Uchiha Shin followed Taishang Laojun to the vicinity of Guanjiangkou.
Laojun landed atop a hillside, standing against the wind with a fly-whisk in hand.
"Mystic Spirit King, your appearance in the Three Realms this time has brought me trouble."
Taishang Laojun turned to look at Uchiha Shin, still smiling.
Uchiha Shin's heart trembled. Was he planning to deal with him?
Taishang Laojun said, "Yet fortune lies within misfortune, and fortune and disaster have always gone hand in hand. To me, this is a great calamity, but it is also a good opportunity. In the past, I relied on the Investiture of the Gods War to enter the Saint Realm. I cultivated non-action and gained a chaos trajectory, becoming the strongest saint in the Three Realms. I should have been happy, but as time slowly passed, I realized that I was not happy at all. Many of the things I did had to follow the workings of chaos, and most of the time, I had no choice. I wanted to cultivate anew and break free of the chaos trajectory, but I discovered that I could not do it. Once one enters such a Saint Realm, it is not simply a matter of falling back down because one wishes to. Even if one uses special methods to descend, it will greatly affect oneself. It may even threaten one's life, or cripple one's cultivation forever, leaving one unable to cultivate again."
Uchiha Shin stood quietly to the side and listened. It seemed Laojun wanted to have a talk with him.
Taishang Laojun said, "However, your appearance gave me an opportunity. I could not fall from the Saint Realm through my own efforts, but I could rely on someone else. You came to the Three Realms from elsewhere and do not belong to this