Thud.
Daoist Wang had no time to react before the dim space before him was enveloped by rippling water.
His body seemed to have stiffened as well.
Only a wisp of his primordial spirit drifted out of his body and faced the figure ahead.
"We meet again."
That familiar voice sounded from around Wang Jixuan's primordial spirit.
The phantom before him shifted again, becoming a blurry cloaked figure.
It seemed somewhat different from the last time they had met.
Wang Jixuan simply stopped pretending to be innocent and kind.
Both Peony and Senior Bones had said that the Heavenly Dao should be a life-form-like entity that could perceive the past and future, one that transcended the current dimension.
The instant they had caused such a huge commotion here, Wang Jixuan's path to this point could not possibly have been hidden from the Heavenly Dao.
His primordial spirit sat down in front of his own body.
To seize the initiative in the conversation, Daoist Wang decided to use a rather erratic train of thought to catch the other party off guard.
"You can't directly kill me?" the Daoist asked.
The Heavenly Dao Will nodded calmly. "I cannot directly interfere with the trajectory of even a single mote of dust between heaven and earth."
"But you use the Heavenly Dao Tablet to issue commands directly, even commands to wipe out an entire Cultivation World."
"That is a normal form of adjustment."
The Heavenly Dao Will slowly raised its head, revealing an utterly ordinary young face. Then that face shifted slightly, becoming somewhat similar to Wang Jixuan's.
Its gaze was unfathomably deep as it said slowly:
"Daoist friend, you are now hundreds of millions of times more dangerous than when we last met."
"Your subordinates forced me into this," Wang Jixuan said with