The principles I had always upheld were not competing, not killing, not coveting, not snatching, not harboring anger, and not falling prey to delusion.
In short, I let everything take its natural course.
Now that I was having thoughts like these, wasn't I going against my own principles?
At the thought, Taishang Laozi quickly gathered his thoughts and stopped thinking about all that nonsense.
If he sank any deeper into it,
he might really end up like Primeval Lord of Heaven.
Then his strength would not increase but decrease, and that would be truly disastrous.
Taishang Laozi shook his head.
Then he closed his eyes and sank into meditation.
Meanwhile, Primeval Lord of Heaven, inside Jade Void Palace, suddenly looked grim.
His expression was practically twisted with rage.
He had never expected Sect Master Tongtian to be this powerful.
If that was truly the case, then wasn't there an enormous gulf between Sect Master Tongtian's strength and his own?
At the thought, Primeval Lord of Heaven looked utterly crestfallen.
He had once fought a great battle against Sect Master Tongtian.
Back when the Three Pure Ones split, the main reason had been that his and Taishang Laozi's principles clashed with Sect Master Tongtian's.
That was the fundamental reason they had parted ways.
Afterward, Primeval Lord of Heaven settled in Jade Void Palace on Kunlun.
Sect Master Tongtian went to Golden Ao Island and founded Biyou Palace.
Taishang Laozi, meanwhile, went beyond the heavens and founded Eight Views Palace.
That was how the Three Pure Ones split.
However, his relationship with Taishang Laozi was still quite good.
After all, their views and principles were similar.
His relationship with the rebellious Sect Master Tongtian, on the other hand, had gradually grown distant.
Later, he even fought an earth-shaking battle against