"Hm?" Beichen's brows knit together. Could I still be unable to stop Shi Ji from taking Tongtian as her master?
"Ah, your master is right here! I'm right here!"
Hearing that call of "Master," Tongtian quickened his pace and headed into the cave.
Beichen had been watching Tongtian's movements and hadn't looked at Shi Ji.
Only now did he turn around—and couldn't help but freeze.
Shi Ji was kneeling before him, performing the three bows and nine kowtows to acknowledge him as her master.
"Oh, heh-heh. So that call of 'Master' was meant for me!" Beichen finally relaxed.
"Shi Ji, your master is right here, your master... Hm? Mysterious Turtle, you—?"
Tongtian froze. He looked at Shi Ji bowing, then at Beichen accepting her obeisance, utterly dumbfounded.
"Master Beichen, please accept another bow from your disciple!"
Shi Ji bowed again and again.
Boom!
The act of taking her as a disciple connected with the cause and effect of the Heavenly Dao. A force that bore witness to their bond came pouring down upon the White Bone Cave.
Inside the Zixiao Palace, Hongjun's expression was grim. Having merged with the Heavenly Dao, he naturally knew that Shi Ji had taken Beichen as her master!
Yet he was powerless to stop the Heavenly Dao from bearing witness to it!
Though he was the foremost Dao Ancestor in the current Primordial World and had merged with the Heavenly Dao, he was the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao was not him!
The Heavenly Dao did not regard him as its sole embodiment. It had its own path, distinct from his.
"I, Beichen, don't need the Heavenly Dao to witness me taking a disciple. Get lost!"
Watching the Heavenly Dao's testimony surge toward him, Beichen felt not the slightest joy—only anger. He immediately sent