Across the cosmos, Stars glittered in the vast Emptiness.
Under the scrutiny of the Mighty Experts, Xuanming struggled to suppress his agitation and Rage, his thoughts churning as he repeatedly weighed Zhong Neng's and Ji Yuan's words.
As for his own safety, he was not worried.
The Mighty Experts on his side were now deeply bound to him. Without conclusive evidence, they would not let anything happen to him.
The Peaceful Heaven Dao Master said, "This is merely your side of the story, fellow Daoists. Can you be certain it is entirely correct?"
Zhong Neng said, "Do the words of the Dao Patriarch and the Four Great Dao Venerables not count as evidence?"
The Peaceful Heaven Dao Master said, "Yet when I became a Mighty Expert, I once encountered the South Blossom Dao Venerable's Remnant Soul. My escape from the two of you also depended on the aid of the Four Great Dao Venerables' Remnant Souls. Under their guidance, I learned of the future world-destroying calamity.
"If Xuanming is the reincarnation of the Dao Patriarch's Evil Thought, then by assisting Qiu Ming, I was helping a tyrant commit his atrocities. Why, then, would the Four Great Dao Venerables rescue me, while severely injuring the two of you instead?"
After a brief silence, Zhong Neng continued, "Perhaps the Four Great Dao Venerables had only remnant souls left, with incomplete memories. Moreover, you were a promising talent with the potential to become a Half-Immortal. They could not bear to see a shining pearl buried in dust, and wished to give the living beings of this world another source of aid against the future world-destroying calamity. That was why they emerged to save you.
"They had no choice but to severely injure Fellow Daoist Ji Yuan and me. After all, the Four Great