At the summit of the starry sky.
Old Master Taiqing looked at Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian with a complicated expression.
The Three Pure Ones had gone their separate ways, becoming as incompatible as fire and water.
Yet Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian, who had once been estranged beyond reconciliation, had joined forces again. Meanwhile, he, the leader of the Three Pure Ones, had been left out. He had thought they still resented him and could not let the past go.
But now they had separated the Jade Pure Origin and the Highest Pure Origin from their bodies and infused them into the child in Doumu Yuanjun's womb. The sight left Old Master Taiqing feeling bitter, unsure what to say.
"My thanks to both Saints!"
"With the origins of the Three Pure Ones, the child in my womb can build an unsurpassed Dao foundation. When the child is born, they may well be able to prove the Dao and reach Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal right from the start."
Doumu Yuanjun dipped into a slight bow and thanked Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian.
Then she turned to look at Old Master Taiqing.
"If you don't want to take responsibility for me, I won't hold it against you. But you'll have to sever your karmic ties with me and my child. From now on, we'll keep to our own paths, and you'd better not regret it."
Her voice was cool, but utterly resolute.
Doumu Yuanjun had spent countless eons in seclusion and cultivation. She was even more ancient than Old Master Taiqing, but she had lacked the fortune to prove the Dao of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
They said motherhood made a woman strong. She didn't want anything to affect the child in her womb.
Even if the man