"Teacher, what happened to you?"
Chi You stared at Great Sage Dao Venerate's figure as it grew ever more insubstantial.
The Fiend God had been exulting in his ascension to the ranks of the Hunyuan Saints, but his expression changed in an instant.
Where was the arrogant, overbearing, ferocious Chi You of moments ago?
He looked like a helpless child, terrified for a family member!
"Heh, kid. Seeing you become a Hunyuan Saint is enough to put my mind at ease."
"Hongjun and the others plotted against me. All these years, Hongjun has been refining me in Zixiao Palace. I didn't escape this time. I used a few tricks to slip out and bring you my Dao Origin."
"I've passed on that profound Way of Slaughter, the Pangu Blood Essence I found in Chaos who knows how many Yuan Hui ago, and everything else I had."
"It's all yours now."
"You may have become a Saint, but there's still much you haven't fully refined or understood."
"Once you grasp the Way of Slaughter I taught you and those Divine Abilities for battle, you'll gradually grow stronger."
"You might not become as strong as me, but with seventy percent of my skills and Divine Abilities..."
"Even those Heavenly Dao Saints won't be able to do a thing to you."
"Heh... Why am I spouting all this crap? I was never one to get sentimental, so I'll spare you the tearful words."
"That's enough from me."
"When you grow strong enough to overturn the River of Time, I'll be waiting there for you to come get me..."
With those final words,
Great Sage Dao Venerate's figure faded like the last of a crimson afterglow.
He vanished from the world.
The fading light fell over Chi You,
as though giving him one last