Li Fan stood quietly in the air, taking in the Earthly Dao's increasingly restless fluctuations. Sure enough, before long, it seemed unable to hold back any longer and actually used Houtu as its messenger.
Houtu's expression stiffened slightly before she turned to the Heavenly Emperor and spoke softly. "Heavenly Emperor, the Earthly Dao asks whether the Reincarnation Demon God can be kept."
"Now you know to panic?" A faint, cool smile touched Li Fan's lips. "Unfortunately, your Earthly Dao doesn't know how to behave. This is rather difficult."
Seeing this, Goddess Taiyuan spoke urgently. "Houtu, you need to stand up for yourself! The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk is the Earth Emperor's inherited supreme treasure. Look at the Earthly Dao now—does it have even a shred of the bearing it ought to possess?"
Goddess Taiyuan's words received unanimous agreement from the other eleven Ancestral Witches.
Houtu looked somewhat stunned and stammered, "Ah... this... I truly don't know how to respond."
"What is so difficult about that?" Li Fan suddenly laughed. "Equivalent compensation, an equivalent exchange. Besides, the karmic burden and causality from damaging the position of Supreme Great Emperor Fengdu have yet to be settled."
Dijiang inwardly sighed. As expected of the Heavenly Emperor. He immediately wants the Earthly Dao to compensate Houtu with an Innate Supreme Treasure. The Reincarnation Demon God must be worth more than a single Innate Supreme Treasure. Can the Earthly Dao even afford it? Would it be willing to?
The moment Houtu heard the words "karmic burden," her expression turned grave. Compensation could wait, but the Witch Clan could not be allowed to bear this causality for her. After all, she had commanded the Dutian Divine Fiends Formation this time.
Deep within the Nine Netherworlds, the Earthly Dao's fluctuations grew increasingly sluggish. This was the first