" Houtu" and "Emperor Yan" exchanged glances. The former sovereign and minister worked together with perfect understanding, joining forces to strike back at Heavenly Court's schemes.
Rather than let someone else seize the moral high ground and start pointing fingers, it was better to move first and arrange for one of their own to take the throne!
Ziwei Star Venerable!
This was an ancient divine being who had already been active during the Dragon-Phoenix Cataclysm. He had once followed Doumu Yuanjun and accomplished great deeds, making him one of the elders of the Star God Dao Lineage. He had once preached across the Star Sea, with one disciple passing it on to two, and two disciples passing it on to four grand-disciples... Expanding in this manner, he swept across the starry sky. Countless living beings dwelling in the Zhou Tian Star Sea worshiped him, respectfully calling him "the Lord of the Myriad Stars and the Grandmaster of Myriad Phenomena"!
Although Ziwei Star Venerable had not been particularly outstanding in this era, that did not mean he was weak.
The only pity was that, despite this Star Venerable's vast divine abilities, when faced with the Demon Court backed by a Dao Ancestor, the difference in strength became clear after comparison, and his prestige declined... Besides, unlike Doumu Yuanjun, he could not decisively abandon his assets in the starry sky, enter the Witch Clan, and transform into an Ancestral Witch.
Once Di Jun had firmly established himself as Heavenly Emperor, his cultivation shook the ancient and modern worlds. After entering the Taiyi Dao Realm, he used this to command the Starry Sky... Ziwei Star Venerable could no longer contend with him and could only quietly half-retire.
This was enough to make one sigh... When newcomers rose to power, they usually stepped on