"Taiyi, if you'd come any later, you could've collected this old daoist's corpse."
Hongjun, ruler of the Heavenly Dao, spoke expressionlessly.
Taiyi merely gave a noncommittal response.
"Now that this matter is settled, Taiyi, are you preparing to officially set out for the Chaos Sea?"
"More or less."
Taiyi nodded firmly.
"The Primordial World is still too small."
"It can no longer contain a giant whale like me."
Hongjun had no idea how to respond to that.
Why did it feel like Taiyi was showing off to him?
In any case, Hongjun was filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
"Fellow cultivator Taiyi, when you one day attain the Limitless Dao, don't forget us old folks from the Primordial World."
Hongjun spoke in a faint, wistful tone.
"Not at all."
"Thanks to the Dao Ancestor's care, This God has merely taken half a step ahead of you all."
"I'll be waiting for you up ahead."
Taiyi smiled meaningfully.
Hongjun merely chuckled at those words.
After Taiyi asked Hongjun about some matters concerning the Chaos Sea, he turned and left the chaos.
Watching Taiyi's figure vanish into the chaos, Hongjun narrowed his eyes.
"Chaos Great Dao... Hongmeng Great Dao... Heh..."
After a cryptic laugh, Hongjun turned and entered the inner palace.
Behind him, the Purple Cloud Palace's grounds closed once more and disappeared into the chaos, leaving no trace.
If Hongjun wished it, no one in the entire Primordial World except Taiyi could find his Purple Cloud Palace grounds.
At the same time, in the Chaos Sea beyond the Primordial World, an uninvited guest arrived outside the chaos territory of the Azure Sky Supreme.
"Azure Sky Supreme, an old friend has come to visit. Please show yourself."
Within the vast, silent void of spacetime, a being radiating the aura of a Hunyuan