Just as they thought their cultivation was about to fall, those Laws of Life seemed to find an outlet and surged into their Origins all at once.
With the Laws of Life gone, their Origins had basically recovered.
The two women looked at Houtu with resentful expressions.
"Don't blame me. This was something Teacher should have told you." Houtu felt that her teacher seemed a little wicked!
Xi He and Chang Xi now understood why Qing Ya had looked at them with such sympathy when they left Azure Nether Island.
The pain of cutting away one's Origin was simply too unbearable—ten thousand times worse than when Chang Xi had severed her Primordial Spirit.
"Creating Ming Yue naturally required Taiyin Origin. We couldn't possibly draw upon the Lunar Star's Origin, so I had no choice but to trouble you two Daoists."
Houtu patiently explained it to them once more.
"You could have told us beforehand. We weren't prepared at all—I thought Niang Niang was going to attack us."
Chang Xi could not help complaining. That pain had left an indelible memory in her mind.
"Hehe, Daoist Chang Xi, if you wish to attain the Dao, this pain is only the beginning!"
Houtu looked at Chang Xi with some pity and said something Chang Xi could not understand.
"Niang Niang, what do you mean? Please enlighten me!"
At the mention of attaining the Dao, Chang Xi's curiosity was instantly piqued. She had remained at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm for countless years, yet she had no clue how to take the next step toward Quasi-Saint completion.
"You'll have to seek out my teacher for that. I cannot tell you how the method of Severing the Three Corpses can break through. Perhaps only Teacher has the answer."
Although Houtu did not know