Zhao Gongming had Xu Tong's openly declared backing.
Naturally, he had been bold as brass back then.
After learning what had happened, he arrested that whole crowd of primordial origin golden immortals who had been oppressed by Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, right there on the spot!
Along the way, he seized a huge pile of illicit funds.
Then, with a single written complaint, he brought charges against Primordial Heavenly Venerable before Zixiao Palace, which had not opened its doors in over nine hundred years!
And, while he was at it, he listed more than a dozen charges against Primordial Heavenly Venerable!
The primordial origin golden immortals qualified to attend that trial in the Primordial World were utterly dumbfounded.
But the atmosphere in the Primordial World back then had already been fouled by people like Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
How could weak cultivators possibly dare to bring charges against powerful cultivators?
Especially a Sage!
Those in the primordial origin golden immortal realm had also suffered Primordial Heavenly Venerable's oppression.
But they, after all, were also oppressing others.
They incurred no additional losses.
And that gave rise to a certain situation!
They looked as though they were suffering.
But in reality, that suffering never truly hit home!
For the overwhelming majority of these fellows had followed Primordial Heavenly Venerable in violating the Primordial World's laws.
It was already taken for granted that Primordial Heavenly Venerable was backing them.
With a Sage at their backs,
Their spines naturally stood straight!
Several primordial origin golden immortals who administered entire regions had practically run wild during that period!
Not that they went around burning, killing, robbing, and looting.
After all, even members of the Demon Race disdained such lowbrow amusements once they reached the primordial origin golden immortal realm.
Even an archdemon,
If he went around burning,