If he, Wang Yao, forcibly made a move, it would be tantamount to slapping the dignified Third Holy Son right across the face.
By then, even if the Third Holy Son had to risk his life, he would have to make Wang Yao pay in blood. Otherwise, how could he return to the Holy Court with any face?
Of course, Wang Yao felt no fear of this renowned Third Holy Son. But for the sake of his sect's interests, acting this way would be to lose the forest for the trees.
Thus, Wang Yao remained standing still, waiting in silence.
Just as everyone before the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall was harboring their own thoughts, Xu Yi's consciousness had already entered another world.
Before his eyes stretched endless towering mountains and vast waters. To the southwest, hundreds upon thousands of strange creatures with human bodies and beast faces, their heads reaching the sky and their feet planted on the earth, were bowing again and again toward a mountain that pierced the heavens, its full form impossible to see, all the while shouting aloud.
The moment that sound reached him, Xu Yi's thoughts surged.
He hurriedly immersed his mind in profound sorrow, and the turmoil in his heart eased somewhat.
Just then, a voice that split heaven and earth rang out: "First came Laozi, then came Heaven!"
The moment the words reached his ears, Xu Yi's mind shook violently, and he couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Just then, a white beam of light the size of a hammer shot toward his head. Xu Yi had no time to dodge and was struck squarely by it.
Just then, the world before him abruptly vanished, becoming a vast, blank nothingness. Xu Yi was beginning to grow anxious when his vision blurred,