One Trouble After Another: Daoist Zhunti Intercepts Qingyuan-Will He Submit?

Inside Pingxin Hall.

Qingyuan's humble plea rang out.

Sect Master Tongtian said nothing. He fixed Qingyuan with a deep gaze, and an invisible pressure descended. Anyone could have felt the oppressive unease in the air.

Empress Pingxin was also in the hall.

She watched matters reach this point.

Unease and gratitude stirred within her.

She felt uneasy because, seeing Sect Master Tongtian angrily rebuke Qingyuan for what he had done, she felt she had let Qingyuan down.

Her gratitude, too, was for Qingyuan.

This matter had originally had nothing to do with the Interception Sect, and little to do with Qingyuan.

Qingyuan might have wanted another ally for the Interception Sect, but in the short term, the sect was certainly in no danger of serious trouble.

In theory, after the Heavenly Dao Saints suppressed the Human Dao,

the Earthly Dao would be next to suffer.

After all, once the Heavenly Dao Saints had suppressed the Human Dao, Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Sages of the West had indeed turned their efforts against the Earthly Dao.

If she had not had someone behind her

to ward off those deadly calamities,

the Earthly Dao might already have fallen under the Heavenly Dao Saints' divided control.

What could happen to the Interception Sect?

At least, she could see no danger to it in the near future.

Surely the Dao Ancestor would not personally summon the Heavenly Dao Saints and order them to destroy the Interception Sect?

No matter how she considered it, that seemed impossible.

From every angle, the Earthly Dao was far more likely to come to harm.

Thus, by bringing about this alliance, the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect was, in fact, helping her.

Sect Master Tongtian remained silent, his sharp gaze fixed on Qingyuan. He ignored Empress Pingxin's attempts to