Xu Ying walked out of Biyou Palace, still feeling somewhat uneasy.
"After all, he was a senior from the ancient sages who guided me. Perhaps I'm just being too suspicious." He thought this to himself.
Great Dao Lord Xu Huang secretly informed Dao Ancestor Taiqing, Dao Ancestor Yuqing, and the others. When they heard they were leaving, each was somewhat astonished. Jade Void Dao Ancestor said, "Shouldn't we inform the Dao Venerable before we leave? After all, the Dao Venerable has shown us great kindness."
Xu Huang shook his head. "Let's not inform him. Every time we've tried to leave, the Dao Venerable has stopped us for one reason or another. Rather than be stopped again, we might as well keep it from him and slip away quietly."
After thinking it over carefully, everyone agreed that he had a point.
The first time they had wanted to leave, the Dao Venerable had sent people to come weeping and plead with them to save the Other Shore. The second time, the Dao Venerable had personally appeared to persuade them to stay, offering to teach them the secret arts of the Heaven Realm. The third time, the Dao Venerable had proposed an alliance between the Heaven Realm and the Three Realms to jointly resist the Other Shore.
They had no choice but to abandon the thought of leaving time and again, remaining in the Heaven Realm and contributing their strength to it.
If they tried to leave this time and the Dao Venerable found out, he would surely come up with yet another reason to keep them from returning.
"Good! Then we'll return to the Three Realms!"
Once everyone had reached an agreement, Taiyi Heavenly Venerate suddenly thought of the Ancestral God and said, "Then should we inform the Ancestral God as