Dao Master Taiyi hurriedly reached for Nine Hates Dao Lord, but only managed to catch a patch of blood mist. Stricken with grief, he hurriedly looked toward Tianchengzi and Mysterious Woman Saint King, only to see the two standing in the dark wind and bowing to him.
"Fellow Daoists..."
Mysterious Woman Saint King said, "If I can make you change your mind, I am willing to abandon my obsession just as Nine Hates did."
With that, she suddenly began bleeding from all seven orifices. Her body was soon drenched in blood before she turned directly into a pool of blood.
Dao Master Taiyi felt a tearing pain in his Dao heart. Looking toward Tianchengzi, who still stood in the dark wind, he said hoarsely, "Fellow Daoist, you can escape..."
"I cannot escape the Karma Great Dao."
Tianchengzi bowed farewell to him and said, "Now I can only come to see you with a wisp of lingering thought. Be careful of Dao Master Lin. Turn back. Do not continue forward."
He too turned into a pool of blood, and his obsession dispersed just like that.
Dao Master Taiyi stood rooted to the spot. He saw the dark wind disperse, gradually restoring a scene of perfect clarity, with a sapphire-blue sky overhead.
He knew that the bloodstains just now had been his disciple, Tianchengzi, and Mysterious Woman Saint King's obsessions, riding Dao Blood here to urge him to stop and turn back.
Old tears slid from the corners of Dao Master Taiyi's eyes. He recalled what had happened today, as well as the mysterious existence called Dao Ji, who had also told him not to enter the Other Shore and to accompany him to the Dao Alliance.
In the depths of his heart, he too sensed an ominous premonition.
But...
"This is