"Therefore, I refused to do it, refused to follow them. And so I, old Daoist Hongjun, and every foundation underpinning the Daoist School and the Heavenly Dao would become pieces in their hands, become their puppets. The harder I struggled, the deeper I sank. That was why I had to reveal this to Fellow Daoist Spirit Vine, who originally stood on the same level as me. Otherwise, everything in the Primordial World would perish in the chaos of the Upper Realm."
At this, Lin Tian nodded slightly.
There was no doubt about it.
It was precisely because Lin Tian had previously fought the combined forces of Devil Ancestor Luo Hou and the Upper Realm's Chaos Demon Gods at All-Heaven Divine Peak that those Chaos Demon Gods, who had merely been passing by, had truly entered the Primordial World where the Spirit Vine True Self resided.
That had expanded the Western Continent where Daoist Hongjun resided countless times over, and made the Daoist School Lineage he had established at Mount Sumeru the foremost prominent tradition beneath heaven.
On the surface, all these events seemed to suggest that Daoist Hongjun had been the one to lead the enemy into the village.
In truth, however, the deepest root of all this karma still lay with him, Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
Thus, even if Lin Tian wanted to deny his debt, he could never deny it completely.
Faced with someone as clearheaded as Daoist Hongjun, Lin Tian had no desire to waste words. He nodded slightly and replied.
"I have already enveloped the entire extent of your Purple Heaven Palace, holding it before this predetermined shift in the dimension of time and fate. You, Daoist Hongjun, have ample time to refine it."
"But you must never pin all your hopes on me. Understand