"Heh heh, this vast universe exists for all living things of the world—the myriad heavens. How could it belong to any one person? Although I wasn't born of Heaven and nourished by Earth, I was born within the universe, part of the universal chain and part of the cycle. How could I possibly owe him a debt? It's utterly ridiculous." I sneered.
Yuqing actually said I owed a debt for no reason. Who could accept that? Even if he were the Celestial Emperor himself, he couldn't be this overbearing.
But Yuqing seemed to have expected me to say that. With a chuckle, he said, "It wasn't only you who thought that way. When we old fellows first heard his reason for devouring others, we thought the same. But after he swallowed two fellow Daoists, we realized where the problem lay."
"Devoured two fellow Daoists?" My expression changed. Even I was merely called a "young friend" by him. For the Three Pure Ones to call someone a "fellow Daoist," that person's power was self-evident. He was very likely another Eight Extremes existence. If even an Eight Extremes existence had been swallowed, then with my Proving the Dao Heaven merely being a New World, wouldn't I meet the same fate if I encountered him? Could this be the existence Fairy Haoxi had spoken of—the one with designs on devouring the universe?
Yuqing stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Precisely. Over many years, that person has already swallowed two of our fellow Daoists, and he has grown into an increasingly colossal monster. The reason he claims that we are his debtors is that we all came into existence only after the Ancient Immortal who Opened Heaven created Heaven and Earth. Otherwise, we would have been exceptions in his eyes. So, young