The moment these words were spoken, the entire Purple Heaven Palace fell into deathly silence.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
That was it?
They were dismissed?
They were no longer fighting the Demon Gods?
They were no longer saving the Primordial World?
They were resigning themselves to fate because they could not defeat the three thousand Demon Gods?!
Di Jun and Taiyi both wore expressions of utter disbelief.
Zhun Ti and Jie Yin looked at each other, a sense of foreboding rising in their hearts.
Could it be that Dao Venerable Tianlu had refused to act, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the others were preparing to abandon the Primordial World and wait for death alongside them?
Zhun Ti stepped forward and forced himself to ask.
"May I ask, Dao Ancestor, what does this mean?"
"Does the threat of the three thousand Demon Gods no longer require us to join forces against them?"
"If we disperse and the Demon God army descends upon us, would the Primordial World not be destroyed in an instant?"
Di Jun followed close behind, cupping his hands.
"That is right, Dao Ancestor. Our Demon Race's Celestial Star Formation has already been thoroughly perfected. We are willing to serve as the vanguard of the Primordial World and resist the Demon Gods!"
The rest also voiced their agreement. Though they feared death,
if the Primordial World were gone, then they, Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortals who depended on the Primordial World for their existence, would certainly meet no good end either.
Hongjun shook his head slightly and explained.
"Do not panic."
"The threat of the Demon Gods indeed originally required us to join forces. We might even have needed to reform the Pangu True Body and fight with our lives."
"However, just now, several fellow Daoists and I went to Chaos