Published: March 8, 2025
Chu Yang sighed, "This is quite a critical issue!"
Mo Tianji sneered, "But my misjudgment was truly an overestimation of them." He disdainfully continued, "If I hadn't believed the rumors so much, this time even the Ao Clan could have been wiped out together! Missing such a golden opportunity is indeed lamentable! What a pity!"
"Oh?" Chu Yang perked up, "Tell me more?"
"The Ao Clan has always been at the top of the Middle Three Heavens; among this generation of younger disciples, only Ao Xieyun has emerged the most. So I naturally believed that Ao Xieyun would be the future successor of the Ao Clan; this assumption was not wrong. Moreover, Ao Xieyun's cunning and intelligence could be considered top-notch, which is also true."
"Indeed." Chu Yang frowned.
"But the next part was wrong, drastically wrong!" Mo Tianji sighed in regret, "In this generation, the Ao Clan boasts seven great talents! This means that besides the genius Ao Xieyun, there are six other geniuses. They are Ao Qingyun, Ao Mengyun, Ao Langyun, Ao Yuyun, Ao Fengyun, and Ao Chengyun. Although these six rarely show themselves, how could they be ordinary individuals when even the Ao Clan admits to their genius?"
"So I thought, since those other six have the title of genius and are ranked alongside Ao Xieyun within the first family of the Ao Clan, then... even if they are lacking, they shouldn't be too far behind, right?" Mo Tianji said.
"Correct, I would think the same." Chu Yang nodded.
Mo Tianji stamped his foot in frustration, "And that's where I went wrong! A huge mistake!"
"My original plan was to stir up a storm in the Middle Three Heavens; to push the Ou Clan Alliance into the limelight, forcing them to take risks and assassinate Ao Xieyun. And if they went to assassinate Ao Xieyun, they would inevitably frame Xie Danqiong, so I sent Xie Danqiong ahead to the Ao Family to block their retreat."
"Moreover, I calculated that as long as Ao Xieyun's life and death were uncertain, the Ao Family would surely take action, and the ones who would act would undoubtedly be those six geniuses! Because, firstly, it is for revenge; and secondly, the Ao Clan had to prepare in case Ao Xieyun really died, then they would need to pick the best from these six to find the next generation's seed. And this selection, in the martial arts world, is the best choice for survival of the fittest. It allows for training and assessment of people."
Every time Mo Tianji mentioned the phrase 'six great talents', he bit his teeth and emphasized it.
"The storm indeed arose, and families like the Ou Family were pushed into the limelight; Ao Xieyun was indeed hunted down from thousands of miles away, and the Ao Clan indeed acted, and it was indeed those six geniuses who acted... Up until this point, my calculations were spot on."
"But then everything went beyond my control! And this frustration, aside from telling you, I can't say to anyone else, or it would disrupt the morale."
Mo Tianji sighed deeply, filled with frustration and melancholy.
"Because next, it was the brilliant and mighty King of Hell Chu, who used your strategy to annihilate the Dream Clan, and then allied with the Xie Clan to eliminate the Ou Clan. These two events were huge surprises for me, but aside from the surprise, there was also a great deal of regret and anger because you ultimately disrupted my plan. And it was a grand plan!"
Mo Tianji said flatly.
"You disrupted my plan?" Chu Yang was confused.
"That's right, the Dream Clan... you really shouldn't have wiped them out!" Mo Tianji sighed, "Wouldn't it be better to leave the Dream Clan intact? I originally planned to wait for the right moment, for the Ao Clan to take action, and during the chaos, we several families would immediately raise our banners to eliminate the evil demons and heterodox paths, calling upon the entire martial arts world..."
"Because as long as the Dream Clan exists, they represent evil; so as long as the Dream Clan is still around, the other families associated with them would naturally also be considered evil factions! That way, we could stand on a moral high ground without lifting a finger, able to command the heroes of the world to rise against them!"