Yang Qi could sense that Hailan still wanted to do something to him. However, she didn’t touch the destiny of the empire to notify Proud Heaven of his presence.

Considering that she was the empress, she could do that very easily if she wanted to.

If Proud Heaven was alerted to his presence, he would need to flee immediately. And if Proud Heaven found out about the ‘back door’ in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, he would definitely do everything possible to close it up. In fact, he might even uncover the truth about King Immortal-Slayer. Because of that, Yang Qi had to be very careful in how he dealt with Hailan.

As such, he resorted to trickery.

“Well, Yang Qi? Did I get it all right?” Hailan chuckled coldly. “Don’t fool yourself. I know how wily and mischievous you are, and that you love fooling people. But you’re crazy if you think that’ll work on me.”

“I'm not fooling you. If I help...