"But..."
"No buts. Little Sister is different now. Besides being Houtu, she is also Empress Pingxin of the Underworld. This time, she did not come here as Houtu."
Houtu could not leave the Netherworld, but that did not mean Pingxin could not leave the Netherworld.
Upon hearing this, the other Ancestral Witches also stopped, watching Kunlun Mountain with tense expressions.
Houtu was alone, while the Three Pure Ones had three people.
At Shouyang Mountain, Laozi heard the disturbance at Kunlun Mountain and immediately rushed over. Even Tongtian, who was in seclusion in the East Sea, ended his retreat and returned to Kunlun Mountain.
Though the Three Pure Ones had gone their separate ways, they still had to stand united against outsiders.
None of the great powers on the Eastern Continent made a move. Conflicts between Saints were not something they could participate in. Being able to watch from afar was already a luxury.
Guang Chengzi crashed heavily before the Jade Void Palace, and the Chan Sect disciples immediately came out to greet him.
"Greetings, Empress Pingxin!"
With a Saint before them, even if Houtu had come to cause trouble, they could not abandon proper etiquette.
Houtu was not so overbearing either. She nodded and accepted their salute.
"Fellow Daoist Pingxin, what has happened?"
Yuanshi also rushed out at that moment. He looked at the battered Guang Chengzi, then at Houtu.
"Yuanshi, what an excellent disciple you have taught. He did not come to the Underworld to work—he came to the Underworld to act like its master."
"Pfft!"
Upon hearing Houtu's words, Puxian could not hold it in and burst out laughing.
Houtu and Yuanshi's gazes instantly fell upon the gathered disciples, and Puxian broke out in a cold sweat.
This is bad. Why couldn't I hold it in?
Puxian truly