I thought Liang Yu said that he took care of the messenger to the Elder when they were forming their plan in secret? Did he lie? Wouldn't surprise me if he did, but how is he going to explain this to the Elder now?
Xinghe just replaced a Fox with a Snake.... Liang Yu is probably going to let the Elder proceed with trying to wipe out the Azure Feather family and claim he has no control or way to stop it. While in truth he'll be fully supporting it and telling the Elder its a great plan etc. He's actually a pretty damn good villain and the author has done a good job of building his character.
Anyone remember what exactly is after 9th layer? or even 10th? The pace being what it is, it's been too long to remember and going back to find it can be a little tough at this point.