After Xuan Qing finished speaking, he left with Kunwu.
Zhunti and Jieyin stood there for a long while, and the atmosphere became extremely awkward.
"Senior Martial Brother, do you know what the Dao Venerable meant by that?"
Zhunti was somewhat flustered. The Dao Venerable seemed to have seen through his connection to the Demon God of Karma.
Jieyin did not reply. Some time ago, several powerful auras had appeared in the Western Lands, and one of them had belonged to the Demon God of Karma.
Jieyin had understood then that the Demon God of Karma they had sealed away had not been complete.
It seemed they had long since fallen into the Demon God of Karma's scheme, especially Zhunti, who was too deeply entangled with Karma.
Jieyin did not know what schemes Karma had in mind, but the Demon God of Karma must have left some method behind on Zhunti. Even as Saints, they had been unable to discover it.
Now, Jieyin was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. He understood what Xuan Qing had just said, but he could not tell Zhunti.
Zhunti relied too heavily on the Dao of Karma, yet the Demon God of Karma was the master of the Dao of Karma. Before him, Zhunti was like a child.
Especially those words Karma had said back then, words that had made even Jieyin's scalp tingle. Washed clean by the Immeasurable Law, Jieyin came back to his senses.
The matter of devouring others as cultivation resources must have been a secret art the Demon God of Karma used through his karmic divine abilities, intended to provoke conflict between them and the Dao Venerable.
If it had been before, Jieyin might still have entertained thoughts of contending with the Dao Venerable. But now