understand what really happened at Fallen-God Valley.
The Heavenly Emperor, Supreme Emperor, and Earth Mother Primordial Lady all knew that only by gathering Quinn Heavenly Venerable’s and Shepherd Heavenly Venerable’s tokens could they open the passage to Fallen-God Valley. So they waited for Quinn to arrive, ready to use him as their key.
Yet for all their cunning, none of them expected Supreme Emperor’s Heaven-Guide Divine War-Body to be killed by Quinn, nor for Starr to seal and suppress the war-body’s Heavenly Venerable consciousness, snatch the artifact, and walk away unscathed.
The Heavenly Dragon King and his followers under Earth Mother Primordial Lady were wiped out, and of the Ancient-God Emperor’s disciples, only Lila Swallowfeather survived.