Chapter 871: Ye Li - 871
The time passed quickly to Ye Li. He now had a sense of how Zhou Fan had felt all these years, except for the constant awareness that Zhou Fan could return at any time.
As he had said, he was not stupid.
He knew that surpassing Zhou Fan had been a pipe dream. Only this plan could perhaps work.
It had all started long, long ago. He knew that Zhou Fan and the Buddha were close. This had been when he had decided to use the Buddha.
It was obvious that Zhou Fan would notice any sort of control Ye Li had over the Buddha. So he did what could not be detected.
Instead of controlling the Buddha, he influenced him. With his constant shaping, the unaware Buddha slowly began to yearn for the power of Divination.
It was true that the Buddha had comprehended it, and that he had seen the future, what would truly happen, but he had misunderstood it.
This whole plan was carried out knowing that Zhou Fan would believe the Buddha. That he would allow himself to be sealed.
Ye Li had gambled on the fact that Zhou Fan was so arrogant he would not bother looking outside of the seal, save for detecting that those he cared about were harmed.
And he had gambled that he would be able to surpass Zhou Fan with the entire Universe under his control.