At Xu Tong's words, Nuwa and Houtu both stopped what they were doing.
Had Houtu followed her own inclination, she might already have yanked the primordial violet qi out of her Divine Sense.
After all, she did not rely on it to maintain her realm as a Sage.
But Xu Tong's words had indeed reminded her of something.
As Xu Tong had said, ripping out the primordial violet qi just like that would inevitably alert Hongjun.
If that old fellow took precautions against her beforehand, things would become even more troublesome.
The two women looked at Xu Tong.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, since we've already laid everything out so plainly, let's stop keeping things under wraps."
"Daoist Companion, tell us directly what you intend to do."
"After all, we're all in the same boat now."
Hearing Nuwa say this, Xu Tong smiled and waved a hand.
"All right, I wasn't deliberately trying to keep you in suspense. But there's no need for either of you to rush to remove that primordial violet qi."
"The two strands of primordial violet qi from earlier are my gifts to you."
"You can use the new primordial violet qi to gradually replace the original strands. At the same time, wrap your divine sense around the original strands to prevent Hongjun from tampering with them again."
"That way, Hongjun won't notice, and neither of you will be put in danger."
"Since we're working together now, I don't want to hide this from you either. In the future, the Primordial World will probably no longer permit Sages to remain, because they have already begun to affect its course."
"Or rather, they have begun to interfere with Hongjun's plans."
Nuwa and Houtu were both startled by these words.
"Is that really true, Daoist Companion? Will there be no