Zhun Ti: Yuanshi Daoist Friend, I've Come to Help You Get Revenge!

Mount Sumeru, beneath the Bodhi Tree.

Zhun Ti turned to Daoist Jieyin beside him after sending the message to Maitreya.

"Senior Brother, there's no time to lose."

"I'll set out now and make a trip to Kunlun Mountain to discuss this with Daoist Friend Yuanshi and ask him to lend us a hand."

Daoist Jieyin's troubled expression remained unchanged at his words. He merely nodded slowly.

"Good."

"Junior Brother, go ahead."

Zhun Ti nodded. His figure gradually blurred amid the Vast Illusory Light, then vanished completely beneath the Bodhi Tree, as though he had never appeared.

Kunlun Mountain.

Jade Void Palace.

Clouds churned across the sea of clouds, while immortal aura curled through the air. Yet this Sage's Dojo, unchanged for countless ages, was now filled with an icy presence oppressive to the extreme.

Venerable Lord Yuanshi sat cross-legged on the Cloud Bed, Dao Rhythm flowing around him as he merged with the surrounding world.

His eyes were tightly shut, as though his spirit had wandered into the Great Void—or as though he were deducing something.

Suddenly.

Venerable Lord Yuanshi's expression shifted slightly. He slowly opened those eyes filled with boundless majesty and looked toward the empty hall outside.

"Since you're here, why hide your head and show only your tail?"

"Come in."

His voice held not the slightest trace of emotion, yet it seemed to contain the heavenly tones of the Great Dao, echoing throughout the Jade Void Palace.

As soon as his voice fell, a figure changed from illusory to solid and appeared in the main hall of the Jade Void Palace. It was Daoist Zhunti, who had hurried over from Mount Sumeru.

With his trademark smile on his face, Zhunti bowed toward Venerable Lord Yuanshi, who sat high upon the Cloud Bed.

"Daoist Friend Yuanshi, long