Daoist Jieyin gave a bitter smile and saluted again. "Please forgive us, Dao Venerate. Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi pressured us too severely, while the Saints from all sides ostracized us as well."
"We left the Great Wilderness only because we had no other choice. We merely wanted to seek that Thread of Life for ourselves and for the West."
"A Thread of Life?" The Styx's lips curled slightly, revealing an expression that was almost a smile. "The Great Wilderness is about to advance, and the Chaos Demon Gods are eyeing it covetously."
"Even if Hong Yun and the others hated you, after venting their anger earlier, they would only choose to maintain the current situation for the sake of the Great Wilderness as a whole."
"The Western Continent is completely unharmed, with abundant Origin, and its Living Beings live and work in peace!"
"Under such circumstances, why would you need to seek a Thread of Life elsewhere?"
"At this critical juncture, you split off half of your Origin, then possessed a Three Corpses Body and entered the Chaos."
"I'm afraid you intended to collude with Hongjun and the Chaos Demon Gods. When the Great Wilderness advanced, you would use your Saint Main Bodies to cooperate with them from within and without."
"You would open a passage into the Great Wilderness, allowing the Chaos Demon Gods to charge straight into its heart and destroy it together with them."
"That way, the two of you wouldn't have to repay your Karma with Hong Yun and the Heavenly Dao. You also wouldn't be ostracized by the Saints and Heavenly Venerates of the Great Wilderness, and you could even dance on my grave."
"Enjoying Great Freedom and Great Freedom—that is the Thread of Life you seek, isn't it?"
His tone was unhurried, and