Yuanshi spoke, his voice hoarse:
"Elder Brother."
"Are we really going to accept this?"
"Are we really going to stand by and watch Xuandu act so arrogantly?"
"Are we really going to watch the Interception Sect swallow up every Human Dao Sage Fruit Position?"
Laozi looked at him and remained silent for a long while.
Then he slowly spoke:
"Accept it."
The two words fell, carrying a sense of relief.
Yuanshi's entire body trembled.
Accept it?
Elder Brother had said to accept it?
"Elder Brother!"
Yuanshi growled, Jade Purity Immortal Light surging like a tide:
"How can we accept this?"
"If we accept it, the Chan Sect will never have a chance to rise again."
"If we accept it, the Human Sect will never be able to hold its head high again."
"If we accept it, we will forever be trampled beneath the Interception Sect's feet."
"Elder Brother, can you truly accept that?"
Laozi looked at him, his gaze as calm as ever.
Yet beneath that calm lay the helplessness accumulated over countless yuanhui.
"I cannot."
"But what else can we do?"
"If we fight, we cannot win."
"If we contend, we cannot prevail."
"If we scheme, we cannot outscheme him."
"That Xuandu lays his plans step by step, leaving nothing unaccounted for."
"From taking the Three Human Ancestors as disciples to Mending the Sky and Supporting the Heavens."
"From gathering the Five Directions Banners to awakening the Human Dao."
"From taking in the Four Fierce Beasts to inviting Luohu into the sect."
"Every step was part of his scheme."
"Every piece landed at a crucial point."
"Every gambit left us with no way to counter him."
"Now, the Human Dao has awakened, and the Earth Dao has been completed."
"The Interception Sect has more than a dozen Sage-level combatants."