How had it come to this?
Yuanshi hurried forward. "You and I are both among the Three Pure Ones, sharing the same breath and origin. Why go this far over outsiders?"
Yuanshi could not understand.
But Laozi glared fiercely at him. "I have no brother like you. If you refuse to change your disposition, you will surely bring disaster one day!"
Laozi swept his hand sharply and strode away.
Later, Laozi found a place for his cultivation called Shouyang Mountain, where he established the Human Teaching's Dao Lineage and a Kunlun Heaven of his own.
Of course, all that came later.
After Laozi left, Yuanshi's expression darkened.
With a hint of resentment, he said to Tongtian, "Tongtian, isn't our elder brother taking this too seriously?"
"It was perfectly reasonable for me to seize that precious gourd. If the Vine Dao Venerable weren't so powerful, how would my actions have become such an offense?"
"Our elder brother's behavior truly chills my heart!"
Facing Yuanshi, who still showed no inclination to repent, Tongtian's face filled with profound disappointment.
"You acted with such reckless arrogance. You truly had no regard for me or our elder brother, nor even for our master."
"You deserved the suffering you endured today."
Yuanshi flew into a rage. "Tongtian, how dare you be so insolent? I am your second elder brother!"
Yuanshi showed Tongtian none of the same courtesy.
Tongtian, in turn, brought out the Four Zhuxian Swords.
"Second elder brother? I have no second elder brother like you!"
"From now on, you go your way, and I go mine! Keep Mount Kunlun. I shall take the disciples of Jiejiao to the Eastern Sea. From this day forth, let high mountains and long rivers lie between us!"
With that, Tongtian swept his hand, and every treasured hall housing