[It had not been easy for Ye Chen to set aside personal feelings and say all this. Before entering the Time Ancestral Land, what Ye Chen said would have been the voice in your heart. No one would have needed to persuade you; you would not have let such a splendid opportunity slip away.
It was merely that your position had changed, and so had the angle from which you viewed these matters. Though the Witch Court was ordinary toward the Grand Luo Heavenly Domain's other subordinate factions, the Demon-Sealing Incident and its many calamities showed that, at least when All Heavens faced disaster, she and the Witch Court would step forward and shoulder responsibility.
Even if it was to spare the Witch Court from losing too many people, few Great Witches or Ancestor Witches had acted during the Demon-Sealing Incident. Yet Houtu had personally stepped forward and participated, which was still exceedingly rare and precious. By comparison, Xuanqiong had an even better cultivation environment, yet only took and demanded from the world. When calamities and even tribulation disasters struck, they always chose to hide away and remain unseen.
Between the Witch Court and Xuanqiong, Xuanqiong was clearly more unworthy of its position. With them as a foil, Houtu and even the entire Witch Court appeared noble, making them something you believed could be gathered under your banner and put to your use...]
[You had deliberately brought Ye Chen from the Witch Court's territory to the Yan Que Demon Sea not to seize the Witch Court's lands, nor because you had nothing better to do, but because you wished to grant Ye Chen a great opportunity.
Before long, you brought him deep into the Yan Que Demon Sea, arriving at the deepest part of this demon sea. Three Nine Prison