It was just that no one had expected Primeval Lord of Heaven to perform so poorly.
He had been surpassed outright by the Four Sacred Beasts, Saint Sanqi, Empress Nuwa, and the others.
His showing had been thoroughly mediocre.
It was only natural that the people of the Primordial World would discuss it.
As the saying went, you had to take a mule or horse out for a test run.
Before the Primordial Violet Gold List appeared, the people of the Primordial World had no way of knowing how far apart the powers of these figures were.
Now that the list had appeared, the differences between the Sages had finally become clear.
At this point, Primeval Lord of Heaven was starting to run out of steam.
For many years, Primeval Lord of Heaven had been the one managing the Primordial World.
Taishang Laozi valued stillness and nonaction. He neither killed nor fought, neither seized nor coveted, and was free of anger and delusion.
He rarely managed the affairs of the Primordial World.
Sect Master Tongtian was much the same.
Sect Master Tongtian had always believed in living freely and doing as he pleased.
He also seemed to be both righteous and unrighteous.
The main reason the Three Pure Ones had split up back then was that Primeval Lord of Heaven disapproved of Sect Master Tongtian's temperament.
Sect Master Tongtian had also rarely involved himself in the affairs of the Primordial Chaos World.
That meant Primeval Lord of Heaven had managed the Primordial Chaos World most of the time.
He had even relayed some of Ancestor Hongjun's directives on his behalf.
As a result, Primeval Lord of Heaven's strict and restrained image had taken deep root in the Primordial World.
Now that the Sage contest had begun, Primeval Lord of Heaven