"Poor Daoist, um... Poor Daoist Daoist Wei Zi, is a Qi Refiner of Jade Void Palace. This... Poor Daoist truly is the founding patriarch of Daoist Wei Immortal Sect...
Back then, the Daoist Wei Immortal Sect founded by Poor Daoist did indeed have a dispute with Du Xian Sect.
But this was for the Daoist Wei Immortal Sect's own development, to seek a place of worship.
The Hong Lin Kingdom of the Youqin Clan happened to lie between two regional kingdoms that worshiped the Daoist Wei Immortal Sect. That was why troops were sent to attack it and launch a surprise assault on the capital of the Hong Lin Kingdom.
At the time, this was considered normal expansion by a force. Poor Daoist had also specifically instructed everyone in the Immortal Sect, top to bottom, to avoid direct conflict with Du Xian Sect as much as possible, and had prepared other regional kingdoms to exchange with Du Xian Sect for the Hong Lin Kingdom.
This matter was certainly wrong. The Immortal Dao should not interfere freely in mortal affairs. But at that time, the Heavenly Court had not yet risen, and Immortal Sects throughout the Central Continent of Shen all acted this way. It could be considered an old tradition of the Primordial Wilderness.
Poor Daoist is willing to accept the Heavenly Court's punishment for this matter."
Before the Hall of Supreme Harmony, in the trial grounds.
Daoist Wei Zi, dressed in a gray silk-faced robe, lowered his head and spoke these words.
Above him, beyond layer upon layer of steps, the Jade Emperor sat silently behind the jade desk. His expression was blank, yet it placed immense pressure upon this Eternal Life Immortal who had attained the Dao, and a faint sheen of sweat appeared on Daoist Wei Zi's