What was meant by comfort the people and punish the wicked?
To comfort the people and crusade against the tyrant—that was what it meant to comfort the people and punish the wicked!
What Ye Zhen meant was that the Sun Moon Dao Ancestor, who had merged part of himself with the Heavenly Dao, was that tyrant. Now that Ye Zhen had used the Human Dao to validate the Heavenly Dao, he could comfort the people and punish the wicked; he could crusade against the Sun Moon Dao Ancestor!
At this moment, Ye Zhen and Xuan Huang were both Dao Ancestors who had attained the Dao. With their Dao-attaining artifacts all revealed, even their conversation had long since resonated with the great Dao of heaven and earth.
Every word and every syllable was like pushing a boat along with the current—once spoken, the law followed!
Ye Zhen's accusation against Xuan Huang was already the opening of his punishment of the wicked.
However, with their statuses equal, under the Heavenly Dao, it was not as though Ye Zhen could punish whomever he wished.
Sun Moon Dao Ancestor Xuan Huang was likewise among those whose words became law.
Yet now, with both of their Dao-attaining artifacts revealed, they had long stirred the great Dao of heaven and earth. Their verbal clash was as though the Heavenly Dao watched from the side. Whether Ye Zhen or the Sun Moon Dao Ancestor, every word and deed was attested by their hearts and by heaven. Neither dared speak reckless lies!
"Comfort the people and punish the wicked?"
Though Xuan Huang was startled by Ye Zhen's Human Dao Power, he was unafraid. Instead, he sneered. "Comforting the people and punishing the wicked is sound principle, but you cannot fabricate something from nothing. For countless years, this old