"Go with the flow?"
Lin Fan expressed his confusion.
Which flow? Which boat?
Pretending not to know, he had gone along with the 'flow' of the Seven Saints, pushing the boat straight into himself and smashing himself apart, separating the Eighty-One Paths of the Foundation of Heavenly Dao? That clearly wasn't very 'normal.' No matter how one looked at it, it seemed like something only a madman would do.
Unless there had been a scheme!
"We want freedom."
Laozi smiled helplessly. "And it wants us dead."
"Saints are simply too powerful. They must be kept under control. Otherwise, to it, they bring nothing but harm and not the slightest benefit."
"That's true."
Lin Fan nodded, indicating that he understood.
Just as Laozi had said, Saints were truly too powerful. They possessed the ability to spy on the 'essence,' and once they were given enough time, they might even challenge the authority of Heavenly Dao.
Besides, why had Saints been forbidden from appearing after the Investiture of the Gods? Combined with what they had just said, it was obvious that the power of Saints was too astonishing. Once they took action, they could cause Heaven to collapse and Earth to split, destroying the Three Realms! And the power of Heavenly Dao originated from the Primordial Wilderness, from the Three Realms, and likewise from the living beings of the Ten Thousand Races! With a wave of their hands, Saints could overturn Heaven and Earth, or even destroy an entire realm...
If they were left unchecked and allowed to grow, run wild, and fight without any restrictions, Heavenly Dao would inevitably be weakened again and again!
It was during the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation that Heavenly Dao finally realized the existence of Saints was a threat to it. So...
"So Heavenly