Zhunti immediately panicked when he heard this. "I may have made a move, but so what? You already beat me into such a miserable state, and you still want to lodge a complaint?"
Yun Ting nodded solemnly. "It wasn't me who made you act. Hmm, you deserved that beating, but as a Sage, intervening during the Kalpa Tribulation was your fault..."
Zhunti looked utterly bewildered. "Then what do you want? When we get to Purple Firmament Palace, I can accuse you too. Heavenly Dao Sages guard the Primordial Wilderness on behalf of the Heavenly Dao. By all rights, beating up a Sage should be wrong too, shouldn't it?"
Yun Ting chuckled. "Can't be helped. Back then, the Dao Ancestor only said that Sages were forbidden from acting in the Primordial Wilderness. He never said Sages couldn't be beaten. Besides, as a Sage, you got beaten by someone who hasn't even become a Sage yet. Do you really have the nerve to complain? Even if you do, the Dao Ancestor, the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, would be too embarrassed to stand up for you."
Beyond the heavens, within Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun watched this farce and muttered, "Mm, Yun Ting is right about that. Zhunti is a Heavenly Dao Sage, yet he got beaten into such a sorry state. I truly have no face to stand up for him."
Before he could finish muttering, Yun Ting had already dragged Zhunti into Purple Firmament Palace. He loudly declared, "Martial Ancestor, I have come to lodge a complaint! The Western Sage Zhunti is utterly shameless. He actually went to the East Sea and tampered with my formation. It is simply infuriating! You clearly decreed that Sages were forbidden from acting during this Kalpa Tribulation."
Hongjun stroked his beard upon hearing this. "I