Perhaps it was because his eldest brother's grandson had been mocked after reading the mission report, and the dejection he'd shown?
True Monarch Fu Ling had always wanted to teach him a lesson and make him face reality.
But now that it had actually happened, he still felt uneasy.
At the root of it, it was nothing but selfishness at work.
Dao Integration, Dao Integration. Though one could wield the power to shake the stars and cosmos, one was still human, and humans were inherently complicated creatures.
Actually, if he hadn't said it aloud, it wouldn't have seemed so serious. After all, True Monarch Fu Ling had never intended to take Chi Jiuyu's life.
Nor had he ever intended to ignore the matter.
But now that it had been exposed and laid bare for all to see, it looked downright despicable.
Lin Ji looked at him. "Everything that happened was the result of your selfishness, and in the end, you even tried to shift the blame onto my junior sister."
At those words, True Monarch Ji Ling looked at him rather strangely.
"I'll make Li Yuangeng answer for this."
Li Yuangeng, a True Insight cultivator of the Supreme Dao Sect.
The Star Domain Guardian in charge of the Southern Star Domain—that was Dao Lord Yan Lei.
True Monarch Fu Ling opened his mouth, but in the end, said nothing.
Lin Ji didn't say anything more, either.
If he hadn't tried to make Chi Jiuyu take the fall, Lin Ji wouldn't have made such a fuss about it. After all, it really wasn't that big a deal.
But since he'd gone that far, Lin Ji would make sure to hold him to account!
True Monarch Ji Ling hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke.
"Senior, compared to all that... there's the