There was a trace of apology on Xu Tong's face.
Hongjun's arrival had been far too sudden. He truly had not expected it.
Thus, without even offering an explanation, he had drawn Nuwa straight into the Chaos Bead.
Yet after hearing Xu Tong's explanation, Nuwa said nothing.
Instead, she looked at him.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, where exactly did you send me just now?"
Inside the Chaos Bead's world, Nuwa had just witnessed one of Xu Tong's most closely guarded secrets.
Within that world of chaos, the laws were condensed, chaotic spiritual energy was abundant, and there was even the World Tree.
It was practically an entire realm that had never been discovered.
Although she did not know where it was, Nuwa knew it certainly had something to do with Xu Tong.
Xu Tong smiled awkwardly. He could not tell Nuwa about the Chaos Bead just yet.
"Empress Nuwa, I am truly sorry."
"Dao Ancestor Hongjun suddenly paid me a visit. I couldn't let him discover you here, so I had to resort to this. Please forgive me."
Rather than answering Nuwa's earlier question, Xu Tong steered the conversation elsewhere.
Seeing that Xu Tong had no intention of answering, Nuwa did not press him further.
"All right. Since the Dao Ancestor came, it seems he had been watching my movements all along?"
Nuwa had also guessed why Hongjun had come. He must have been here for her.
Otherwise, he could not possibly have arrived hot on her heels. There were no coincidences that convenient in this world.
But precisely because of this, Nuwa loathed Hongjun even more.
"That old bastard really is up to no good."
After learning how dangerous Hongjun was, Nuwa's opinion of him had plummeted a thousand fathoms.
Xu Tong sat silently to one side. What did Nuwa's