Although Daoist Hongjun was inwardly stunned, he remained impassive atop the Cloud Platform, the radiance of his three thousand laws swirling in his eyes.
The three thousand great daos had already begun to take shape within his gaze.
It could be put this way:
Over the past million years, Daoist Hongjun-who had originally lacked the ability to master the three thousand great daos of this Primordial World Plane or to secure within his body the nine Hongmeng purple qi that had escaped him-had used the Primordial Wild Dragon, a Chaos Demon God from the Upper Realm, to reclaim, one by one, those resources that had left him and no longer belonged to him.
Such forbearance, such a deeply calculating disposition.
Other Primordial World creatures could scarcely compare.
Even Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian would fall a notch short if he were to compete with Dao Venerable Hongjun in schemes and cunning.
After all, Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian had no need to make up for insufficient strength with cunning and schemes as Daoist Hongjun did.
At that moment, Daoist Hongjun sent a strand of spirit awareness to the Primordial Wild Dragon, hidden within the mass of Daoist School radiance behind him:
"Fellow Daoist Primordial Wild Dragon, does Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian have a hand in the Witch-Demon Calamity now erupting across the Central Continent and Northern Continent? Ever since that fiend was born in the Primordial World, his shadow has appeared in countless immeasurable calamities, with him personally taking action.
"For this Witch-Demon Calamity, our Daoist School lineage might be better off standing aside, watching the tigers fight from the mountain, and claiming our share of the resources at the end."
The Primordial Wild Dragon replied to Daoist Hongjun:
"Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian has a hand in this