After a long while, Fuxi raised his head and slowly spoke:
"Your Majesty, Eastern Emperor, it seems Fellow Daoist Beiming is far stronger than he was in the East Sea. Though he has yet to become a saint, I fear he is close."
Tai Yi frowned slightly, his gaze still fixed on the lingering spiritual radiance upon the mirror:
"Is what Bei Ming comprehended the Laws of Destruction?
I remember that he once followed the Dao of wind and water.
Did he hide himself too deeply, or did he obtain some new opportunity that allowed him to abandon his original path?
Emperor Xi, you have known Bei Ming for some time. Do you have any insight?"
Fuxi shook his head slightly. "Though Bei Ming and I have known each other for a long time, we are not close enough to reveal all our secrets to one another.
If he intended to conceal it, how could I possibly know?"
Yet Fuxi had not said everything.
Even if he knew some secret of Bei Ming's, he would not betray a fellow daoist merely because he was now taking office in the Heavenly Court.
Fuxi still possessed that much righteousness.
After pondering for a moment, Di Jun said, "Bei Ming's true form is Kun Peng.
The Wind-Water Dao suits his true form.
Yet he now displays the Dao of Destruction. He must have encountered an enormous opportunity.
Such an opportunity must have been great enough to make him change his path...
Such a decision required courage that could not be underestimated."
"An enormous opportunity..." Tai Yi said in a low voice.
"Other than an opportunity to become a saint, I truly cannot imagine what sort of opportunity could make a cultivator change his path."
"It may not necessarily be an opportunity to become