Chan Sect Immortals Deserve Death for Incurring the Red Dust Tribulation! Dao Ancestor: Venerable Yuanshi Shall Control the Investiture List

"Haotian, you..."

"Let him speak."

Hongjun stopped Venerable Yuanshi from losing his temper, but Haotian showed no gratitude.

He sneered. "Oh, Venerable Yuanshi. As a Saint of the Chan Sect, you should expound the teachings of the Heavenly Dao to guide all beings of the Primordial Wilderness and seek their welfare. That is the doctrine of your Chan Sect."

"But as a Saint of the Chan Sect, you openly violate your own doctrine. What kind of Chan Sect Saint are you?!"

"Haotian, words alone prove nothing. When have I ever violated my own principles?"

Venerable Yuanshi trembled all over.

His eyes nearly spat sparks.

If the Dao Ancestor had not been there to restrain him, he would have swung the Pangu Banner at Haotian a thousand times over!

"Oh, words prove nothing? Do you think no one knows what sort of man you are?"

"You put on a righteous face, but you're nothing more than an official who may set fires while forbidding the common people to light their lamps."

The Heavenly Emperor sneered, making no attempt to hide his mockery and contempt.

The allusion came from an incident centuries ago, when the Human Race had split into hundreds of kingdoms.

Its meaning was plain: he was pointing at the mulberry tree to curse the locust.

Each barb sent the prideful Venerable Yuanshi's anger blazing higher. Revulsion and the urge to strike surged within him.

But in the end,

he closed his eyes, steadied his mind, and ignored Haotian.

The Heavenly Emperor did not take the hint. Standing above Venerable Yuanshi, who sat cross-legged nearby, he sneered. "The Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect once incurred the Red Dust Tribulation. They slaughtered countless members of the Human Race on the East Sea Coast, burdening themselves with untold Karmic