An aged sigh echoed through the void, and a water well appeared out of thin air.
"Fishing the moon from the well."
A hand as thin as dry bones reached out from the well and plunged deep into the water, attempting to reverse Karma and fish Shui Daozi, who was about to vanish, back out.
However.
The hand stirred the water several times, yet caught nothing.
The power of Karma was actually rejecting him!
"Impossible..."
The Palm Venerable was shocked.
Unable to believe it, he made several more attempts, exhausting all his strength each time, yet every attempt ended in failure. The power of Karma seemed to possess a will of its own and was fiercely rejecting him.
"No! Palm Venerable, save me! I don't want to die!! Ah!!"
Amid his shrill screams, Shui Daozi's figure completely dissipated where he stood.
The void flipped back into place and returned to calm.
The Palm Venerable, cloaked from head to toe in black robes, stood within the void and stared gravely at the Karma Demon God.
His eyes held apprehension, along with a trace of disbelief.
At that moment, the heavens tore open once more, and several figures emerged.
Among them was an old man in red robes. His gaze swept over the Palm Venerable in the void as he coldly shouted:
"Palm Venerable, as the foremost of the Primordial Five Venerables of the Outer Realm, you bewitched Shui Daozi of the Inner Realm and attacked the Inner Realm. Are you trying to provoke a war between the Outer Realm and the Inner Realm?"
The Palm Venerable silently glanced at them and did not answer the man's accusation.
His gaze passed back and forth over Shichen and the others before finally settling on Wang Lin.
"Youngster, hand over the pearl within your