Nine Heavens Tribulation Cloud? Xuan Ming: Ancestral Master, you must uphold justice for them!

Sect Leader Tongtian, who had been in a rage, looked at Green Lion and White Elephant kneeling before him, weeping profusely as if they had found a savior, and a few question marks appeared above his forehead.

This doesn't look like a reaction to betraying the sect, does it?

"Grandmaster..."

Sensing Sect Leader Tongtian's confusion, Xuanming lowered his voice and explained, "In this world, after suffering some blows, you were no longer able to manage the Intercepting Sect... Your senior brothers are doing this to save their own lives!"

"???"

After hearing Xuanming's explanation, Tongtian was not relieved but became even more confused.

What did he mean by him being unable to manage the Intercepting Sect after suffering some blows?

He was a Saint who lived as long as heaven and earth!

Moreover, he was the strongest Saint who controlled the Immortal-Slaying Sword formation, capable of completely crushing those two old geezers from the West even when fighting them one-on-two!

Who could possibly deal him a blow?

Just as he was wondering, Sect Leader Tongtian heard the Green Lion spirit trembling and ask, "Master, has the Dao Ancestor finally agreed to let you out?"

"Crack!!"

The Green Lion's words were like a bolt from the blue, striking Sect Leader Tongtian so hard that his vision went black and his body trembled slightly.

"Dao, Dao Ancestor?!"

Turning to look at Xuanming beside him, Sect Leader Tongtian murmured, half in confusion, half in confirmation, "So, the me in this world was suppressed by the Dao Ancestor?"

"Yes and no!"

"Huh??"

Tongtian, who thought he had found the truth, frowned deeply at this. What did he mean by yes and no?

"Grandmaster, this... perhaps Senior Brother can explain it to you!"

Xuanming looked up at the confused Green Lion and White Elephant. "Second Senior Brother, Grandmaster has been asleep for many years, and his memory is somewhat lacking. Please recount the entire Investiture of the Gods to Grandmaster!"

"Huh??"

Green Lion and White Elephant looked at each other, utterly bewildered.

What?

Are you listening to yourself?

Memory loss?

He's a Hunyuan Sage who lives as long as heaven and earth, as long as the sun and moon, who is eternal and immortal!

And you're saying he lost his memory after a nap?

"Hmm??"

Sect Leader Tongtian turned his head and snorted unhappily, his suffocating pressure once again enveloping Green Lion and White Elephant.

"Qiushou, Lingya, do you have any objections?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Green Lion and White Elephant prostrated themselves once more, shaking their large heads like rattles.

"M-Master, you, you misunderstood. I, I was just thinking about where to start!"

"Right, right!"

"Master, where should we begin? Should we talk about how you were besieged? Or..."

"Besieged?"

A strange look flashed in Sect Leader Tongtian's eyes. "Then let's start with how I was besieged!"

"Yes, yes!"

Green Lion and White Elephant quickly agreed. Feeling the aura of death recede, they exchanged glances, and Green Lion began.

"Master, this is all Senior Brother Chang'er's fault. If he hadn't taken the Six Souls Banner and betrayed the sect, what does it matter if you faced four Saints? Even if you couldn't defeat them, you could have taken a few of them with you!"

"Exactly!"

White Elephant added, "Back then, your Immortal-Slaying Sword formation made those four shameless fellows flee in disarray. If not for the Dao Ancestor's favoritism..."

"Hush!!"

Before White Elephant could finish, Green Lion hissed warily, "Are you an idiot? Master has finally come out; do you want him to be locked up by the Dao Ancestor again?"

"Ugh!!!"

White Elephant instinctively covered his trunk and shook his head in fear, his eyes full of worry.

It was clear that he was also afraid of this only hope being dashed.

After all, no normal person would want to be ridden around by others, especially by their former enemies.

But Sect Leader Tongtian couldn't care less at this point.

Hearing that 'he' was being ganged up on by four people, his anger instantly maxed out. Without waiting for Green Lion to finish speaking, he closed his eyes and began to calculate.

He wanted to see if this was a trick by the Western duo to sow discord between the three Pure Ones, or...

"BOOM!!"

Before Sect Leader Tongtian could finish calculating anything, the sky above Shituo Ridge instantly turned pitch black.

Not only that, Within the pitch-black thunderclouds, tens of thousands of deep crimson Nine Heavens Divine Lightning churned like silver snakes, as if they would strike at any second.

"What, what is this?!"

Green Lion and White Elephant's faces instantly turned pale. Even Golden-Winged Great Peng, who had been stunned into silence beside them, trembled beneath the thunderclouds.

"Hmph, is that all?"

Sect Leader Tongtian looked up at the sky, a cold smile on his face. Just as he was about to dispel the thunderclouds, Xuanming, standing beside him, stopped him.

"Grandmaster, absolutely not!"

Xuanming, who had quickly moved to block Sect Leader Tongtian, looked somewhat displeased. "Grandmaster, if they detect your presence, we might not be able to go back!"

"..."

Sect Leader Tongtian's expression froze. Especially when he recalled what Green Lion had just said, that 'he' had been ganged up on by four people...

"Hoo!!"

Exhaling a deep breath, Sect Leader Tongtian raised his hand to reinforce the barrier, ensuring no one would detect them. Only then did he turn to glare at the pale-faced Green Lion.

"Useless creature, what are you afraid of with me here? Hurry up and tell me which four bastards ganged up on me!"

"I..."

Green Lion opened his mouth, wanting to say that it was precisely because he was there back then that they feared nothing, and that's why they were captured and made into mounts.

But he only dared to think it in his heart.

Meeting Sect Leader Tongtian's sharp gaze, Green Lion could only explain in a low voice, "Back then, besides the two Saints from the Western Teachings, your Senior Brother Lord Taishang and Lord Yuanshi were also there attacking Master!"

"???"

Sect Leader Tongtian's face darkened further. "Are you sure Taishang was involved?"

"Of course!"

Green Lion and White Elephant nodded in unison. They had seen it with their own eyes, so how could it be false?

"This is impossible!!"

Tongtian still found it hard to believe. "Eldest Martial Uncle has always been indifferent. Renjiao doesn't even have many disciples. What reason would he have to participate?!"

"Grandmaster~!"

Seeing that Green Lion and White Elephant were too scared to speak, Xuanming sighed, his voice laced with a hint of grief and indignation.

"Your dear Eldest Martial Brother not only participated in attacking you, but after Master and the others set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation using the Hunyuan Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, and shaved off the three flowers from the top of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect, they shamelessly attacked personally, bullying the young!"

As he spoke, Xuanming's eyes reddened slightly. He gritted his teeth and continued, "Master was turned into a pool of blood by him using the Taiji Diagram. Second Martial Uncle was struck by the Jade Ruyi and his soul scattered on the spot. Only Eldest Martial Uncle, because his cultivation had reached the Quasi-Saint realm, they were afraid he wouldn't die, so they forcefully suppressed her under Kirin Cliff, where she has been unable to escape to this day!"

"Grandmaster, you must bring justice for them!"