Choice (Part 1)

Seeing Jiangling Adept's problem resolved just like that, Marquis Kuangyun was somewhat dazed.

He knew Ning Ye was formidable, but he had never imagined he was formidable to this extent—driving off and crippling even a Nirvana Realm cultivator.

In the end, he could only bow deeply. "Many thanks to Immortal Ning for intervening. Kuangyun is filled with admiration. But there is one matter I do not understand."

"You want to ask about that vast righteous energy just now?" Ning Ye said.

"Yes." Marquis Kuangyun nodded.

"I used it," Ning Ye said directly.

"You?" Marquis Kuangyun froze.

How could you use vast righteous energy?

Ning Ye said bluntly, "I merely borrowed it. The Vast Righteous Saint Sovereign has spread his teachings across the world, and anyone may enter his Dao. I admire the Saint Sovereign's mighty power, and besides, his venerable self willingly bestowed it upon me. When an elder offers, how can a junior refuse?"

Oh, fuck off with that nonsense.

The Vast Righteous Saint Sovereign had indeed spread his teachings throughout the world, but his power was not something one could borrow at will.

The purpose of spreading teachings across the world was to use everyone to propagate one's own Dao, strengthen its authority, and forge connections.

Thus, those who entered his Dao were effectively selling themselves. Only by offering up their own spirit could they sense his great power and borrow it.

You had never been someone who entered the Vast Righteous Saint Sovereign's Dao, yet you claimed you had entered it?

What you did was not entering a Dao—it was closer to stealing one.

Marquis Kuangyun had heard of such Dao-stealing before, but generally, only those deeply versed in the Dao could accomplish it, and even then, what they could wield was limited.

Yet Ning Ye was