@AwesomeGrace HAHAHA YES actually. Sometimes when you think that something is going to go one way, something else happens. And it's not like forced in anyway. Instead, it blends into the story and somehow works. It's like when we thought going to the Manyu Continent was just going to be "OWO MORE LAND, MORE WORLD ORIGIN, GONNA GET STRONGER" but BAM Spirit Abundance World gets thrown into the mix and tada, you have a stronger world hunting you now and you have to deal with that.
UMMM I can't really quote any from the top of my head but feel free to look at interactions by Shang Xia and the Older generation. He keeps getting played by them without realizing