The first wave of resentment and fury came from Yuan Wangchen, Yuan Yiping, and the other top Abyss Clan disciples who had been the first to "awaken."
On the Ascension Stage, with just a few words—"The Great Dao came before Primordial Chaos," "Could Primordial Beginning truly fail to produce Saints?"—Li Qingyun had hoodwinked the entire Abyss Clan until they could not tell north from south.
But once the Dark Tome's interference faded, those with steadfast Dao hearts and extraordinary talent quickly came to their senses.
They still held onto some agreement with "Could Primordial Beginning truly fail to produce Saints?" After all, that was also their hope. But as for Li Qingyun's other crooked arguments, they absolutely did not accept them.
Their anger mainly stemmed from how, before everyone's eyes, they had all been made into monkeys by Li Qingyun's unfathomable methods. Their Dao spirits had fallen into obscurity, and he had led them around by the nose.
If they had fought him face-to-face, would they not have been schemed to death?
Shock, fury, resentment, jealousy, and all kinds of tangled emotions arose because of Li Qingyun, then flowed toward the Dark Tome.
At the summit of the Star River Source, deep within the Primordial Violet Qi, Yuan Wangchen lay on his side, half-obscure and half-awake.
He muttered, "Well played, Li Qingyun. You even calculated against me! Is what you said truly the Dao you uphold?"
"If Primordial Beginning is to Ascend to Void and Enter Sainthood, perhaps it really must take some 'crooked side paths'..."
In the second Mayfly Land, a cocoon-like heavenly palace crouched in the depths of space. Yuan Yiping's black robes hung loosely open, and she appeared far more languid and casual than when she was outside.
A trace of clarity surfaced in her eyes, along