In the void, Laozi's aged figure hovered quietly between the Pangu True Form and Primordial Heavenly Venerable, Sage Dao Laws enveloping him.
Laozi was, after all, the leader of the Three Pure Ones. When they first took form, he had received the greatest share of heaven-opening merit among them.
Although Daochen had schemed against him during his Sagehood Attainment,
forcing him to use the heaven-opening merit within his primordial spirit to claim his Sage Position,
thousands of years had now passed, and his cultivation had already approached the Second Heaven of the Saint Realm. Though he still fell somewhat short of Daochen,
he was considerably stronger than Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
Thus, with the Sage Dao Laws shrouding them, even the Pangu Axe in the Pangu True Form's hands could not immediately break through the Sage Dao Barrier surrounding Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
"Eldest Brother, how can we let today's matter end like this?"
At Laozi's words, Primordial Heavenly Venerable's expression stiffened slightly.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches had hacked his Sage Body apart with the Pangu Axe before so many mighty figures of the Primordial World, dragging his dignity through the dirt.
Now that Laozi had intervened, not only was he refusing to help him, he was even playing the peacemaker.
He was directly urging the Twelve Ancestral Witches to withdraw.
How, then, was Primordial Heavenly Venerable supposed to recover his lost face?
"Shut up!"
Yet at Yuanshi's words, Laozi's aged face abruptly turned cold, and he barked in a low voice.
Tongtian appeared almost at the same moment. After giving Primordial Heavenly Venerable a helpless look, he said nothing and simply stood quietly beside Laozi.
Had the three of them not sprung from the same root, all born of Pangu's primordial spirit,
he truly would not have bothered with