Zhunti, Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi Broke Down! If They'd Known, They Wouldn't Have Come!

After receiving the information from Heavenly Dao Hongjun...

Zhunti, Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi all began to take action...

Before long, they had all arrived outside Purple Cloud Palace.

When Zhunti and Jieyin saw that Laozi and Yuanshi had come as well...

The anticipation in their hearts grew ever stronger.

All four of them had yet to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi...

This was a sure thing now!

But Laozi felt increasingly uneasy.

Under Haotian and Yaochi's guidance, they finally entered Purple Cloud Palace...

Afterward, they saw Heavenly Dao Hongjun, who had been waiting for them in Purple Cloud Palace for quite some time.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun raised his gaze slightly.

Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Laozi immediately knelt in unison before Heavenly Dao Hongjun and paid their respects.

After the simple formalities between master and disciples had concluded...

Zhunti finally could not resist asking Heavenly Dao Hongjun:

"Master, why have you summoned us here today...?"

The four of them all looked toward Heavenly Dao Hongjun.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun did not conceal anything and directly stated his request.

"Some time ago, your junior brother, East King Gong, came to Purple Cloud Palace to seek my aid."

"You all know that the Immortal Court is currently at war with the Demon Court and has fallen into a disadvantageous position..."

"And I have long since achieved Unification with the Dao, so I cannot act unless it is a matter of great importance..."

"Therefore, I want you to intervene and lend your junior brother a hand at a critical moment, joining him in opposing the Demon Court!"

Heavenly Dao Hongjun's voice fell silent.

Yet Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Laozi all felt utterly numb!

Zhunti and Jieyin in particular...

At this moment, they felt like their defenses had completely crumbled!

Fuck!

They thought it was going to be something good!

So it was this kind of bullshit!

He wants us to help East King Gong?

How the hell did he even come up with that?

Isn't this just sending all of us straight into a pit of fire?

Everyone had seen the precedent set by the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans!

If they took part in such a massive war and accidentally became tainted by Karmic Debt, it would mean eternal damnation!

And besides...

What did East King Gong have to do with them?

He was called their junior brother, but were they even close to him?

Why should they help him?

Thus, Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Laozi were each a hundred times unwilling in their hearts!

After hearing Old Ancestor Hongjun's words, not one of them agreed outright. Instead, they began making excuses.

Yuanshi said, "Master... I still need to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi. I truly have no time to help East King Gong."

Laozi said, "Master, I too need to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi..."

Zhunti and Jieyin simply began to cry. "Master, the West is suffering!"

But Heavenly Dao Hongjun's attitude was extremely forceful.

After hearing Yuanshi, Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin's excuses, his expression darkened at once as he said:

"This is a command from your master, not a request for your opinions."

"You have no choice but to accept!"

"Furthermore, this is also the will of the Heavenly Dao."

After Heavenly Dao Hongjun finished speaking again, he stared sternly at the four of them, continuously applying pressure.

Yuanshi's expression shifted uncertainly.

Though he was reluctant to go, and had always looked down on East King Gong...

Since Old Ancestor Hongjun had said that this was "the will of the Heavenly Dao"...

Given Yuanshi's nature, he could only comply.

He had always advocated following Heaven and answering the Dao.

So in the end, he let out a breath and said, "All right. This disciple will intervene at the critical moment."

Only then did Old Ancestor Hongjun withdraw his gaze in satisfaction.

He looked once more at Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin.

"What about you?"

But Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin were completely different from Yuanshi.

Yuanshi had ultimately persuaded himself to go help because of his own beliefs.

But Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin clearly were not like that.

They truly could not find any reason to happily persuade themselves to go.

Yet they still had no choice but to submit to Heavenly Dao Hongjun's tyranny and agree.

Hah... I knew this would be the outcome.

Although Laozi had already agreed, his heart was Filled With resentment over the matter.

After all, he had always believed in governing through nonaction.

To put it plainly, he did not like getting involved in other people's bullshit.

Yet now, Old Ancestor Hongjun had forced him to enter the fray.

And...

At that instant, Laozi recalled what Xuan Yang had said during his Sermon...

After becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, one would face restrictions everywhere!

One would have to be like a puppet, manipulated by the Heavenly Dao at will!

Previously, Laozi had only possessed a vague understanding of this...

But now, he truly understood.

He had not even become a Heavenly Dao Saint yet, but he was already constrained by the master-disciple relationship with Hongjun.

If he truly became a Heavenly Dao Saint in the future, then whatever the Heavenly Dao wanted him to do, he would be even less able to escape it.

Thinking of this, Laozi let out another sigh.

By comparison, Third Brother was living the most comfortably.

He had become a Chaos Golden Immortal, free and unfettered.

If he had known this earlier, why had he done it in the first place?

I should never have learned Slaying the Three Corpses!

As for Zhunti and Jieyin...

They had to agree as well.

However, the sorrow in their hearts was no less than Laozi's—if anything, it was even greater.

Zhunti and Jieyin had always been shameless.

So they immediately began bawling in front of everyone, venting their dissatisfaction.

"Wuwuwuwu..."

"Bitter! This is far too bitter!"

"We thought Master had summoned us to tell us how to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi..."

"Who would have thought he wanted us to do this kind of bullshit instead!"

"It hurts! It hurts so much!"

Of course, Heavenly Dao Hongjun chose to ignore Zhunti and Jieyin's complaints.

Since his goal had been achieved, he could not be bothered to waste words on Zhunti and Jieyin.

With a wave of his hand, he immediately dismissed them.

Zhunti, Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi could only return to their respective homes in frustration.

Meanwhile, East King Gong quickly returned to the Immortal Court.

Afterward, he informed the Immortal Court Immortals of the good news he had received.

In an instant, the Immortal Court Immortals' morale soared!

Over at the Demon Court, they had already begun mustering their troops and appointing their generals.

They were making their final preparations.

Once they finished this last portion of preparations, they planned to immediately dispatch their forces and attack the Immortal Court.

From Xuan Yang's perspective...

He had already told Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi all of the plans that followed.

But they still needed to wait patiently.

Since he had nothing else to do...

Xuan Yang took advantage of the spare time to open his Diary and begin writing a new entry...