Amid the vast heavens and earth.
Chen Pu and the First Lifetime Heart Demon walked side by side, their pace unhurried.
"Those three Old Daoist Priests didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"
"No. The negotiations went fairly smoothly. Only when I was leaving did they make one request—that I not interfere in the grudge between Three Purities Temple and Sword Emperor City."
Chen Pu smiled. "I didn't agree."
The First Lifetime Heart Demon glanced at him and shook his head. "You should have. The matter between Sword Emperor City and Three Purities Temple involves a Great Dao dispute that took place in the All Mystical Dao Ruins long ago. Back then, your father was also a witness."
Chen Pu was stunned. "My father didn't take part?"
The First Lifetime Heart Demon shook his head. "Not just your father. The Founder of the Buddhist School, the First Founder of the Confucian School, the Founder of the God-Demon Lineage... altogether, there were more than ten of them. None took part."
After a pause, the First Lifetime Heart Demon said, "This was a Great Dao dispute between me and those three ox-noses. Neither they nor I would have allowed anyone else to meddle."
Chen Pu froze for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Uncle, who won back then?"
The First Lifetime Heart Demon said regretfully, "It was only one against three, yet I merely managed a slight victory. That really was rather embarrassing."
Chen Pu: "..."
His uncle's heart demon seemed a little... improperly old.
"What happened back then has long since become passing clouds and drifting smoke. There's no need to bring it up."
The First Lifetime Heart Demon let out a soft breath. "Still, it was then that the grudge between me and them was completely forged. Later, it evolved