"Very good. Since daoist friend Nuwa has already attained the Dao, Old Thief Hongjun, you can go die now!"
To prevent Hongjun from being left alive to cause trouble when the Heavenly Dao flipped the table next, Taiqing simply chose to slay him outright.
Given the Heavenly Dao's current capabilities, reviving Hongjun or any other Heavenly Dao Saint would surely come at an enormous cost.
If the Heavenly Dao truly expended its power to revive Hongjun immediately, they would laugh even in their dreams.
"What? How is that possible? Could it be that you Three Pure Ones have been hiding your true strength all along?"
Hearing Taiqing's words, Hongjun's face filled with disbelief. The Three Pure Ones as they were now already left him utterly unable to resist.
Could it be that the Three Pure Ones had only kept him trapped within the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while waiting for Nuwa to attain the Dao?
Were the Three Pure Ones not afraid that the Heavenly Punishment sent down by the Heavenly Dao would truly ruin Nuwa's chance at enlightenment?
Before Hongjun could think it through, he felt the vitality within his Saint Body draining away at a rapid pace.
With an extremely grim expression, Hongjun looked toward Taichu's chest.
He saw his vitality swiftly flowing toward a green heart embedded with a branch in Taichu's chest.
"I actually forgot about this top-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure—the Heart of Life!"
Only now did Hongjun realize what exactly he had forgotten.
He had always felt that the Three Pure Ones had some other supreme treasure they had yet to use.
The instant the Heart of Life activated, he remembered that the Three Pure Ones' true purpose in entering Chaos had been to contend for the Heart of Life.
Hongjun immediately tried to seal