After Kinkaku finished speaking, he closed the doors.
Taibai Venus stood outside the door in a daze, saying nothing. After a while, he finally smiled, enlightenment dawning on him.
"Thank you for your guidance, Lord Lao!" Taibai Venus bowed toward Doushuai Palace, then left.
Taishang, within Doushuai Palace, smiled and shook his head.
"Master, what is Taibai Venus doing? Could it be that he knows he was wrong?" Kinkaku came to Lord Lao's side and asked in confusion.
"He merely wishes to redeem himself, and to redeem others as well," Lord Lao said with a smile.
Kinkaku said, "Taibai Venus has done many bad things in the past. Can he still find redemption if he repents now?"
"Everyone makes mistakes. I make mistakes too. Once you make a mistake, you must correct it and ensure you do not make it again," Lord Lao said calmly.
"Master makes mistakes too?" Kinkaku looked at Taishang in surprise. In his eyes, Taishang was omnipotent, the ruler of the Three Realms. Everything he did and said was right; he would never make a mistake.
Lord Lao said, "Though I am the ruler of the Three Realms and the ancestor of the Daoist sect, I still possess a human heart and human thoughts. Even after severing the three corpses and becoming a saint, mistakes are still unavoidable. Few people in this world never make mistakes."
Kinkaku listened, half understanding and half confused.
"Then what mistakes has Master made?" Kinkaku was quite curious about that.
Lord Lao smiled. "Master has made many mistakes. Even the mistakes Taibai Venus made were guided by Master's own mistakes. Sometimes, Master wonders whether the mistakes I made can truly bring me what I desire."
"In this world, if you want more, you must lose more. Just as if you wish