"What have you done, Nether River?"
"Damn it!"
"Ah..."
The Quasi-Sages suppressed by the Blood Sea Grand Formation were burned by the karmic fire at this moment, unable to help crying out in pain.
The agony of karmic fire burning could not be resisted simply by the level of one's cultivation.
As long as one had enough karmic debt, even a sage could be burned.
Haotian God, Jade Pool Golden Mother, Duke of the East, and Xi Wangmu immediately dashed aside when they saw the Quasi-Sages around them wrapped in crimson-red flames.
It was not that Haotian God and the others had no karmic debt on them, but that the power of merit on them was much more abundant, allowing them to offset the karmic debt with it.
"It is not surprising that they are burned by the karmic fire, but why are Taishang, Fuxi, and the others also being burned by the karmic fire, and why is the fire so exaggeratedly huge?" Jade Pool Golden Mother said in surprise.
Rays of rule-based divine chains spun endlessly outside Haotian God's body, weaving into a huge spherical shield that helped Jade Pool Golden Mother and the others withstand the attack from Nether River.
"Indeed! Logically speaking, they shouldn't have this much karmic debt on them," Haotian God also said with puzzlement.
"It's understandable that Taishang and Yuanshi have thick karmic debt on them, but why is the karmic fire on this Yandi Shennong also so fierce?" Duke of the East asked with astonishment.
The Three Sovereigns of Humanity basically all achieved the Quasi-Sage realm directly through the power of merit, and after attaining sagehood they were even sealed inside the Fire Cloud Palace and placed under house arrest; just how much karmic debt and cause-and-effect could they possibly have?
Before attaining