Qi Xia threatened Qinglong twice in rapid succession, causing displeasure to spread across his face.

Qinglong let out a breath and said in a deep voice, “You dare speak to me like this now, but if your ‘assassination operation’ fails, I’ll make you feel immense regret.”

“You won’t even need to lift a finger,” Qi Xia said. “Once ‘assassinating Tianlong’ fails, I’ll have no hope left whatsoever. Something like ‘regret’ won’t be worth fearing—I’ll simply admit defeat.”

“Then I wish you success,” Qinglong said.

Qi Xia nodded. “The prerequisite is that I need to terminate the remaining ‘Heavenly-Level Moments.’ Go figure out a way to do it.”

“I’ll do my best, but I can’t guarantee all the ‘Heavenly-Levels’ will heed my command,” Qinglong said. “If I can’t terminate them all, then you’ll have to rely on yourself for what comes next.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia looked at Qinglong silently, a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Qinglong seemed to sense something as well and smiled at Qi Xia. “Qi Xia, don’t you think these continuous ‘Heavenly-Level Moments’ are rather interesting?”

“In what way are they interesting?”

“All the ‘Heavenly-Levels’ are activating precisely according to their designated times, like a trial, and also like a carnival,” Qinglong said. “If Tianlong knows nothing about this, then who exactly is he holding this trial for? And for whose sake is he presenting this carnival?”

“If you put it that way… then I suggest you wake Tianlong up and ask him yourself, since I know nothing about it,” Qi Xia replied.

“Qi Xia, you’d better keep your eyes wide open,” Qinglong said, his expression gradually becoming serious. “Tianlong is far too insane. No matter what he promises you, don’t agree to it lightly—he’ll drag you straight into hell.”

“Ha…” Qi Xia was amused by Qinglong’s words. “Are you trying to persuade me? The current situation is indeed quite interesting. Qinglong, you clearly don’t believe me, so why are you trying so hard to convince me?”

Qinglong felt as though he had misspoken. He could only ponder for a moment before saying, “I’m just worried that he’s using you and that you’ll ultimately become a gun that kills for him. If you haven’t cooperated with Tianlong, that would naturally be for the best. The only person you can trust here is me.”

“Then I’ve really struck gold,” Qi Xia said. “This is clearly a game between you and Tianlong, but he can’t say a single word. Right and wrong all come from your mouth alone, yet I can only believe you.”

“Good,” Qi Xia nodded. “Rest assured, I’ve always believed you. Otherwise, when I encountered difficulties, I would have chosen to fall asleep and summoned Tianlong to meet me, rather than standing on this rooftop waiting for you to come see me.”

“That’s right… that’s right,” Qinglong slowly broke into a smile. “I knew you were my most solid comrade-in-arms. The bond between us is far deeper than what you have with Tianlong, isn’t it?”

“Of course.”

Qinglong nodded with a smile, then said, “Qi Xia, you’ll let me watch this confrontation between you and Chu Tianqiu, right?”

“You mean the ‘Earth-Dragon’s’ game?” Qi Xia asked.

“That’s right… Although I can’t completely handle the ‘Heavenly-Levels,’ the ‘Earth-Dragon’ is already prepared. Early tomorrow morning, he’ll be standing at the location indicated on the map waiting for you,” Qinglong said. “You two better not disappoint me.”

“I don’t quite understand your motivation,” Qi Xia said. “The ‘Earth-Dragon’s’ game will surely result in deaths, right? How does it benefit you if either I or Chu Tianqiu dies?”

“Benefit…?” Qinglong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened as he said, “I designed the ‘Earth-Dragon’s’ game, but for such a long time I couldn’t find any participants. Now that two sufficiently powerful people have finally appeared, do you want me to miss this opportunity?”

“You…” Qi Xia had never expected Qinglong’s reason to be so simple.

“If I want someone dead… would I consider what ‘benefit’ it brings?” Qinglong turned to look at Qi Xia. “When you draw a circle with mothballs to trap ants, do you need to consider what ‘benefit’ doing so brings?”

After saying this, he paused for a moment, then said to Qi Xia, “Qi Xia… when you encounter someone like Chu Tianqiu, don’t you want to defeat him fair and square in an extremely difficult game?”

“I thought that way at first,” Qi Xia said. “But now I’ve changed my view of him somewhat. Chu Tianqiu shouldn’t die miserably here—at least not in mutual slaughter.”

“But he wants to become a ‘god’!” Qinglong gradually raised his voice. “To him, you’re the biggest stumbling block! He must want to kill you! This place can’t have two ‘Yang’ standing at such heights—you two won’t be able to accomplish anything!”

“But you guessed wrong,” Qi Xia said. “Chu Tianqiu has never once thought about killing me from beginning to end. Everything he’s done has had only one purpose—’to make me Echo.'”

“So what?” Qinglong said. “Just because he didn’t want to kill you before doesn’t mean he won’t want to kill you at the final moment… That Chu Tianqiu… that person who wears eyeballs around his neck and on his body—is he more trustworthy than me?”

“That’s really hard to say,” Qi Xia gave a cold laugh. “I never judge a person by their appearance.”

“It doesn’t matter…” Qinglong said. “This doesn’t matter at all. What matters is that I want you two to fight, and Chu Tianqiu will also want to fight you… Isn’t that enough?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly reached out his hand and placed it on Qinglong’s shoulder, then said with a hint of playfulness, “Don’t get excited. I was going to go anyway. I was just asking casually—why are you getting a bit anxious?”

Hearing Qi Xia’s words, Qinglong realized he had been played again. His expression gradually turned stern as he said, “In any case, I’ve already had the ‘Earth-Dragon’ wait for you both in his most energetic state. The greatest entertainment in history—I must get to see it.”

“Don’t worry,” Qi Xia said. “You also said that two ‘Yang’ shouldn’t stand at such heights simultaneously. This place will become unbalanced because of it, right?”

“Good that you know.”

Qinglong slowly turned around. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, and his entire body froze in place.

An unprecedented feeling enveloped his whole body, causing him to freeze in that instant.

He turned back in disbelief and looked Qi Xia up and down from head to toe, then asked incredulously, “I seem to have made some fatal error… Qi Xia… are you playing me?”

“What?” Qi Xia’s heart stirred with a hint of ominous premonition, and he immediately furrowed his brows tightly.

“You’re not standing here alone… there are two of you… you are ‘Yin-Yang’… Qi Xia… you neither want to escape nor want to become a god…”

Qinglong’s eyes slowly widened. “You want to become a ‘Dragon’…?”