Taishang Laozi's reason for doing this was very simple.
He felt that something was amiss with Houtu.
It seemed that most of the changes affecting the Witch Clan, and even the overarching course of the Primordial Heavenly Dao, were connected to Houtu.
Moreover, a mysterious being might be standing behind the Witch Clan.
With this in mind, Taishang Laozi remained perfectly composed. He intended to let his second brother, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, test the waters.
Having long since grasped Primordial Heavenly Venerable's temperament, Taishang Laozi found that his brother behaved exactly as he had predicted.
He eagerly spoke first, proposing a way to make Houtu become reincarnation itself, and thereby won Dao Ancestor Hongjun's approval.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun even bestowed upon Primordial Heavenly Venerable a sliver of a fragment of Earthly Dao laws.
Taishang Laozi, who possessed attributes, paid this no mind.
In his eyes, there was no need to worry about Primordial Heavenly Venerable seizing a temporary advantage. Whoever laughed last would be the winner.
After bestowing that sliver of a fragment of Earthly Dao laws, Dao Ancestor Hongjun casually offered a few instructions, then waved his hand and transported the four Heavenly Dao Saints out of the Purple Heaven Palace.
In his view, with these arrangements in place, however incompetent the four Heavenly Dao Saints might be, they would still be able to deal with the Witch Clan.
At the same time, they would seize control of the newly born Primordial Earthly Dao, returning the Heavenly Dao's overarching course-which had already been altered beyond recognition-to its original trajectory.
This would make it easier for him to refine the Heavenly Dao's consciousness.
At the thought of the Three Pure Ones, formed from fragments of the Pangu Primordial Spirit, fighting the Twelve Ancestral Witches, born from Pan Gu blood essence,