In any case, while Juju remained awake, there was basically no chance of rebuilding the Grand Spirit-Gathering Array, with or without the star map. Therefore, it was no longer subordinate to Beijia. If Lingxu City were to resume making offerings to it, those offerings would have to be more plentiful and of higher quality.

Earlier, because of the Chains of Oath, it had smashed the Star-Plucking Tower, stolen the divine object, and severely offended the Heavenly Palace and the heavenly gods. In order to give both sides a way out, it wanted to keep something in reserve. Hence, once the Chains of Oath came undone, it turned around and sold He Lingchuan and the spider immortal out to the Heavenly Palace, using that as a means to begin repairing relations.

This was called jumping back and forth between sides, with pure self-interest at heart.

The Chains of Oath might be useful, but they were not all-powerful. They could not restrain the evil thoughts Juju kept hidden in its heart.

He Lingchuan had known from the start that this rock-fire aberrant creature had not sincerely wanted to make a deal, so he was neither shocked nor furious. After all, he had seen plenty of such characters in his original world.

People who loved playing petty tricks and taking advantage of those they dealt with, treating everyone else as fools.

Now that Juju...