Under Li Yun's gloomy gaze, Zhao Youji, not far away, twisted his neck, then braced both hands against the ground and slowly rose to his feet.
"Heavenly punishment?"
Zhao Youji gazed at the heavenly punishment above the firmament and smiled faintly.
No, he should be called Hongjun now.
As Hongjun rose, the aura around him grew increasingly powerful.
Zhao Youji's face also gradually transformed into Hongjun's at that moment.
Li Yun's face turned livid. He felt his connection with Zhao Youji sever completely.
This was no longer his avatar. It had become Hongjun's body.
Sure enough, the cultivation technique Hongjun had modified back then truly contained a hidden trick he had planted.
That old scheming bastard...
Li Yun glared at Hongjun, gritting his teeth in hatred.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, there is no need to be like this. You took one of my Chaos supreme treasures, and I merely took one of your avatars," Hongjun said with a smile as though he sensed Xiao Yun's gaze and turned toward him.
"Get lost!" Looking at the smiling face before him, Li Yun dearly wanted to smash it with a punch.
Fortunately, he had been cautious and had not chosen to cultivate the technique Hongjun had modified. Otherwise, he would have been completely controlled by Hongjun.
No, he might even have been replaced by Hongjun.
"Was this avatar of yours comprehending proving the Dao through strength, Fellow Daoist Xiao? The most important thing about proving the Dao through strength is not actually strength, but will. Only with an unyielding will, only with an indomitable will, can one prove the Dao through strength."
Hongjun did not grow angry at Li Yun's tone. Instead, he instructed him, "Battle Sage possessed such a will back then. He submitted neither to heaven nor earth. Even under the