After All These Years, Had He Finally Understood What Happened Back Then? Was Sect Master Tongtian Turning Against Them Too?

"Master, wasn't Great Sage Dao Venerate dead?"

"Could he have come back to life even after falling into Grandmaster's hands?"

Qingyuan heard Sect Master Tongtian's warning.

He feigned curiosity and asked.

"My disciple, those Hunyuan Saints are different from the ones born here in the Primordial Wilderness. They are truly difficult to deal with, unlike Jiu Feng and the Queen Mother of the West."

"That wretch was trapped in Zixiao Palace by my teacher, yet somehow escaped into the Primordial Wilderness and passed his source Dao to Chi You. That was what allowed Chi You to become a Saint. Otherwise, how could someone with a body as chaotic and disordered as his ever have done so?"

"Great Sage Dao Venerate managed to sneak out even while the Dao Venerate held him captive. Who knows whether he used Chi You's corpse to return to life?"

"Or whether he planted something in you."

Sect Master Tongtian glanced at Qingyuan. "I'm not doubting you, my disciple. I'm worried about your safety."

"That wretch spent more time with you than anyone else. If he planted something in you, I fear I might not be able to help you in time."

At that,

Qingyuan smiled and shook his head. "Thank you for your concern, Master, but I've scarcely left Golden Ao Island all these years. What stir in the East Sea could escape your Dharma Eye?"

"Besides, your sword qi still guards my Primordial Spirit."

"With your vast Divine Abilities, I doubt anyone in the Primordial Wilderness could hurt me without alerting you."

As he said this,

though he had rarely gone out over the years and had built an awe-inspiring authority throughout the Primordial Wilderness,

before Sect Master Tongtian, he was still like the unworldly disciple he had once been.

There was even a