Hearing Jieyin say this, Ran Deng was somewhat bewildered.
What was this Heavenly Court? And what kind of arrangement was it to have him guard Mount Sumeru?
Clearly, in order to fully recover his cultivation, Ran Deng had spent these years almost completely cut off from the outside world.
Ran Deng, who paid no heed to matters beyond his cave, had no idea about the major events that had occurred over the years. He did not know that Zhunti's Grandmist Purple Qi had been destroyed, nor did he know that Di Jun and Taiyi had established the Heavenly Court, much less that the Heavenly Court had begun expanding.
When Ran Deng voiced the doubts in his heart, both Jieyin and Zhunti were somewhat stunned. So this fellow really did not know! Zhunti had thought earlier that this man was deliberately trying to provoke him.
Thus, they briefly told Ran Deng about the major events of the long years that had passed, even including the matter of Zhunti's Grandmist Purple Qi being destroyed.
After all, too many people knew about it. They could not hide it even if they wanted to. Rather than conceal it now and have Ran Deng discover it later and laugh at them, they might as well tell him directly.
After Ran Deng heard all this, he was completely dumbfounded.
That was Grandmist Purple Qi! The foundation for future Dao Attainment—such a precious thing had simply vanished. It seemed Ancestor Kunpeng and Minghe Ancestor had formed an irreconcilable grudge with these two.
Ran Deng had once felt that his own life was full of hardship, darkness, and misery, but as he looked at Zhunti now, he could not help feeling some sympathy and pity.
There was even a trace of inappropriate "comfort." He knew he should not