Hadn't he just dug his own grave and buried himself in it?
If anyone in the entire Primordial World showed Hongjun the least respect, there really seemed to be no one but him.
At the first lecture in the Purple Heavens Palace, he had beaten up the Three Pure Ones.
At the second lecture in the Purple Heavens Palace, he had beaten up the Eastern Prince.
The third lecture in the Purple Heavens Palace hadn't started yet. Daochen thought it over, but there seemed to be no one left to beat up...
Sure enough, the moment those words left his mouth, Daochen saw Hongjun looking at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
Whoosh!
Daochen felt a flash of murderous intent behind him, instantly drenching him from head to toe.
Why had he gone and brought up the one thing he shouldn't have?
I'm done for!
I'm done for!!
I'm so done for!!!
Only when Daochen sensed that murderous intent vanish as quickly as it had appeared did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He had passed this hurdle!
"Go back!"
After a long while, Hongjun suddenly spoke without warning. Then he swept his wide sleeve, sending an invisible wave surging toward Daochen.
"The minor course of the Primordial World may be altered, but its greater course cannot be reversed. Until you become a Sage, you remain an ant. Remember these words!"
Hongjun's indifferent voice rang in Daochen's ears again. By the time Daochen came to his senses, he was already outside the Purple Heavens Palace.
What exactly did Hongjun mean by that last remark?
Daochen's expression darkened slightly.
At first, it sounded like a warning, but Daochen kept feeling that Hongjun's words held another meaning!
Yet he couldn't puzzle out what that meaning actually was.
"Why did