"Xi Zhao, oh Xi Zhao, do you realize that this time we're truly making an all-or-nothing gamble? If we can't completely obliterate the Patrolling Celestial World in one fell swoop, then we will have truly wasted all our prior efforts. Not to mention, our souls will certainly be utterly annihilated. However, if we succeed, from then on I will be the strongest in this universe, having the entire universe heed my command alone, heh heh. But for now, we need to take advantage of the moment before the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent begins its destruction to rescue Xi Zhao and Ling Weiyang. After all, it won't do to have only one Heavenly Venerate in a universe." Having said that, one of the two people who, besides Sun Wukong's group of five, was not deterred by the destructive aura of the Annihilation Nine-Headed Serpent—that is, the Spirit Controller—muttered to himself before his figure vanished in a flash from the spot.