Risks of Borrowing

West.

Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti had finally returned to their own sacred ground.

"Sect Leader."

"Vice Sect Leader!"

Daoist Burning Lamp, who had gained some benefits on Blue Planet, had never expected that the day he emerged from seclusion would be the day he welcomed the two sect leaders back in such a sorry state.

Though it was somewhat improper.

When Daoist Burning Lamp saw that the two sect leaders had even lost their Heavenly Dao Saint positions and fallen beneath the Saint realm, aside from his worries for the Western Sect's future, he still felt the faintest trace of satisfaction in his heart.

Within the Western Sect, there was finally no one left who could speak down to Daoist Burning Lamp.

Compared to his own success, others' failure brought him a measure of solace.

Of course.

That thought lasted only a moment.

The two sect leaders' defeat had brought about a decline in the Western Sect's fortune.

He still understood that when the nest was overturned, no egg beneath it could remain intact. He was also deeply concerned about what the two sect leaders would do next.

He raised his eyes toward the two sect leaders, only to find unprecedented alarm on their faces.

"Are you two sect leaders all right?"

Daoist Burning Lamp was somewhat bewildered.

The two before him were the leaders of the entire Western Sect. With the steadfastness of their Dao hearts, now that they had returned to their sacred ground, was there any need for them to behave like this?

Daoist Zhunti's expression grew ever more sorrowful, as though he had no desire to speak.

Daoist Jieyin, on the other hand, still forced himself to remain calm and spoke slowly.

"It is nothing that Zhunti and I were stripped