Gu Changsheng entered the hall and bowed to the sacred figure on the high platform. "This disciple greets Dao Ancestor!"
Dao Ancestor Hongjun opened his sacred eyes and coldly asked, "Was it you who slaughtered the Heavenly Dao Saints?"
Gu Changsheng's expression faltered slightly before he solemnly replied, "Dao Ancestor, Zhunti and Jieyin wished to seize me. I fought back with all my strength. What was wrong with that?"
Dao Ancestor Hongjun said in a deep voice, "Neither arrogant nor servile."
He swept his gaze over the saints and said, "Discuss it further."
"We obey the decree!"
At once, the saints began to deliberate.
Haotian and Gu Changsheng were both present.
The moment Haotian glared at Gu Changsheng, he was noticed.
He snorted. "Fellow Daoist Changsheng, you truly are quite the schemer."
Faced with Haotian's baseless accusation, Gu Changsheng sneered. "So you came to Purple Cloud Palace to complain? You're already grown up, yet you still run to your elders whenever there's trouble."
Mocked so thoroughly by Gu Changsheng, Haotian nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
He was filled with resentment and rage.
Gu Changsheng merely gave another cold laugh.
His expression seemed to say, Come bite me if you can!
Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged glances and said, "Gu Changsheng has committed such an act. We believe he should be confined within Purple Cloud Palace."
Thinking of how Gu Changsheng had slaughtered them, Zhunti and Jieyin harbored deep resentment.
They were Heavenly Dao Saints, immensely powerful.
Yet now they had been suppressed so thoroughly by Gu Changsheng. How could they not resent it?
Hearing this, Haotian hurriedly said, "The two sages are right. This boy must be punished!"
Primordial Heavenly Venerate looked at them with cold eyes and said frostily, "My disciple is not someone you may confine as