"Under normal circumstances, you should have been controlling the changes in this world alongside the Three Pure Ones.
"But look at what you did. I truly have no idea why, later on, you somehow ended up pursuing the unification of the Primordial Wilderness.
"When did you even develop that idea?"
At those words, Houtu froze for a moment before looking at her elder brothers and sisters.
Yet after hearing this, everyone present exchanged glances and lowered their heads in thought.
At that moment, Di Jiang suddenly spoke.
"It was during the Dao Ancestor's first sermon. From that time onward, we gradually began to harbor ambitions of hegemony.
"Then those two foolish birds appeared and cut off the food supply of our Witch Clan descendants, so..."
Upon hearing this, Di Jun and Taiyi were just about to say something.
But at that moment, Jiang Zhen continued.
"Enough. Shut up and listen to me. If you keep going, you'll probably start fighting again!"
As he spoke, Jiang Zhen looked at Houtu.
"It seems you've already realized what the problem was."
Houtu nodded. "Was it related to Hongjun?
"I remember that, at the very beginning, we did not have such thoughts.
"It was only later, after Di Jun and Taiyi killed the Eastern Prince. My brothers went over to take a look, and then something changed.
"Before that, we may have wanted to contend for supremacy, but it was only a struggle for dominance. We never intended to unify the Primordial Continent.
"But after they returned from there, things changed. Was it because of that?"
Jiang Zhen sighed and slowly spoke.
"That's right. And that wasn't the only issue. There was something even more troublesome.
"The truth was, you and the Three Pure Ones were only meant to oversee the changes of Heaven