Upon Kunlun Mountain

Dao Ancestor Hongjun grandly spoke of how the great trend of the Heavenly Dao could not be altered, yet he never explicitly told Sage Zhunti to take action!

But what kind of mind did Sage Zhunti have?

He understood in an instant:

Isn't this because the Witch-Demon Tribulation has yet to erupt, so he wants me to stir things up from within?

Although he had already harbored such thoughts, being approached directly by Dao Ancestor Hongjun still filled Sage Zhunti with resentment.

"Why not ask the Three Pure Ones to handle this?"

"You only ever come looking for me!"

The Three Pure Ones are your personal disciples. Does that make me, your nominal disciple, a chamber pot? Do I have to handle every filthy task?

Besides, this matter carried enormous risks!

If the Witch and Demon races learned of it, his fate would certainly not be pleasant... Saints might be undying and indestructible, but that did not mean they could not be injured or sealed away!

What if they went to the west and smashed everything up?

All his painstaking efforts over the years would go to waste again...

At that thought, Sage Zhunti actually extinguished his earlier intention to act and replied respectfully:

"Dao Ancestor, your words are most true!"

"The great trend of the Heavenly Dao cannot be changed. The Witch and Demon races will eventually decline..."

"..."

Yet he simply would not take up Dao Ancestor Hongjun's cue.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched Sage Zhunti with an indifferent expression and remained silent for a long time. An invisible pressure immediately descended. Only after quite a while did he speak faintly:

"Within the great trend of the Heavenly Dao..."

"There shall be a period of great prosperity for the west during one Tribulation!"

Upon hearing this.

Sage Zhunti's eyes