Hongjun seemed to have forgotten how fiercely he had spoken when he first entered Chaos and saw Taichu standing before the Chaos Star.
Yet now, after fleeing back to the Primordial Wilderness in disgrace, Hongjun felt capable again.
"Hongjun, did you kill Taichu?"
Seeing Hongjun return alone from Chaos, the Heavenly Dao's voice soon sounded in Hongjun's mind.
The place where Taichu and Hongjun had fought was some distance from the Primordial Wilderness.
Thus, even the Heavenly Dao had not sensed what had happened in Chaos.
Seeing Hongjun return alone, the Heavenly Dao thought that he had already slain Taichu, the greatest variable, within Chaos.
Yet seeing Hongjun return alone, the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables could not help but frown.
"What is going on? Why has only that Old Thief Hongjun returned? Where is Fellow Daoist Taichu?
Could Fellow Daoist Taichu have fallen within Chaos?
How is that possible? They had only entered Chaos moments ago. How could Fellow Daoist Taichu have been defeated so quickly?
Had I known, I should have given Fellow Daoist Taichu some means to protect himself.
Now he has actually fallen at the hands of Old Thief Hongjun. What a pity for his arduous cultivation over countless Eons."
Ancestor Reincarnation thought regretfully.
He regretted not having given Taichu some life-saving means before.
With his cultivation at the Fifth Heaven of the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable realm, even if he had given Taichu a single life-saving hair—
Hongjun could not possibly have killed Taichu so swiftly.
"What a pity. A fellow cultivator who had finally reached such a realm actually fell into the hands of a treacherous villain like Old Thief Hongjun."
The other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables also felt regretful.
However, they were not as regretful as Reincarnation.
After all, they had little connection with Taichu. They only