The Sages: Tell Them This Is an Order from the Sun Star's Sun God!

A moment later.

By the time the Sages left, Dan Jing already had sunflower seeds, peanuts, and a sliced watermelon laid out before him.

Munching away,

Dan Jing watched the Sages tacitly head toward Mount Sumeru.

He grinned.

"Looks like—"

"they don't really want to go ask the old man to step in either!"

"Fair enough!"

"After all, the old man is openly the first supreme powerhouse to attain the Dao-Proven Realm, and also the true first Sage."

"On top of that, after merging with the Heavenly Dao, his status, deterrence, and everything else still surpass mine."

"The Sages would probably rather take a beating from me than have the old man come out and call the shots!"

After a brief pause,

Dan Jing understood what the Sages were thinking.

It was simple—

so long as he, the Sun Star Madman in the Sages' eyes, made the decisions, all that mattered was having fun, having excitement, and ensuring the final result benefited the sentient beings of heaven and earth!

As for the process in between, and who the ultimate biggest winner would be, there was plenty of room for the Sages to maneuver.

But if the old man came out to make the arrangements, things might be very different.

The old man had now merged with the Heavenly Dao. If he made the arrangements, then they would be fixed fate, permitting not the slightest alteration.

The Sages would then become nothing more than tools!

Therefore,

even if they had to take Dan Jing, that Sun Star Madman's, Chaos Bell, the Sages still wanted a certain degree of autonomy!

"Hahaha—"

Dan Jing's teasing laughter rang out as he quipped,

"Old man, looks like you're not doing so great either!"

"None of your disciples want to ask you to come out and