But it was also because Daoist Hongjun had taken the initiative to ally with Luo Hou of the Devil Race.
And had suffered a crushing defeat atop Border Mountain on the Primordial Southern Continent.
At the time, the two armies of Ancestral Dragon and Shi Feng had actually been stopped by one of the Four Great Generals of the Hongmeng Fierce Birds under Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian-a Chaos Great Encompassing Golden Immortal.
They had been effortlessly held back atop Border Mountain on the Primordial Southern Continent.
Moreover, the White Jade Golden Bridge of the Chaos Dao Scripture, which had stretched across from somewhere in the Southern Sea of the Southern Continent, had shattered the Netherworld River of the Netherworld Demon God, one of the Chaos Demon Gods from the Chaos Era.
It had nearly imprisoned the Netherworld Demon God within the White Jade Golden Bridge, turning him into a Chaos Era demon god's true spirit upon the bridge.
With a mere gesture, without so much as the effort of blowing away dust, those under the Spirit Vine Sect had barred the armies of Ancestral Dragon and Shi Feng-members of the Primordial Three Clans who could originally have become the leading powers of heaven and earth in the Primordial Era-at Border Mountain on the Southern Continent.
They had nearly annihilated the Dragon and Phoenix Clans there on Border Mountain.
And this had merely been a chance act by two unassuming companions under Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
It had even been a battle born of a chance encounter in the wilderness, yet it had routed the armies they had painstakingly united, leaving them cowering beneath Mount Kunlun.
This experience.
It had truly shattered Daoist Hongjun's entire view of the world.
At the same time, deep down, Daoist Hongjun no longer