Strike while he was sick, and take his life.
More importantly, better a fellow Daoist die than this poor Daoist. Since Blood Venerating Island had been the first to launch an attack, it had to be ready to bear the counterattack!
The factions that had meddled in the Pangu World spanned the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, numbering in the dozens. Even the weakest stood on the same level as Blood Venerating Island. More than half ruled supreme over an entire world and were countless times stronger than Blood Venerating Island. Moreover, the Descended Immortal Gods had included young lords and core disciples from various factions, making the web of connections immense. Whoever destroyed that force would become the common enemy of all worlds.
Xiao Ying could not admit to this enormous trouble even if it killed him. Instead, he had to clear himself of suspicion and responsibility at any cost! Otherwise, it would severely hinder his faction's future development and bring tremendous trouble and calamity upon the founding of his kingdom, which was fast approaching!
As it happened, Blood Venerating Island had been the first to use this affair to make trouble. It was entirely possible that it, too, intended to clear itself of suspicion and shake off the problem.
After all, there could not have been many world-crossing Great Adepts who truly understood the precise course and causes of those events, or had personally witnessed the God-Devouring Storm from beginning to end. Perhaps there were none at all. The vast majority must have deduced the karma through great divine abilities of divination. With Xiao Ying forcibly planting this enormous accusation on Blood Venerating Island's head, it could only swallow its broken, bloody teeth. The facts were what they were: had Xue Wufeng not unleashed the Blood Sea and fed