Upon hearing this, Taishang and the other three Saints thanked him in unison. Only then did they rise and sit on the meditation cushions that had originally belonged to them.
Then silence settled over this former Dao Ancestor's Lecture Grounds.
The Dao Ancestor gazed expressionlessly at the four Heavenly Dao Saints seated upright on their meditation cushions.
Taishang Laozi and the other Saints did not know why Dao Ancestor Hongjun had summoned them here, so before Hongjun spoke,
they all kept their heads lowered, and none uttered a word.
Time trickled by for a long while. In the end, Cult Leader Tongtian, always the most forthright among them, spoke up:
"May I ask, Master, have Junior Brothers Zhunti and Jieyin truly perished for good?"
"Was your earlier statement that we Heavenly Dao Saints are undying and indestructible true?"
Upon hearing Cult Leader Tongtian's questions, Taishang Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and Lady Nuwa all quietly pricked up their ears.
Primordial Heavenly Venerable, in particular, had felt an inexplicable panic after seeing the two Heavenly Dao Saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, cleaved apart and failing to revive for so long.
He feared that the Pangu True Body Phantom jointly summoned by the Twelve Ancestral Witches truly possessed a means of killing Saints.
Before setting out, Primordial Heavenly Venerable had intended to put this question to Dao Ancestor Hongjun. But when faced with the imposing might Hongjun exuded, he had not dared ask.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun took in all four disciples' reactions before replying in an even tone:
"It is naturally true. A Heavenly Dao Saint's primordial spirit and true spirit are entrusted to the Heavenly Dao. So long as the Heavenly Dao remains, Saints cannot die."
For some reason, Primordial Heavenly Venerable quietly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Dao Ancestor Hongjun's