Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Failed Saint!

Originally, Master of the Heavens had wanted to turn the whole table over and remake Heaven and Earth,

but the appearance of Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped him from doing so.

It was also at that moment that Master of the Heavens realized he had failed.

The Interception Sect was finished.

The blow was truly immense.

"Understood, Teacher." Holy Mother Jin Ling nodded and led Zhao Gongming and the others into Biyou Palace.

Inside the palace.

A figure stood with his hands behind his back. Most striking was his head of pale hair.

Holy Mother Jin Ling was somewhat stunned. How could her teacher have pale hair?

But she could never mistake that familiar aura.

"Teacher." Holy Mother Jin Ling spoke in a low voice.

As soon as her voice fell, the figure standing with his hands behind his back turned around. Endless laws of the Great Dao seemed to radiate from his body.

Around that body, countless worlds were constantly being born and destroyed.

This was the power of a Saint.

"Teacher..." Seeing Master of the Heavens in his current state, Holy Mother Jin Ling's expression changed dramatically.

She had never imagined that her teacher would actually grow old.

After becoming an immortal, one's lifespan was virtually endless, let alone after becoming a Saint.

Saints were indestructible through countless tribulations.

Yet compared to Master of the Heavens' youthful appearance in the past, he now almost looked like an old man.

Perhaps, to a certain extent, it was because Master of the Heavens' heart had grown weary.

"Teacher, how did you become like this?" Holy Mother Jin Ling could not help asking.

"Jin Ling, to us, appearance is merely a superficial manifestation." Master of the Heavens smiled faintly. "Why should you dwell on it?"

"Teacher, I was useless." Holy Mother Jin Ling was somewhat sorrowful.

If she had performed better during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, perhaps the Interception Sect would not have been destroyed, and her teacher would not have become the way he was now.

"This has nothing to do with you." Master of the Heavens shook his head. "It was my own mistake. The Interception Sect's failure was caused by seeds of disaster planted long ago."

"Teacher, if Martial Uncle Yuanshi and the Two Sages of the West had not pursued us to the bitter end, how could the Interception Sect have been destroyed?" Holy Mother Jin Ling said through gritted teeth.

"Alas..." Master of the Heavens sighed softly.

"Teacher, I came here this time to say that we can rebuild the Interception Sect." Holy Mother Jin Ling continued hurriedly. "The Chan Sect and the Western Teachings must pay a price as well."

"Rebuild the Interception Sect?" Master of the Heavens shook his head.

After that failure, he had already abandoned the idea.

"Teacher, I don't mean rebuilding it from scratch, but rebuilding it on its original foundation." Holy Mother Jin Ling said, "Look at the disciples of the Interception Sect I brought with me."

"Oh..." Master of the Heavens finally turned his gaze toward Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

Immediately afterward, his pupils contracted.

He saw it.

Qiongxiao and Bixiao had changed. They had already broken free from the List of Deities and recovered their original bodies.

This was something even a Heavenly Dao Saint could not accomplish.

After all, the List of Deities contained an enormous amount of karma. Even Saints could not interfere with it lightly.

"Jin Ling, how did Qiongxiao and Bixiao break free from the List of Deities?" Master of the Heavens asked in a low voice.

"Teacher, this is precisely what I wanted to tell you." Holy Mother Jin Ling hurriedly said, "Zhao Gongming and the others encountered a senior who resides in the prehistoric world. It was only through this senior's power that they were able to break free from the List of Deities."

"A senior?" Master of the Heavens' pupils contracted.

A senior like that might possess strength comparable to that of his teacher, Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Otherwise, how could he have accomplished such a thing?

"This may be Qiongxiao and Bixiao's opportunity." Master of the Heavens shook his head. "But Jin Ling, we cannot ask that senior to rescue the other members of the Interception Sect."

Master of the Heavens was right about this.

Qiongxiao and Bixiao had received this opportunity, but how could the others trouble that senior as well?

It was the same for Master of the Heavens. As a Saint, he could not possibly help everyone who came to ask him.

Lifeforms unrelated to him might not even qualify to see him.

That was reality.

Nor did Master of the Heavens think there was anything wrong with it.

"No, Teacher." Holy Mother Jin Ling shook her head. "We may also be able to ask that senior for help."

"What makes you say that?" Master of the Heavens asked, slightly surprised.

"It's like this." Then, Holy Mother Jin Ling told him everything about the General Store.

Although Holy Mother Jin Ling had never seen the General Store, Zhao Gongming and the others had already explained the whole matter clearly.

A moment later.

After listening to Holy Mother Jin Ling's explanation, Master of the Heavens looked somewhat dazed. He had never expected such a person to appear in the prehistoric world.

That he surpassed the Saints was perhaps a certainty.

Otherwise, how could he possess the Chaos Bell and the Pangu Axe?

Especially the Pangu Axe.

As Master of the Heavens had transformed from a portion of Pangu's primordial spirit, he understood even more clearly how terrifying the Pangu Axe was.

Countless Chaos Demon Gods had fallen beneath the Pangu Axe's attacks.

"How could such a person appear in this world?" Master of the Heavens said in a tone filled with disbelief.

"Teacher, this is our opportunity." Holy Mother Jin Ling nodded. "However, exchanging for the Investiture of the Gods Edict requires a massive number of treasures to convert into Exchange Points. I may not have enough treasures."

"Hahaha, don't worry. Leave the treasures to me." Master of the Heavens laughed. "Besides, I'll be going with you to Flower-Fruit Mountain this time."

"Teacher, what about Dao Ancestor Hongjun..." Holy Mother Jin Ling asked worriedly.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun had issued an order to the Saints. They could not easily enter the mortal world.

"I'm not going there to do anything. My teacher cannot possibly blame me for it." Master of the Heavens smiled. "You can rest assured about that."

Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Failed Saint!

Flower-Fruit Mountain, General Store.

Master of the Heavens, his face aged, arrived with Holy Mother Jin Ling, Zhao Gongming, and the Three Xiaos.

"Gongming, this is the place?" Master of the Heavens asked Zhao Gongming.

"Yes, Leader. This is the place." Zhao Gongming nodded.

As expected of the place where that senior resides. Tongtian nodded inwardly.

Master of the Heavens discovered that with his own power, he could not see through this building—or even perceive what was inside it.

In Master of the Heavens' awareness, there was only a stretch of chaos, like mist.

This made Master of the Heavens realize that the senior inside the room should be stronger than he was.

Otherwise, even if the other party were a Saint, they could not have made Master of the Heavens unable to see through anything at all.

This conclusion of Master of the Heavens was right in one sense, and wrong in another.

It was right because the General Store's level truly surpassed the Saint level. Even Hongjun, who had reached the Heavenly Dao level, would be unable to discover anything if he stood here.

It was wrong because Wu Feng, the owner of the General Store, currently possessed only Golden Immortal-level strength, still far from the Saint realm.

But regardless.

As long as Wu Feng remained in the General Store, he was an invincible existence.

None of the lifeforms who entered the General Store could see through Wu Feng's strength.

"Jin Ling, when you meet that senior later, you must be respectful." Master of the Heavens spoke.

After all, apart from Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, Jin Ling had never met that senior.

"Understood, Teacher. I will." Holy Mother Jin Ling nodded.

Facing a powerhouse stronger than her teacher, how could Holy Mother Jin Ling act arrogantly? How could she dare to?

Even without Master of the Heavens' reminder, Holy Mother Jin Ling would keep this firmly in mind.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Master of the Heavens said nothing more and began knocking on the General Store's door.