A few days earlier.
Zhunti had been forced out of the North Sea by Cangyuan.
He returned to Mount Sumeru in the West.
"This is going too far!"
"This Cangyuan has gone too far!"
"I'm his Uncle Master, and we even had some friendship before! Yet he showed me no consideration at all. This poor daoist is furious!"
Burning with rage, Zhunti kicked over quite a few decorative glazed golden basins along the way.
Seeing this, Jieyin hurriedly asked, "What happened, Junior Brother? From the sound of it, did that brat Cangyuan ruin our plans again?"
"Exactly."
Zhunti poured out his grievances and recounted everything that had happened in the North Sea.
Not only had Styx's Karma been erased, but their entire arrangement in the North Sea had also collapsed.
How could Zhunti not be angry?
They had lost both the lady and the army.
To the ever-frugal Zhunti and Jieyin, it was no different from killing them.
"Don't be angry, Junior Brother."
Jieyin comforted Zhunti, saying frankly, "It was only natural that this plan would fail. Even without Cangyuan and Styx obstructing us, I never thought Yuan Futong's allied army could break into Chaoge."
"Let's think of another way."
Zhunti nodded. His eyes rolled as though he were plotting some other nasty scheme.
A moment later, a gleam flashed through Zhunti's eyes. Inspiration struck, and he immediately thought of an excellent idea. "That's right, Senior Brother!"
"Senior Sister Nuwa is the Human Race's Holy Mother. Tell me, if Great Shang were to anger Senior Sister Nuwa, would she punish Great Shang?"
"How severely Senior Sister Nuwa punishes Great Shang doesn't matter. What matters is letting the lords across the realm see that Great Shang has fallen out of favor with their Holy Mother. Then we can throw some dirt