At that moment, the three Saints and all living beings suddenly realized something.
Something they had known all along, but had forgotten amid Lin Tian's many unexpected actions just now.
All this time, the one fighting Yuanshi had not been Lin Tian's true form, but an incarnation formed by lodging a fragment of his spirit in the Green Duckweed Sword!
An incarnation!
Had they really just savored victory over a mere incarnation of the Vine Dao Venerable?
The moment they realized this, all three Saints were dumbstruck.
Bewilderment piled upon bewilderment, shame mingled with shame.
These tangled emotions left Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti utterly at a loss as to how they should react.
"If just a fragment of his spirit possessed such might, how terrifying must the real Lin Tian be?"
At that thought, every creature in the Primordial World sucked in a breath of cold air.
At that very moment, countless wondrous phenomena suddenly arose once more.
Recognizing these as unmistakable signs of a Saint's appearance, the beings of the Primordial World, who had only just gasped, were shaken to their cores again.
"Could the real Vine Dao Venerable be coming out of seclusion?"
On Golden Turtle Island.
Only after confirming that the Spirit Vine Sect's ten thousand immortals he had brought back were all safe did Lin Tian turn his gaze toward the former site of the Jade Void Palace.
He happened to catch the complicated expressions on the three Saints' faces, so he spoke up to mock them.
"What, were you all so happy to see me die?"
It had to be said that Lin Tian's mockery came at exactly the right moment. Countless living beings were instantly bewildered.
At that moment, however, endless wondrous phenomena rose throughout heaven and earth. Together with the voice they had