"I hope so!"
Hongjun had no great ambitions. He only hoped the upheaval of heaven and earth would help him break through. He had no desire to remain beneath Xuan Qing's feet for the rest of his life.
"Teacher! Teacher!"
Suddenly, calls rang out from outside Zixiao Palace. Numerous Heavenly Dao Saints appeared outside the palace, including Nuwa, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi.
Xuan Qing gestured toward the outside of Zixiao Palace. "Fellow Daoist, look. If I hadn't come to ask the Heavenly Dao, how would you deal with them?"
Hongjun had no desire to speak with Xuan Qing at the moment. With that mouth of his, Xuan Qing could talk him straight out of his state of merging with the Dao.
The gates of Zixiao Palace swung open, and the crowd surged inside. At a glance, they spotted Xuan Qing standing before the Dao Ancestor.
"Teacher!"
Nuwa and Houtu cried out in shock.
Houtu's cry of "Teacher" plunged everyone into silence. They had originally come to ask about the changes in heaven and earth, but Houtu had drawn all their attention instead.
"What have you come for?"
Hongjun adjusted his posture and looked down at the crowd below.
As for Houtu calling him Teacher, Hongjun had expected it long ago. From the moment he bestowed the Lotus Throne, he had known what the result would be.
"Teacher, why has heaven and earth undergone such changes? If this continues, could a Spirit-Deprived Land appear in the Prehistoric Era?"
When Luohu shattered the Western Lands' earth veins, the Western Lands still received spiritual energy from other places. But the Prehistoric Era was different now. In many regions, it was as though a barrier had appeared, completely sealing off spiritual energy.
If this continued, cultivators would no longer be able to survive in