Di Jun had swallowed an iron weight-his resolve was set.
He knew he had no room left to maneuver, nor any chance to curry favor with both sides.
If he failed to plant himself firmly on the side of the Daoist School Lineage and instead showed any hesitation at this moment...
In the end, he would suffer a double blow from both the Spirit Vine Dao and the Daoist School Lineage.
For the Demon Race, that would be a true calamity drowning them all. Di Jun pressed a clawed finger against the center of his brow.
A moment later, a Buddhist invocation rang out in his sea of consciousness:
"Boundless Zhunti!"
"Fellow Daoist Di Jun, my master already knows what has happened in your Demon Celestial Court!"
Just as Daoist Zhunti's calm yet majestic voice resounded through Di Jun's sea of consciousness...
Suddenly.
The verse announcing the arrival of the boundless Dao Ancestor Hongjun...
Drifted down, faint and ethereal, from above Jianmu's canopy in the Heavenly Court.
An old Daoist's phantom appeared above the Demon Celestial Court. He rode an azure ox, held the Green Bamboo, and wore loose Daoist robes. His face glowed ruddy, his white hair floated in the air, and the Golden Boy and Jade Maiden followed at his sides.
Then he turned into a streak of light and plunged straight into the Heaven-Deceiving Formation, whose laws and order were no longer seamlessly interlocked.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sonic booms erupted throughout the Heaven-Deceiving Formation.
The ceaselessly reverberating Daoist Great Dao Principles and the patterns of the Three Thousand Great Daos surrounded the calm, composed Xuan Yuan, as though pouring enlightenment into the crown of his head.
They flooded straight into Xuan Yuan's mind, forcibly brainwashing him.
A moment later.
Daoist Hongjun sat high in the center