Zhou Ming's brow twitched slightly.
"Does the Heavenly Dao know that Fate and Karma are still alive?"
"It does more than know."
Hongjun's illusory figure let out a bitter laugh.
"It has been waiting all along for me to draw them out."
"Fate and Karma were hidden in the deepest depths of the Heavenly Dao's source, tangled together with a portion of the Heavenly Dao's power."
"If it wanted to eradicate them completely, it first had to make them break away of their own accord."
"And I was the fool who completed that task for it."
"The instant the Remnant Souls of Fate and Karma were stirred by me and peeled away from the Heavenly Dao's source—"
"The Heavenly Dao became complete."
The entire Lingxiao Treasure Hall fell into a deathly silence.
Haotian and Yaochi listened until their minds swayed, almost unable to stand steady.
A heaven-shaking scheme that had spanned countless Eons and involved the Dao Ancestor, the Heavenly Dao, and even the Chaos Demon Gods—the peril of its process and the venom of its intent were simply unheard of.
And the final outcome made one's hair stand on end all the more.
So it turned out that the Dao Ancestor Hongjun had merely been a medicinal primer?
After Zhou Ming finished listening, he was silent for a moment before slowly speaking.
"As expected of a Heavenly Dao capable of giving birth to intelligence."
"It truly was a deep old fox with schemes upon schemes."
From his words, one could not tell whether it was admiration or mockery.
"However, you Chaos Demon Gods are also quite impressive."
"Truly, a centipede dies but never falls stiff."
"Not only were you able to escape with your lives from Father God's hands, you were even able to remain entangled with the Heavenly