No one can definitively predict the outcome of that invisible confrontation.
Even someone like Old Liu, a seasoned Venerable One who has lived through three Eras, cannot. He believes Chen Qing also cannot make the judgment, but Chen Qing is willing to gamble. Naturally, he would not shy away from the challenge.
He knows more than Chen Qing, as the arrangement involving Ao Zhen back then was personally supervised by him.
As early as a million years ago, Ao Zhen's sharpness had already dulled. To ensure everything was foolproof, he placed surveillance on Ao Zhen for a million years. Even as the Dragon Palace fell into slumber, Ao Zhen failed to break through to the King Level, almost confirming her as a lost cause.
Especially later, when Ao Zhen defected to Chen Qing and attempted to use the Divine Path Sect to elevate herself, he knew that Ao Zhen had completely lost her edge. At least, the Sword Dao Fruit—a forward-driving existence—was something never meant for her.
