The ancestor stood there in a daze for a long while, speechless. He did not know what to say.
Suddenly, he jerked his head up and glared at Uchiha Shin. "You dared to deceive me!"
Uchiha Shin sensed thick demonic energy closing in around him, making him extremely uncomfortable.
"I'll kill you!" the ancestor shouted.
"Ancestor, I came to save my friend. Why would I deceive you? There is no Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the Three Realms today!" Uchiha Shin said calmly.
The ancestor stopped and stared at Uchiha Shin. "Then who rules the Three Realms now?"
"The Jade Emperor," Uchiha Shin answered. "But the Jade Emperor is only the ruler in name. The ones truly holding power are Lord Lao and the others."
"The Three Pure Ones?" The ancestor frowned.
"Exactly."
Disdain filled the ancestor's gaze. "Those three dare call themselves rulers of the Three Realms? When Eastern Emperor Taiyi was conquering the Three Realms, they were still cultivating deep in the mountains!"
Uchiha Shin said nothing. He did not know much about such matters. He had asked Patriarch Bodhi before, but his master had refused to speak of it.
"What about Patriarch Bodhi? Is he powerful?" Uchiha Shin suddenly asked.
The ancestor said, "Though Patriarch Bodhi himself says he cannot compare to Lord Taiyi, he is still a man of some ability. At the very least, his heart is not black."
Uchiha Shin was taken aback. Did that mean everyone else's hearts were black?
"How did Lord Tianyi fall?" the ancestor asked.
"I heard from others that after Lord Taiyi established the Heavenly Court, he often fought the various forces of the Three Realms. Later, at Mount Buzhou, he somehow fell, and the heavens collapsed. Lady Nüwa intervened to mend the sky."
The ancestor frowned. When the Three