It Seems His Path to Divinity Wasn't Smooth!

Haotian and Yaochi turned into streams of light, left Huoyun Cave, and flew toward the Heavenly Court.

Neither of them spoke until the outline of Huoyun Cave had vanished completely behind them.

"Senior Brother." Yaochi finally spoke, breaking the silence between them.

"We already have Fellow Daoist Hongyun's cultivation insights. He personally verified them. They're absolutely foolproof."

"Tell me, do we still need to let the Dao Ancestor know about our cultivation?"

"In my view, we might as well follow Fellow Daoist Hongyun's method and cultivate in secret."

"After we succeed, we can think of other ways. That would still be better than having everything held in his hand."

Yaochi's thinking was very simple. Since they had already confirmed the Cultivation Method was real, and they had Hongyun's shared experience, they could completely avoid Hongjun and cultivate on their own.

As for the Haotian Mirror, they could just let it sit in Lingxiao Treasure Hall as an ornament.

Haotian did not answer right away. The speed of his escape light slowed slightly.

He was also thinking about this question.

Completely breaking free from Hongjun's control—this was something he had dreamed of day and night.

But could it really be done?

Since Hongjun had dared to give them the Cultivation Method, how could he not have thought that they would go verify it?

Since he had dared to let them verify it, that meant he had absolute confidence that everything was within his control.

Now, holding Hongyun's insights, they thought they could deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

But what if this itself was part of Hongjun's plan?

Hongjun needed them to pass a message to Zhou Ming.

Before they delivered the message, he would never let anything unexpected happen to them.

So Hongjun's "guidance" was instead the safest protective