125 The Nine-tailed Fox is rejected

Wu Yun's sudden realization spoils everyone's appetite, and after some stilted conversation they all agree to retire for the night.

He and Lan Tian lie in bed for a while, discussing the implications of Siming being the mastermind beyond the upheaval in the Heavens, and...whatever it is he was trying to do with the Celestial War veterans.

"Do you think it could be some form of twisted punishment?" Wu Yun wonders, turning on his side to face Lan Tian. "Could he have manipulated these Beasts into guarding the very weapons that could be used to take down the Gods? The thing they weren't able to do during the war?"

"Those Beast's goals were never to take down the Gods, simply to demand their rightful places in the Heavens. Their hands were forced when the Gods reacted with violence," Lan Tian says. At Wu Yun's questioning look, he adds, "I talked with Mo Lian about it."